Cyber Security Architect
Summary
Design and implement cyber security solutions for a major risk uplift program, focusing on network segmentation, identity security, and cyber hardening across enterprise environments.
Location: Sydney
Contract: 12 months
Program: Risk Uplift Program
The Opportunity We are seeking an experienced Cyber Security Architect to join a significant Cyber Risk Uplift Program of Work on an initial 12-month contract.
The role will sit across three key workstreams: Network Segmentation, Identity and Cyber Hardening, helping to uplift the organisation's overall cyber security posture and address key security risks across the technology environment.
This is a hands-on architecture role where you'll work closely with cyber security, infrastructure, network, identity and technology teams to define and deliver practical security solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide cyber security architecture expertise across a major risk uplift program.
- Lead architecture activities across network segmentation, identity and cyber hardening.
- Develop security architecture, technical designs and implementation patterns.
- Support the design and delivery of network segmentation and Zero Trust initiatives.
- Provide architecture guidance across IAM, privileged access and identity security.
- Define and implement cyber hardening strategies across infrastructure, cloud and endpoint environments.
- Assess existing security controls and identify opportunities to remediate security risks.
- Work closely with engineering and delivery teams to embed security requirements into solutions.
- Translate cyber risk and security requirements into practical technical outcomes.
- Engage with senior technical and business stakeholders across the program.
Ideally, you will bring experience across several of the following:
- Cyber Security Architecture
- Network Segmentation
- Zero Trust
- Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- Privileged Access Management (PAM)
- Microsoft Entra ID / Azure AD
- Network and infrastructure security
- Cyber security hardening and uplift
- Cloud Security – Azure and/or AWS
- Endpoint Security / EDR
- Vulnerability Management
- Security frameworks including NIST, ISO 27001 and/or CIS
- Security architecture and technical design
What You'll Bring
- Proven experience as a Cyber Security Architect, Security Architect or similar.
- Experience delivering cyber risk, security uplift or transformation programs.
- Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture principles.
- Ability to translate cyber risks into practical technical solutions.
- Experience operating across complex enterprise technology environments.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Ability to work across multiple concurrent workstreams and delivery teams.