At a Glance
- Tasks: Support cyber security GRC activities and develop essential security documentation.
- Company: Federal Government Department focused on cyber resilience.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, full-time onsite work in Canberra.
- Other info: Opportunity for impactful work with excellent career growth in a dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Join a vital program enhancing national cyber security and make a real difference.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in cyber security GRC and relevant Australian clearances required.
The predicted salary is between 103500 - 126500 $ per year.
Our client, a Federal Government Department, is looking for a Senior Cyber Security Governance Analyst for a contract role with an initial 12-month engagement. This role will support the cyber security GRC activities for the resilience uplift program. The right candidate must be located in Canberra, full time work onsite.
MANDATORY: All candidates must be an Australian citizen and hold a current Baseline clearance OR a current NV1 clearance and their AGSVA Clearance Subject (CS) ID. The candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters. Have at least 5+ years' relevant local working experience in the field.
Key duties and responsibilities:
- Contributing to solution design for security considerations;
- Review and provide recommendations to develop security requirements;
- Develop communications and documentation for senior executive decision making;
- Support the coordination of security assurance processes including IRAP and penetration testing;
- Lead the development of formal security documentation.
Essential criteria:
- Knowledge of the Information Security Manual, Protective Security Policy Framework and Essential Eight;
- Demonstrated experience and capability performing a cyber security GRC role;
- Demonstrated experience managing stakeholder or client interactions to achieve an outcome;
- Demonstrated experience in developing GRC documentation.
The candidate will be required to develop (including but not limited to) the security documentation required to support an IRAP assessment (SSP, SRMP, SSP Annex - formerly SoA, etc.), as well as authorisation reports and minutes.
Desirable criteria:
- Minimum 5 years experience in related roles.
Notes:
- Your daily rate will depend on skills, experience.
- Start date for this assignment is anticipated to be the beginning Sept/Oct 2026.
- Full time requirement, standard hours per day (Maximum hours 45 hours per week).
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