Security Architect

Job Description

About the Role

Our client based in Canberra is focused on the National Security of Australia and they are seeking a Security Architect to enhance their Enterprise Architecture Practice for a 12 month contract. This role involves developing security architectures informing and validating security requirements and providing riskbased guidance to support solution implementation.

The Successful Candidate

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Cyber Security Information Technology Management or equivalent. They should have experience in developing and applying security architecture best practices providing tailored ICT security advice and using enterprise architecture modelling tools.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop security architectures (current transitional and target state) based on agency strategies and plans.
• Inform and validate security requirements for new and existing capabilities ensuring traceability to solution designs implementations and configurations.
• Assess the suitability of solution components against relevant architectures strategies policies standards and practices identifying issues and proposing risk reduction options.
• Conduct capability gap analysis and provide guidance on risk management.
• Provide advice and riskbased guidance to support solution implementation including managing security elements of change requests and deviations from specifications.
• Author and review products including tailored security risk assessments and business impact analysis.
• Contribute to the approval of designs through architectural security and stakeholder bodies ensuring input from technical and security experts.
• Represent divisional capability stakeholders in agency security and technical architecture forums.

Why partner with Whizdom

Were Whizdom. We view you as an extension of our strong dependable brand and have differentiators which really are different! The Whizdom way :

Our team of talented people are passionate about your experience doing the right thing always with a focus on your longterm career goals. We even give you a best in industry merch pack! Even if this role isnt the exact fit for you we would love a chat contact us to find out more!

Applications for this role closes on Wednesday 28 May 2025. To apply please send an updated CV to or call Zarina onfor a confidential discussion. Applicants are required to already hold a TSPV clearance.

Key Skills

APIs,Pegasystems,Spring,SOAP,.NET,Hybris,Solution Architecture,Service-Oriented Architecture,Adobe Experience Manager,J2EE,Java,Oracle

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1