Title: Cyber Security Incident Response Manager
Location: Sydney
Type: Full-Time | Hybrid (Work-from-Home and Onsite)

We are seeking an accomplished Cyber Security Incident Response Manager to lead a high-performing Cyber Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) within a respected higher education institution. This role is critical in enhancing our organisation’s security posture and response capabilities.

Extensive experience working within a Security Operations Centre (SOC) environment is essential, as is a strong background in incident response and leadership. While experience in the higher education sector is beneficial, it is not a requirement.

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Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of cyber security professionals, ensuring effective incident detection, response, and resolution.

• Manage and coordinate security incidents across the organisation, acting as the escalation point for complex and high-impact events.

• Design, implement, and maintain incident response playbooks and processes aligned with industry best practices.

• Deliver regular security reporting and post-incident analysis to identify trends, improve processes, and inform strategic decisions.

• Perform proactive threat hunting and support intelligence-led defensive measures.

• Collaborate with MSSPs, technology vendors, and service providers to ensure high-quality service delivery and contract compliance.

• Lead crisis management initiatives, working closely with business continuity and disaster recovery teams.

• Oversee the SOC’s operations, driving continuous improvement in detection and response capabilities.

• Participate in an on-call roster to support urgent or critical incident response activities.

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About You

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in cyber security, including at least 3 years in a managerial or leadership role.

• Proven experience working within a SOC environment is essential.

• Deep understanding of incident response, threat intelligence, digital forensics, and cyber security frameworks (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001).

• Hands-on knowledge of key technologies including SIEM, EDR/EPP, WAF, SEG, NGFW, IAM, and others.

• Strong track record of managing MSSPs and coordinating with external partners.

• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GCIH, or GCFA are highly desirable.

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Why Join Us?

• Play a pivotal leadership role in one of Australia’s most prominent higher education institutions.

• Lead a team operating at the forefront of cyber security strategy and operations.

• Benefit from flexible hybrid work arrangements and a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

• Enjoy competitive salary packaging and ongoing professional development opportunities.

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If you are an experienced SOC leader ready to make a difference in a meaningful and dynamic environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape the future of cyber resilience in higher education.

• 12-month contract + 12-month extensions
• Canberra
• Must be able to obtain Baseline – clearance preferred
• Experience working on identity focused fraud prevention initiatives, including identity resolution, secure authentication, access management mechanisms or fraud risk detection

Role
Our federal government client is seeking a highly experienced Project manager to lead cross-functional technical solution planning and delivery for new capabilities and features, aligning business priorities with architecture, cybersecurity, support readiness, and system dependencies across ITFG and delivery partners.

Your specific duties will include:

• Develop the project schedule and maintain the ITFG plan, balancing technical dependencies and business requirements and other priorities.
• Proactively identify technical risks, user pain points, and operational gaps during the design phase to shape scalable, user centric solutions that reduce technical effort, prevent rework, and minimise post go live defects.
• Manage delivery partner(s) for system implementation.
• Act as the technical lead within agile teams, resolving complex cross functional issues working with other internal squads and external agencies, managing scope, and aligning sprint activities to enterprise architecture and product strategy.
• Represent the project in ITFG ICT Change Management activities and release planning.
• Ensure ITFG technology standards are met, including cyber assessments, penetration testing, go/no-go gates.

Mandatory skills

• Experience in Project Management in Federal or State Government environments.
• Proven experience of 5-8 years in establishing and managing the delivery of complex technical ICT system delivery projects working across Government agencies.
• Recent experience in, and strong knowledge of, contemporary project management and governance frameworks and methodologies.
• Ability to translate complex identity or fraud-related business needs into project plans, bridging the gap between business and technical teams

Application Process: If you would like to apply, please contact Deep on 0413 109 712 or email deepika.ahluwalia@talentinternational.com

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• 12 months + 12 months
• Canberra location
• Must be an Australian Citizen

Our Client

This government agency is a service provider, responsible for providing and funding a range of support services to thousands of individuals across Australia. With multiple locations across Canberra, and nationwide, the organisation seeks only the most skilled and professional individuals to assist them in developing programs, policies and initiatives that will improve the quality of life for vulnerable Australians.

