Information Security (Cyber) Engineer

  • Australia
  • Sydney
  • Permanent
  • Negotiable

Cyber Security Engineer

Key Highlights:

  • Sydney CBD location with hybrid working

  • Work within a well-established higher education environment

  • Salary up to $200,000

Role Overview:
This organisation is seeking a hands-on Cyber Security Engineer with a strong infrastructure and engineering background to help strengthen and mature their security capability across a complex hybrid environment. The role will focus on implementing and improving security controls across identity, infrastructure, and network layers, while supporting several ongoing security uplift initiatives.

About the Organisation & Position:
You will join a collaborative cyber security team responsible for strengthening the organisation’s security posture. The role will support several key initiatives including identity and access management improvements and Essential Eight uplift.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Implement and support identity and access management platforms including OKTA and Active Directory

  • Contribute to security uplift initiatives, including Essential Eight maturity improvements

  • Engineer and implement security controls across hybrid infrastructure (Azure and on-prem)

  • Work closely with the cyber security team on technical security implementations

Required Skills & Experience:

  • Strong engineering background with experience in cyber security or infrastructure security

  • Experience with OKTA, Active Directory, or Microsoft Entra ID

  • Exposure to Azure or cloud environments

  • Experience with next-generation firewalls (Palo Alto, Juniper, Check Point or similar)

  • Comfortable working in a hands-on engineering role implementing security solutions

This is a great opportunity to join a collaborative security team delivering meaningful security uplift initiatives, with the chance to work hands-on across identity, infrastructure and cloud while helping shape the organisation’s evolving cyber security capability.

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