Senior Cyber Security Administrator

• Ongoing, Full-Time role
• Sydney location with flexible/hybrid working conditions
• Competitive base salary range between $125,693 - $138,510

 

About us

 

Legal Aid NSW helps people with their legal problems. We can help people with most areas criminal law, family law and every day civil law legal issues. We give legal advice, help at court and do family dispute resolution. We can do this over the telephone or at one of our 28 offices.

 

About the role

 

The Senior Cyber Security Administrator is responsible for the protection of data, information security engineering and the implementation and monitoring of compliance with information security policies and procedures.

 

About you

 

As a Senior Cyber Security Administrator with Legal Aid NSW, you will play a pivotal role in safeguarding our organisation's digital assets. Leveraging your extensive experience in an intelligence environment, you will confidently stay ahead of current cyber threats and issues. With your proven expertise in conducting comprehensive cyber risk assessments, you will identify potentially crucial threats, vulnerabilities, and impacts.

 

You excel in responding to cyber security incidents and investigating security alerts, ensuring our systems remain secure and resilient. This role will require you to be willing to work on-call and after hours, as required during cyber threats and critical incidents.

You will receive additional allowances for any on-call or after-hours duties preformed.  

Your strong written and verbal communication skills will enable you to foster effective working relationships and provide clear, actionable advice and guidance to stakeholders at all levels.

 

 

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN LEGAL AID NSW!

 

We are committed to diversity and inclusion

 

We are committed to creating a culturally safe and genuinely inclusive organisation and workplace for everyone who works and interacts with us. We strive to be a place where people from diverse backgrounds want to work, where voices and cultures are valued and where people feel valued, welcomed, respected and heard.

 

We want a workforce that reflects our clients, so we can deliver a service that meets the needs of the community. We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds — including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, the LGBTQI+ community, culturally diverse people and other diverse communities. 

 

We acknowledge, support and accommodate the diverse access needs of people with visible and invisible disabilities. If you need an adjustment to participate in the recruitment process, or you’d like information about what we can do to help you, please contact our team at erecruitment@legalaid.nsw.gov.au.

 

Other benefits of working with us

 

• You will have access to training, development and mentoring opportunities.
• We are an accredited Flex Ready and Carers and Employers certified employer and are recognised as leaders in flexible work. Most of our staff work flexibly — for example, from home some of the time or in a way that helps them balance family and work life.

 

 

The essential requirements for this role

 

You must:

 

• Tertiary qualifications in IT and Cyber Security or an appropriate discipline and/ or equivalent significant relevant industry experience. 
• This role may require participation in an on-call and/or after hours work roster to ensure service continuity to clients or maintenance activities outside normal business hours
• be willing to do a Criminal Record Check
• hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency (for ongoing vacancies)
• live in NSW or willing to relocate to NSW

 

 

How to apply

 

Your application must include:

 

• your resume (no more than 5 pages)
• cover letter (no more than 2 pages). In your cover letter, please address the following two (2) targeted questions.

 

1. Describe a significant cyber threat you identified and mitigated and the steps you took.
2. Provide an example of how your communication skills led to an improved security outcome.

 

You MUST submit your application online. Applications received late or by email, will NOT be accepted.

Make sure your application is complete, and you have answered all questions before you submit.

We may use this recruitment to create a talent pool for similar ongoing or temporary vacancies we have over the next 18 months.

Do you need help to apply?

 

It’s important to properly prepare before you apply for a role. Here is some other information to help you:

 

• If you have questions about the role, you can contact Craig Cole via email: craig.cole@legalaid.nsw.gov.au
• If you are an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and are thinking about applying, you can contact the Aboriginal Services Branch to arrange a confidential conversation about any questions you may have.
• The Role Description sets out the responsibilities of the role.
• The focus capabilities and key accountabilities in the role description indicate what is expected at that level. Being familiar with these will help you understand what the panel will be looking for in the successful candidate. 
• Applying for a Role
• Working at Legal Aid NSW
• Guide to creating a resume and cover letter

 

Closing Date: Friday, 6th June 2025 11.59pm