Senior Cyber Security Engineer

About the role

The Senior Cyber Security Engineer will strengthen Stonnington Council’s cyber security capability, resilience and confidence across the Technology Enablement team and the wider organisation. Working within the Technology Engineering unit, you will protect Council services from current and emerging threats by developing and improving security frameworks, tools, controls, assessments and incident response practices.

Key responsibilities

• Lead security and vulnerability assessments for Council services, providing clear recommendations to strengthen controls and reduce risk.
• Coordinate remediation and mitigation activities, ensuring they are prioritised, tracked and aligned with risk management and service resilience.
• Develop and maintain the Council’s security operations playbook, automation, and simulation testing for rapid containment and recovery.
• Manage relationships with the external Security Operations Centre provider and support incident response activities.
• Engineer and maintain security tools, platforms and controls, ensuring effective design, implementation and ongoing management.

Required profile

• Significant experience in cyber security, infrastructure, network administration or security engineering with a proven ability to identify, assess and remediate risks.
• Demonstrated experience conducting security assessments, coordinating vulnerability assessments and planning mitigation works based on risk and business impact.
• Strong stakeholder consultation and communication skills, able to translate complex technical information into practical guidance.
• Experience working with external providers, including Security Operations Centre partners, and supporting incident response activities.

Required skills

• Security assessments and vulnerability assessment methodologies.
• Security frameworks, governance, policies and standards development.
• Security tools engineering, automation and playbook creation.
• Incident response and security operations centre coordination.
• ITIL (or related) certification is highly regarded.

What we offer

• Competitive salary range of $131,259.47 - $146,126.56 per year plus 12% superannuation.
• Monthly accrued day off and a supportive, inclusive workplace culture.