Senior Security Advisor

About the Company

Responsibilities

• ● Act as a trusted security advisor to business and technology stakeholders.
• ● Lead and support security assessments, assurance activities, and risk reviews.
• ● Provide practical, risk-based security recommendations aligned with security and compliance frameworks.
• ● Drive security-by-design principles and promote cybersecurity awareness.
• ● Improve security processes, governance, standards, and operational effectiveness.
• ● Support the adoption of security tools, capabilities, and frameworks.
• ● Develop security guidance, procedures, templates, and playbooks.
• ● Use operational metrics and reporting to drive continuous improvement and enhance stakeholder experience.

Requirements

• ● + years of experience in cybersecurity advisory, risk management, security operations, governance, or assurance.
• ● Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• ● Excellent communication and influencing capabilities across technical and non-technical audiences.
• ● Strong analytical, problem-solving, and process improvement skills.
• ● Solid understanding of cybersecurity frameworks, controls, technologies, and emerging threats.
• ● Preferred Certifications
• ● CompTIA Security+
• ● ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals
• ● GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
• ● Microsoft SC-900
• ● Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate
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• ● Complex data modelling, Cyber security incident management, Cyber security incident response, Predictive Analytics, Research - emerging technologies, Security measures and controls, Security policies, standards or procedures development, Security Risk Assessment, Security roadmap development, Security Testing, Security Testing Design, Security testing tools, Specialised computing environment design, Threat detection - modelling and machine learning, Threat Hunting, Vulnerability Assessments
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Benefits

• ● Performance-related pay
• ● Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
• ● Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.
• ● Purchased annual leave scheme
• ● Additional Telstra day off
• ● Additional 30% off Telstra products and services
• ● Toolkit provided (laptop + mobile phone + plan paid for)