Senior Cybersecurity Consultant

Our Why

Here at Datacom we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in.

Our Team

Our culture is built on people who love coming to work to solve problems, and we embrace those who lean into a problem rather than lean away. Using your cybersecurity expertise, you will join ANZ’s largest cybersecurity and connectivity services company as part of a dedicated team, proud of delivering top of the range advice and guidance to our customers.

About the Role (Your Why)

The Senior Cybersecurity Consultant role is responsible for providing our clients with expertise on all aspects of Cybersecurity to ensure that the organisation is protected against current and emerging Cybersecurity threats.

Due to the nature of our client, you must be an Australian Citizen and be able to achieve Australian Government NV1 clearance to be successful in your application for this role.

What You’ll Do:

As a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant, you will a trusted advisor to Datacom’s customers and internal stakeholders, understanding their cybersecurity needs and providing expert guidance and security solutions. 

Your core responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with cross functional teams to ensure a shared understanding of security risks and propose fit for purpose mitigations.
• Being responsible for leading and maintaining systems and specific components of systems, providing specialist technical expertise in multi-platform IT environments, and performing analytical assignments as required by project management.
• Influencing the Cybersecurity strategy and processes of the organisation's information systems and networks.
• Guide the development of security policies, procedures, and standards.
• Identifying security requirements for new applications and other software products.
• Advising management on security issues, including legislation and adoption of new security technologies.
• Reviewing new and existing Information Technology projects for compliance to Cybersecurity architecture by developing, documenting, and communicating strategies and standards

What You’ll Bring:

You will bring advanced understanding of tools, techniques, and procedures that modern attackers use to compromise organisations, along with knowledge of networks, firewalls, proxies' concepts and technologies. 

Additionally, you will have:

• Knowledge of operating system command-line and system/server diagnostic tools and fault identification techniques.
• Knowledge of systems engineering theories, concepts, and methods.
• Knowledge of organisational IT user security policies (e.g., account creation, password rules, access control).
• Knowledge of systems administration concepts.
• Knowledge of measures or indicators of system performance and availability.
• Familiarity with common threat intelligence frameworks and standards (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK, STIX/TAXII).
• Familiarity and exposure to working on Intelligence platforms.
• Skills in Sentinel and Microsoft Defender Suite are highly desirable, as are other Security Technologies such as CrowdStrike, Azure, Check Point, Palo Alto, and Fortinet.
• Specialist knowledge of Cybersecurity principles and practices.
• Expert knowledge of information systems, operating systems, databases, and networking.
• Knowledge of the outsourced IT services market and infrastructure project requirements.
• Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents (like ACSC Essential 8).
• Knowledge of finance management practices with a clear understanding of the relationship between costs, utilisation, and project revenue.
• At least 9+ years’ experience in IT with 5+ years’ experience specialising in Cybersecurity.
• Experience in a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) environment.

Why join us here at Datacom?

Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.

We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment.

We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.

We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.