The Role

Our client is seeking a Monitoring Analyst to join their dynamic fast-paced team. The successful candidate will monitor critical business systems using various monitoring tools, including Splunk and Dynatrace.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Gain a deep understanding of key business processes and their business impacts to monitor accordingly, as well as enterprise and system architectures.
• Create and fine-tune monitoring solutions such as alerts, reports, and dashboards to identify, troubleshoot and notify internal technical and business teams.
• Identify and deliver continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen and enhance the maturity of overall monitoring solutions and processes.
• Undertake troubleshooting and root-cause analysis, including recommendations to system owners on solutions and improvements.

Skills and Experience

• More than 3 years’ experience working in an ICT monitoring or ICT operations role, ideally for CRM systems.
• Experience with Splunk and Dynatrace.
• Demonstrated experience developing alerts and monitoring solutions using monitoring tools and log analysis platforms.
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvements and continuous improvement activities.
• Strong knowledge of different log formats, including JSON, XML, CSV, and plain text.

Application

To apply for this opportunity, please click ‘APPLY’. For further information, please contact Jaela Smith on 02 6129 6302 or email Jaela.smith@talentinternational.com

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Our client
Our client is a unique government agency which works closely with a range of national and international partners to create connections and gather information to protect Australia from serious threats. They deliver information-sharing solutions at the state, territory and federal levels to ensure that essential information is available to all law enforcement agencies across Australia

The role
Our client requires a Business Analyst to manage the delivery of commercial and private cloud solutions to support the organisations goals and objectives for PROTECTED and OFFICIAL capabilities. Additionally, the candidate will need to work with customers to ensure the migration of systems to MCP supported solutions ensuring the programs Directives are delivered and legacy systems decommissioned.

Duties and responsibilities

• Accountable for investigating business needs, problems and opportunities and recommend effective business processes.
• Prepare or contribute to business cases which define potential benefits and options for achieving these benefits through development of new or changed processes.
• Advise stakeholders and colleagues on the choice of techniques, tools and processes required for modelling and analysis activities and tasks.
• Apply knowledge of business analysis methods and techniques, modelling and quality assurance techniques to understand and articulate business processes and contribute to business outcomes.
• Build and sustain relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to identify their needs, reach agreement on the business objectives and gain commitment to achieving results.
• Analyse complex ICT business problems and apply expertise to identify and recommend courses of action.
• Accountable for accurate completion of work within timeframes and quality requirements, and share own expertise with others
• Identify potential business benefits and options to realise business improvements.
• Contribute to improvements in information systems and information management practices and procedures.
• Provides advice and guidance to support the adoption of methods and tools
• Define business problems via in-depth investigation and gathering of technical, and non-technical information
• Using Data Analytics to assess processes, determine requirements, and deliver data-driven recommendations and reports to executives and stakeholders.
• Proficient in Atlassian services Confluence, and JIRA
• Formal skills working in a Technical team

Application
To apply for this position, hit “APPLY” now! For more information, please e-mail Emma at emma.gibbons@talentinternational.com

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The perks:

• Uncapped Commissions with quarterly accelerators!
• Multiple successful placement stories. Included SDR’s that I’ve placed promoting to AE!
• Work Laptop provided.
• Weekly Tuesday & Thursday lunches provided in office.
• Your first month will be guaranteed commissions.
• Great banter/culture – who doesn’t love a cheeky laugh!
• Hybrid working – Monday and Friday are WFH.
• Office is a short walk from North Sydney station.
• Growth opportunities available.
• Global and market leading product.
• Achievable targets – they want to reward you!

How will you contribute:

• Previous B2C/B2B sales experience is a must have.
• Very open to sales backgrounds (face to face or phone based) – proven track record meeting KPI’s is highly regarded.
• Prior 3+ months experience as an SDR/BDR/BDM or similar outbound calling role is a bonus.
• Must have a proven track record of exceeding KPI’s.
• You are a high energy individual with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
• Desire to learn and innately curious to know more about your clients.
• Ability to manage a high volume of outbound calls and correspondence. Daily activity consists of 60 warm/cold calls p/day.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
• Full working rights in Australia and are based in Sydney, NSW.

