Senior Security Systems Engineers

Gateway Synergy is looking for highly experienced Senior Security Systems Engineers for a federal government agency. An exciting opportunity is open for a rapidly growing project. Be part of a team that makes meaningful changes and improves Australian lives.

The Role
The Security Systems Engineer will be a highly organised, dynamic, outcome orientated individual with excellent communication skills. They contribute specialist technical and cyber skills, acting as a subject matter expert (SME) to Government entities.

The Candidate
The agency requires an EL 1 equivalent multiple Security Systems Engineers. Systems Engineers are subject matter experts required to provide advice, design, implement, and remediate security controls across a suite of technologies for multiple external Australian Government entities, ranging across a number of systems.

The Security Systems Engineer will perform the following duties and responsibilities:

• Work across multiple external Australian Government entities to deliver advice and implement security controls, enhancing the security posture of systems from Official to Top Secret.
• Develop documentation for security engineering and administrative tasks (e.g. SOPs, Request for Change, design documentation, as-built-as-configured, etc.).
• Facilitate and participate in workshops focused on security engineering design and remediation activities.
• Develop and test prototype security configurations to inform the development of advice and guidance.
• Implement security controls in accordance with ASD’s Information Security Manual (ISM), Essential Eight, or other industry cyber security standards.

Criteria
The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a response to each criterion. Each response is limited to 3000 characters.
Essential criteria:

1. Minimum 7 years experience as a Systems Engineer. Demonstrating experience, providing advice, designing, implementing, and remediating one or more of the following: Microsoft Active Directory; Networking, Gateway or Software-Defined Networking; Cross Domain Solutions and/or Diodes; Sentinel or Splunk; Enterprise Linux, Unix, or Similar environments, such as RHEL; Cloud environments, such as SaaS, PaaS, or laaS on Azure, AWS, GPC, or similar; Complex Windows Enterprise
2. Ability to work independently and effectively in hybrid or remote teams.
3. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce technical documentation, reports, presentations, and senior executive briefings.
4. Ability to provide direction to others regarding the purpose and importance of their work.
5. Ability to illustrate the relationship between operational tasks and organisational goals to others.
6. Sets work tasks for others that align with the strategic objectives and communicates expected outcomes.

Desirable criteria:

1. Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, or equivalent industry training and/or certification.
2. Experience in identifying, implementing and/or applying security controls.

 
You must submit a CV on application prior to a phone call with Wiliana on 0482 074 845

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