About the Company
This role supports a large, mission‑critical government environment responsible for operating and protecting highly secure ICT systems. The organisation manages standalone networks where cyber security, compliance, and operational assurance are critical to success. You will be working in a structured, security‑focused environment with mature processes and a strong emphasis on reliability and risk management.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Security Operations Administrator to support cyber security operations within a secure, standalone network environment based in Canberra.
Working under the direction of the Solutions Lead and Security Operations Manager, you will be responsible for administering security tooling, managing vulnerabilities, implementing system hardening and patching, and contributing to security documentation and assurance activities.
This is a hands‑on role suited to someone with strong technical depth who is comfortable working within government security frameworks and procedures.
Role Responsibilities
- Administer and maintain cyber security applications across a secure network environment
- Manage Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) including ENS, DLP, and Solidcore
- Perform vulnerability management activities using Tenable Nessus, including remediation and system hardening
- Administer and configure Splunk for SIEM activities, including searches, dashboards, alerting, and log onboarding
- Conduct operating system and application patching within required compliance timeframes
- Identify, investigate, and remediate security incidents and vulnerabilities
- Develop, maintain, and contribute to documentation such as SOPs, build guides, patch management plans, and design artefacts
- Ensure security records are accurate, complete, and managed in line with defined standards
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of security policies, procedures, and standards
- Demonstrated experience administering Trellix ePO(ENS, DLP, Solidcore)
- Strong experience using Tenable Nessus for vulnerability management and security hardening
- Hands‑on experience with Splunk SIEM, including searching, dashboards, and alerting
- Proven experience in security hardening across operating systems and applications
- Experience with patching and configuration management in secure or regulated environments
- Experience producing high‑level designs, build documentation, configuration guides, and SOPs
- Ivanti Device Control configuration and administration
- Active Directory and DNS administration
- Active Directory Certificate Services (PKI) experience
- Contract opportunity within a highly secure government environment
- Canberra‑based role working on critical, nationally significant systems
- Technically challenging work using established cyber security tooling
- Support from an experienced government recruitment and delivery partner
- Opportunity to contribute to long‑term, high‑assurance programs
- A current NV2 security clearance or higher is required
Please upload your resume to apply.
Please provide a supporting statement highlighting your skills, experience, and capability against the position description to complete this application process. We will be in touch with instructions for suitably skilled candidates.
Why Partner with Whizdom?
We’re Whizdom. We view you as an extension of our strong, dependable brand and have differentiators which really are different!
The Whizdom way:
- We pay our contractors same day you submit your timesheet!
- We are Level 3, DISP certified and have signed the Veteran Employment Commitment and been awarded the highest level of compliance to this important initiative, proactively assisting veterans transitioning from the forces to civilian roles.
- We’ve been lucky enough to win industry awards for our high level of process compliance and are ISO 9001 certified.
- Our commitment to reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions has been accredited in line with large global organisations.
- We value diversity and welcome applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability.
- Our team of talented people are passionate about your experience, doing the right thing always, with a focus on your long‑term career goals.
- We even give you a best in industry merch pack!
Even if this role isn’t the exact fit for you, we would love a chat - contact us to find out more!