What’s Next…

If you like what you’ve read above and it sounds like there could be a match, we’d love to hear from you. We invite you to APPLY NOW.

• 12 month contract
• Canberra only
• Baseline clearance required
• Lead Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation program

We are currently seeking an experienced Cyber Security Manager to join a federal government agency to support the delivery of the Cyber Security Strategy Implementation Program, helping to ensure the organisation is resilient against evolving cyber threats and compliant with government frameworks.

You will lead cybersecurity governance, risk, and assurance activities, drive policy uplift, and collaborate across ICT and business units to strengthen the organisation’s cybersecurity posture.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver the Cyber Security Strategy Implementation Program, including policy uplift and Essential Eight maturity improvements.
• Develop certification and accreditation documentation, leading to Authority to Operate (ATO).
• Collaborate with stakeholders and architects to embed security requirements into projects and documentation.
• Provide leadership and mentorship within the cyber team to enhance capability and awareness.
• Work closely with the Project Manager under the guidance of ITSA to deliver program objectives.
• Optimise resources to manage risk and improve security performance.

Skills and Experience Required

• Demonstrated experience in a cybersecurity leadership role with strong knowledge of PSPF and ISM.
• Expertise in creating security documentation and conducting Essential Eight-compliant assessments.
• Demonstrated experience leading cyber teams and implementing government-aligned controls.
• Skilled in threat modelling, risk assessment, and continuous monitoring.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across executive and technical audiences.
• Critical thinking with a principles-based approach to emerging threats.

Application Process: If you would like to apply, please contact Steve Jobson on email: steven.jobson@talentinternational.com

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We’re looking for an exceptional Senior Identity & Access Management (IDAM) Specialist to join a high-performing Program Delivery Team – driving innovation, leading change, and shaping the future of secure digital access.

In this role you’ll provide technical leadership, lead enhancement initiatives, and work hands-on to design, build, and deploy solutions for a range of business-critical applications

Key activities

• Lead and guide technical strategies for IDAM systems, driving best practices and innovation.
• Architect, enhance, and support complex software solutions across legacy and contemporary platforms.
• Influence and shape the organisation’s software development, integration, and system architecture standards.
• Drive automation and continuous integration initiatives to streamline operations and boost resilience.
• Supervise and mentor team members, helping to foster a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• Ensure secure, seamless, and scalable IDAM environments across on-premises and cloud solutions.

Skills and experience

• Extensive experience leveraging software delivery methods, designing and developing solutions that create business value.
• Strong knowledge of contemporary Identity solutions and including directories and access management services and the application of design patterns
• Extensive experience developing and supporting Identity and Access Management integrations.
• A track record of designing, building, and maintaining robust IDAM solutions that deliver real business outcomes.
• Significant knowledge and demonstrated experience with cross functional agile delivery.
• Expertise across NetIQ, eDirectory, Active Directory (AD), Azure AD, and ADFS.
• Strong Microsoft technology stack experience – plus some DevOps know-how (Puppet, Bitbucket, Red Hat Satellite).
• Hands-on system administration with RHEL Linux and Windows environments.
• Proven ability working with SaaS requirements, SSO, RBAC and modern identity frameworks.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, a keen eye for detail, and a relentless drive for quality and innovation.
• Tertiary qualifications and/or industry certifications highly regarded.

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Carly Llorente on 9236 7704 for a confidential discussion.

Our client is a federal government organisation with offices throughout Australia. Due to growth, they are seeking an EL2 Cyber Security Risk Transformation Manager to join their team in any of their following offices – Richmond, Canberra, Geelong and Perth.

• 18-month initial contract plus 18-month extension, excellent rates negotiable
• Hybrid with 3 days per week onsite
• Federal government role – Australian citizenship required
• NV1 Security Clearance required (sponsorship granted by client if you don’t have it already)

The role:

The Cyber Security Risk Transformation Manager is accountable directly to the CISO to undertake work with a high level of complexity or sensitivity that delivers quality outcomes across the functions of the client.
The position is an important thought leadership position and will have delegated authority and responsibility to resolve issues and risks across wide-ranging activities of substantial depth involving significant detail. The role is required to provide thought leadership, control, planning, resource management and decision making for the team.
The Cyber Security Risk Transformation Manager is responsible for initiating, establishing and maintaining relationships with key internal and external stakeholders. Where required, they will represent and negotiate on behalf of the client to advance the client’s interests in cross-agency, inter-jurisdictional and other forums.

