Senior Security Architect

The role As a Cyber Security Architect, you will lead the design, implementation, integration and governance of security solutions for cloud-based and hybrid environments, ensuring they enable and protect business operations. In addition, you will collaborate with other architecture teams and provide program level cyber security leadership to maintain a cohesive and secure enterprise architecture environment. More specifically, you will: Serve as an internal, customer-facing specialist, leading comprehensive technical security architecture designs and assessments in collaboration with solution architects, developers and key technical and business stakeholders. Define technologies, security controls and operational protocols to safeguard cloud-hosted data against loss, unauthorised modification or misuse. Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of security controls and solutions to identify capability gaps, vulnerabilities and potential attack vectors. Conduct assessments of SaaS and PaaS services against the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Information Security Manual (ISM) and recognised industry cloud security frameworks. Contribute to the development of cyber security architecture principles, patterns, roadmaps, frameworks and reusable building blocks. Coordinate and facilitate the integration of technology services and solutions into the SOC threat monitoring programme, ensuring solution-specific attack scenarios are appropriately detected and recorded. About you The ideal candidate for this role will be a will be a highly experienced and accomplished cyber security professional with deep expertise in designing secure cloud architectures for AWS and Azure. This individual will have a strong track record of applying recognised frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, ACSC ISM, and ASD Essential Eight to deliver robust, compliant solutions. They will demonstrate proven leadership in Security Operations Centre (SOC) architecture and threat detection, leveraging tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, alongside advanced knowledge of identity and access management (IAM), multi factor authentication (MFA), and single sign on (SSO). In addition, you will have: Tertiary qualification or equivalent experience in a cyber security role, with proven expertise as a Security Architect. Demonstrated capability in defining, designing, and overseeing the implementation of secure solution architectures for AWS and Azure environments, ensuring compliance with platform specific security standards and frameworks. Extensive experience providing architectural leadership for Security Operations Centre (SOC) capabilities, including threat hunting activities and the deployment of Microsoft Sentinel. Strong background in applying recognised security control frameworks and standards such as NIST, ISO 27001, ACSC ISM, and ASD Essential Eight, to deliver robust and compliant solutions. Proven ability to design solutions incorporating industry standard cloud native authentication and authorisation mechanisms, including MFA and SSO, supported by deep knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM) architectures. Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to project teams and senior stakeholders, both verbally and in writing. Formal security certifications such as CISSP, CISSP-ISSAP, SABSA Chartered Security Architect, CCSP, or equivalent cloud provider security architecture certifications are desirable but not mandatory. Click ‘apply' to start your application. Applications will close at 11:59pm AEDT, Thursday 15 January 2026. #J-18808-Ljbffr