Cybersecurity Consultant
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Datacom We work across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives by turning the imaginable into reality. Datacom Location : Australia (any city, advertising in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne) Our Why Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help them to use the power of tech to innovate and grow. About the Role (Your Why) The Cybersecurity Consultant role is an oversight and trusted advisor role with a strong focus on planning and delivery of Managed Security Service where there are security related matters. The role provides Security Advisory, Security Risk Management, Security Reporting and Guidance on the implementation and management of technical controls related to security like Application Control systems, vulnerability management, and other essential related controls. NOTE : Due to the client, you MUST be an Australian citizen to apply for this role and be able to achieve NV1 security status if needed. What You’ll Do
- Work closely with the client CISO / vCISO in the delivery of the client cybersecurity strategy, including the planning and implementation of cybersecurity controls which improves the client’s cybersecurity posture.
- Analysis of customer environments against IT security best practice or standards such as ISM, Essential Eight and sometimes NIST or ISO27k and identification of appropriate measures that can be undertaken to achieve best practice and compliance.
- Develop technical information materials and workshops on information security trends, threats, good practices and control mechanisms as appropriate.
- Provide operational management oversight in the form of monthly reporting that spans across cyber security incidents, server patching, security enhancements and the management of other technical controls.
- Providing cybersecurity advice to clients.
- Assist the clients in responding to internal and external audit assessments.
- Assist with day-to-day vulnerability & ticket management when required.
- Assist with customer enquiries & escalations.
- Experience in an IT Security Management role with a particular focus on either the Operational, Policy or Risk & Assurance aspect or alternatively, you may have a strong technical engineering background and have layered some security over the top most recently.
- Knowledgeable of cybersecurity strategies and frameworks such as Essential Eight, ISM, and PSPF.
- Experience of Application control, with exposure to Tenable and Trellix desirable.
- Experience in developing standard security artefacts (SSP, SRMP, IRP).
- Experience within a large complex organisation is ideal for this role, as is any experience within the federal government.
- Strong knowledge of information security topics and an ability to provide advice for the information security steering committee, change management committee and other agency and inter-agency committees.
- A genuine passion for IT Security and maintaining an up to date security knowledge base comprising of a technical reference library, security advisories and alerts, information on information security trends and practices, and relevant laws, regulations, standards and guidelines.
- Strong technical background in networking, compute, cloud and general IT.
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