Key duties and responsibilities:

Transforming agency cyber security risk management practices and policies to better enhance management of cyber security risk for the client aligned to ISO 31000 and other better-practice risk frameworks

• Continue the transformation from a compliance-based security model to a better-practice cyber security risk model aligned to business objectives
• Aligning cyber security risk management practices across risk identification, analysis and evaluation within the client to enhance outcomes
• Advising the client on how they can build and embed cyber resilience within people, process, technology and third parties through agile and innovative Risk Management, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
• Working with key stakeholders, design agency disaster recovery solutions for worst case cyber security scenarios, including working with technology vendors, documenting recovery processes, and testing/exercising recovery methods
• Lead cyber resilience assessments; operational and service management processes; technical architecture, data resilience, testing and failover automation activities
• Create and uplift the Risk Transformation & Resilience area and ensure it is a significant element of ICT and the agency as a whole
• Lead and own process risk and resilience transformation and identify continuous improvement opportunities across service lines
• Identify gaps in risk and resilience processes, technology, and tools, proposing best practices to streamline operations.

About you:
The client is seeking a strong leader who has proven and demonstrated experience with the above key duties and responsibilities. You will ideally have worked in a government environment previously in a similar role with advanced Cyber Security Risk Transformation management experience.

APPLY:
Submit your resume or contact Shelley at shelley.harrison@talentinternational.com or call on 0418 572 482 for further information. Shortlisted will be contacted and applicants will be required provide an overview of your experience up to 5000 characters once you have been shortlisted. Submission date closes Tuesday 6^th May.

To support our clients’ continuous growth and demand across major Energy sector projects, we are on the lookout to hire an experienced Operational Technology (OT) Engineer to help provide tactical cybersecurity support and assurance activities to keep frontline systems and assets secure from cyber-attacks. This position sits within the Digital Function of the Operational Technology (OT) BAU core team, reporting into the Senior Cybersecurity Lead.

This role is being offered as a 2-year Day rate contract assignment. You will be based in modern high-rise Perth CBD offices that fully support remote and flexible-hybrid Working from Home setups.

As an Operational Technology (OT) Engineer, your main duties and responsibilities will include (but not limited to):

• Ensure Asset OT security is maintained at tolerable levels.
• Informal Leadership of contractors and service providers delivering OT specific work to assets.
• Responsible for delivery of OT Maintenance Program.
• Responsible for ensuring OT System changes are secure and fit for purpose.
• Responsible for supporting front line maintenance in break down OT incidents.
• Responsible for supporting CSIRT in the event of a site cyber incident.
• OT System changes are secure and fit fur purpose.
• Responsible for ensuring technical aspects of maintenance and change align to security principals and processes.
• Supporting the update and delivery of OT Security Platform components

We are seeking qualified individuals who have the following skills and experience:

• 2+ years technical experience required in Control System Engineering / Operational Technology (OT) or Information Technology (IT).
• Experience in maintenance delivery and operations.
• Good understanding of cyber security and risk management within an Oil & Gas environment.
• Business risk and stakeholder relationship management skills.
• Informal leadership competencies.
• CCNA and/or SANS GICSP certification (or working towards)
• Engineering or IT Degree from an industry recognised University.

If you have the relevant expertise and experience listed above and are interested in finding out more about this key role, please forward your updated CV to Huma Irshad by clicking the “APPLY NOW” button.

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As a trusted security advisor to this government body, you will be instrumental in identifying, assessing, and managing information security and technology risks across a diverse project portfolio. You will work closely with senior executives, IT leaders, risk managers, and delivery teams to balance innovation with robust security, ensuring compliance, resilience, and strategic alignment.

This is your opportunity to work on large-scale, impactful projects that shape government services while leveraging your expertise to influence key decisions and embed a strong risk-aware culture.

