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Security Architect

🗓️ Posted 2026-09-23 Anglicare Hub Macquarie Park Hybrid ICT
💰 Salary Not shared 📊 Market A$850–A$24,000/mo

About the Company

Transform lives, every single day Do you want a career that means more At Anglicare Sydney, we bring the strength, support and strategy to make a genuine difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians. For more than 160 years, we've been committed to helping individuals, families and communities thrive. Today, over 40,000 people rely on our services each year, and we're continuing to expand our impact. We're looking for an experienced Security Architect to join our Technology team on an initial 12-month fixed-term contract, helping strengthen and mature our cyber security capability across the organisation. Your opportunity As our Security Architect, you'll lead the direction of security architecture across Anglicare's technology environment, ensuring secure-by-design principles are embedded into technology solutions and initiatives. Working closely with Technology and business stakeholders, you'll help shape security strategies, establish governance practices, and provide architectural guidance across cloud, applications, networks, identity and data platforms. Most importantly, your work will help protect the systems and services that support some of the community's most vulnerable people.

Responsibilities

  • ● With integrity and resilience, you will:
  • ● Lead the cyber security architecture strategy across cloud, network, applications, data, identity and access management (IAM), and identity governance and administration (IGA) domains.
  • ● Develop and maintain the security architecture roadmap, aligning security initiatives with enterprise architecture and business objectives.
  • ● Represent Cyber Security within architecture governance forums and contribute to technology decision-making.
  • ● Establish and lead security architecture review processes across projects and initiatives.
  • ● Design and maintain security reference architectures, standards and blueprints for key platforms and services.
  • ● Lead threat modelling and security risk assessments using recognised frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK and STRIDE.
  • ● Provide security architecture guidance to project and operational teams across the organisation.
  • ● Support the ongoing improvement of security architecture practices, standards and governance.

Requirements

  • ● You are an experienced security professional who combines strong technical expertise with the ability to build effective working relationships across a broad range of stakeholders.
  • ● Proven experience delivering end-to-end security architecture across complex technology environments.
  • ● Expert-level capability in at least two specialist security domains, such as:
  • ● Identity Governance & Administration (IGA)
  • ● Identity & Access Management (IAM)
  • ● Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
  • ● Zero Trust Architecture
  • ● Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC)
  • ● Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
  • ● Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • ● A pragmatic and collaborative approach to balancing security requirements with business needs.
  • ● To be successful in this role, you'll have:
  • ● Tertiary qualifications in Information Technology, Cyber Security, Risk Management or a related discipline.
  • ● Industry certification in CISSP, CCSP or SABSA.
  • ● At least 7 years' experience in a Security Architect or similar cyber security architecture role.
  • ● Demonstrated experience conducting security architecture maturity assessments and improvement initiatives.
  • ● Strong knowledge of risk and security frameworks including NIST, ISO 27001 and recognised control frameworks.
  • ● Exposure to Australian regulatory and compliance requirements such as APRA CPS 234 and OAIC obligations will be highly regarded.
  • ● Proven ability to work independently while partnering effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
  • ● Why Anglicare