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About the Role
Our client, based in Canberra is focused on the National Security of Australia, and they are seeking a Security Architect to enhance their Enterprise Architecture Practice for a 12 month contract. This role involves developing security architectures, informing and validating security requirements, and providing risk-based guidance to support solution implementation.
The Successful Candidate
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology Management, or equivalent. They should have experience in developing and applying security architecture best practices, providing tailored ICT security advice, and using enterprise architecture modelling tools.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
We’re Whizdom. We view you as an extension of our strong, dependable brand and have differentiators which really are different! The Whizdom way:
Applications for this role closes on Wednesday 28 May 2025. To apply, please send an updated CV to intel@whizdom.com.au or call Zarina on 0480 002 504 for a confidential discussion. Applicants are required to already hold a TSPV clearance.
Security Architect
| Job title : | Security Architect |
| Contract type : | Contract |
| Location : | Canberra |
| Sectors : | |
| Salary : | $160 - $180 per hour |
| Start date : | 2025-04-22 00:00:00 |
| Duration : | 12 months |
| Job Reference : | V-51843 |
| Contact name : | Zarina Fitzgerald |
| Contact email : | zarinaf@whizdom.com.au |
| Job published : | 8 days ago |
Our client, based in Canberra is focused on the National Security of Australia, and they are seeking a Security Architect to enhance their Enterprise Architecture Practice for a 12 month contract. This role involves developing security architectures, informing and validating security requirements, and providing risk-based guidance to support solution implementation.
The Successful Candidate
The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology Management, or equivalent. They should have experience in developing and applying security architecture best practices, providing tailored ICT security advice, and using enterprise architecture modelling tools.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop security architectures (current, transitional, and target state) based on agency strategies and plans.
- Inform and validate security requirements for new and existing capabilities, ensuring traceability to solution designs, implementations, and configurations.
- Assess the suitability of solution components against relevant architectures, strategies, policies, standards, and practices, identifying issues and proposing risk reduction options.
- Conduct capability gap analysis and provide guidance on risk management.
- Provide advice and risk-based guidance to support solution implementation, including managing security elements of change requests and deviations from specifications.
- Author and review products, including tailored security risk assessments and business impact analysis.
- Contribute to the approval of designs through architectural, security, and stakeholder bodies, ensuring input from technical and security experts.
- Represent divisional capability stakeholders in agency security and technical architecture forums.
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.
Applications for this role closes on Wednesday 28 May 2025. To apply, please send an updated CV to intel@whizdom.com.au or call Zarina on 0480 002 504 for a confidential discussion. Applicants are required to already hold a TSPV clearance.