Key activities

• Lead expert risk assessments across major technology projects, identifying threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies.
• Influence executive stakeholders and project leaders on critical risk trade-offs and guide them to make informed, secure, and business-aligned decisions.
• Integrate security into the project lifecycle, ensuring strong governance through all phases and stage gates, aligned with internal methodologies.
• Advise on new products and solutions, identifying early-stage compliance risks and ensuring alignment with government and industry regulations.
• Champion best practices in cloud security, third-party risk, information protection, and regulatory compliance.
• Stay ahead of the curve by engaging with industry forums, government communities, and thought leaders in the security and risk domain.

Skills and experience

• Proven experience in technology and information risk management, particularly in complex, multi-vendor, or Agile environments.
• Strong track record working across cloud technologies, digital transformation initiatives, and enterprise-scale IT change programs.
• Ability to consult, influence, and negotiate with senior executives, stakeholders, and external vendors.
• Deep understanding of security frameworks, IT governance, and industry-leading controls across cloud, data, and third-party management.
• Experience navigating regulatory and compliance requirements (Victorian Government and/or broader industry standards).
• Highly developed communication, organisational, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Practical experience delivering risk guidance throughout the project lifecycle and within structured project management methodologies.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISA, or similar highly regarded.

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Carly Llorente on 9236 7704 for a confidential discussion.

• Permament Position – Government Agency
• CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Implement Cyber Security Initiatives across the organisation

Our Government client is looking for a Cyber Security Analyst. You will be responsible for maturing the cyber security posture by managing risks and compliance to ensure our client operates in a resilient, secure and compliant environment.

You will be responsible for

• Implement cyber security initiatives aligned with the cyber security strategy
• Ensure compliance with VPDSF and AESCSF.
• Conduct regular security assessments, audits, and risk analyses to identify vulnerabilities
• Collaborate with vendors to monitor and respond to security incidents
• Prepare and present reports on security risk, metrics, compliance status, and incident response activities to senior management

You will have

• Proven experience as a Cyber Security Analyst Ideally within the Australian energy sector.
• In-depth knowledge of industry standards and regulations, including AESCSF, VPDSS, NIST, ISO 27001,
• Strong understanding of network security, threat detection, and incident response
• Previous Victorian Government experience would be an advantage
• Strong stakeholder engagement and facilitation skills.

What’s in it for you:

• Permament Position
• Government Agency
• CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement

Please apply today to secure an interview for more information email Sarah Jordan on sarah.jordan@talentinternational.com

The opportunity
Our client is a large federal government agency. They are seeking an EL1 Senior CIAM Software Engineer to drive the implementation and optimisation of Customer Identity and Access Management solutions. This is a long-term contracting opportunity in a growing team.

• 12 month contract plus 12 month extension, excellent daily rates negotiable
• Richmond or Geelong based, with 3 days in the office per week
• Requires Australian citizenship and a security clearance (NV1 preferred)

The role
You will be responsible for the design, implementation, and optimisation of customer identity and access management (CIAM) solutions tailored to external users within an Azure and AWS Cloud environment. Responsibilities of the roles may include but are not limited to:

• Help lead the implementation and optimization of a major customer identity and access management (CIAM) project, focusing on external and customer user registration, authentication, authorization and user profile management
• Work independently on competing and often urgent tasks to achieve agency CIAM outcomes
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand project requirements and translate them into effective CIAM configurations
• Configure and manage CIAM features, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and security best practices
• Optimize the CIAM solution for scalability, performance and user experience, leveraging industry best practices and emerging technologies
• Prioritize building automations and integrations to enhance CIAM capabilities and streamline user interactions

About you
To be considered for these roles you will need:

• Strong experience and expertise in designing, implementing and optimizing customer identity and access management solutions
• Cybersecurity and IDAM experience, and experience with CIAM products such as Auth0, Okta, ForgeRock, Ping, and Akamai, or equivalent
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively
• Ability to lead and mentor junior staff, fostering a collaborative and innovative team environment
• Experience working within project management frameworks, the tools, and phases of the project lifecycle

Please note that our client is a federal government department and they can only consider applicants who are Australian Citizens who hold or are able to obtain an NV1 security clearance.

Apply:
Please submit your resume ASAP, or for more information please contact jarrodd.edwards@talentinternational.com.

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