Job description



Cyber Security Architect - 12-Month Contract


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.

About You You will be an experienced Cyber Security Architect / Security Architect with a strong background in cyber transformation, security uplift or risk remediation programs.

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

You don't need to be an expert across every domain. We're particularly interested in candidates with strong network segmentation and/or identity architecture experience, combined with broader cyber security architecture and security uplift experience.

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.