Our agency is seeking a dedicated Cyber Governance, Risk, and Compliance Analyst to join our dynamic development team that manages solutions on the Departments AWS Cloud Ecosystem. You will be working with a large group of technical specialists across different areas and will be instrumental in designing, developing, and assessing frameworks, policies, and procedures that ensure cloud platforms remains compliant with organisational cybersecurity standards and regulations.
It is essential that the candidate has a strong understanding of Australian Government regulatory and compliance frameworks and experience designing and documenting how to secure AWS cloud bases services e.g. IAM, KMS, S3 security, Secrets Manager, NACLs, CloudTrail, CloudWatch.
The primary project that you will be working on relates to developing AI tools that augment and enhance staff capabilities.
Established domain knowledge and experience with securing AI products and relevant AWS services is also highly desirable.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead ongoing auditing, monitoring, and enhancement of security controls, including the development and maintenance of System Security Plans (SSP), and Security Risk Management Plans (SRMP), Audit Logging Plan (ALP), Continuous Monitoring Plan and standard operating procedures.
- Develop, promote and implement platform security frameworks, processes and standards, that align with the Departments IT security policies.
- Ensure adherence to relevant Australian regulatory and compliance framework e.g. Information Security Manual (ISM), Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) and Essential 8.
- Collaborate effectively with delivery, platform and security stakeholders to implement and document secure cloud practices and alignment with security policies.
- Maintain awareness of emerging cyber security tools, practices, and industry trends, and apply relevant innovations to improve organisational capability.
- Actively fostering a strong culture of compliance and accountability by mentoring, coaching, and upskilling colleagues in cloud security policies and processes
- Participate effectively in Agile delivery environments, contributing to planning, estimation, sprint activities, and continuous improvement within SCRUM or similar frameworks.
Our Ideal Job Seeker
Skills and experience:
Mandatory:
- 5+ years’ experience in cyber security, audit, assurance, governance, risk or compliance
- Hands-on experience designing and documenting how to secure AWS cloud platforms e.g. System Security Plans, Security Risk Management Plans, Audit Logging Plans and similar documents
- Experience working collaboratively with cyber security teams to address risks and ensure mitigations are put in place by the development team
- Strong understanding of AI/ML and Cloud fundamentals
- Strong understanding of AWS security principles and industry compliance frameworks e.g. ASD Essential Eight/ISM, ISO/IEC 42001, ISO/IEC 27001.
- Minimum tertiary level qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent
Desired:
- CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) or equivalent
- Relevant AWS certifications or equivalent e.g. AWS Certified Security – Specialty
- Experience working in complex enterprise cloud environments
- Highly developed problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
- Experience working in an Agile delivery environment
Location and Contract Term: This role can be based in Canberra, Newcastle, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne . 12 month contract with 2 x 12- month contract extension options pending budget and delegate approval.
Security Requirements: Applicants must be Australian Citizens and hold a baseline security clearance.
How to Apply: Applications close 4 June.
Please upload your resume to apply. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks
Please note you may need to complete selection criteria to complete this application process. We will be in touch with instructions for suitably skilled candidates
Call Kelly 0480 002 457 or email kelly@whizdom.com.au for any further information
