Cyber Security Graduate (Feb 2028)

HTU; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Buddy and mentor

Networking events

Work life balance

Permanent employment after program

Job summary

NSW Government is launching a 18–month Graduate Program in the Digital stream to kickstart your digital/ICT career. You’ll help define how citizens interact with digital government services, from identifying cyber security risks to designing and delivering products and services.

The program offers placements in NSW, with potential for ongoing permanent employment after successful completion, and opportunities to work across health, housing, customer service and transport sectors.

Qualifications

• Areas include computer science, data analytics, software development and programming.
• Cyber security, system analysis and design are also part of the program.

Responsibilities

• Define how NSW residents interact with digital government services.
• Identify cyber security risks and contribute to secure product design.
• Design and deliver digital government products and services across sectors.
• Collaborate across health, housing, customer service and transport domains.

Skills

Software development

Cyber security

Data analytics

Programming

System analysis and design

Computer science

Job description

NSW Government Graduate Program Digital Stream

• Join an employer of over 400,000
• Contribute to community outcomes
• Permanent role on successful program completion
• Work experience not needed

Start your digital/ICT career with NSW’s biggest employer

Are you interested in harnessing emerging technology to develop innovative and citizen-centric digital solutions?

In the NSW Government Graduate Program Digital stream, you'll help define how the people of NSW interact with digital government services. From identifying cyber security risks to designing and delivering products and services, you can work in areas including computer science, data analytics, software development, programming, cyber security, system analysis and design. You will work across critical areas such as health, housing, customer service and transport.

With 3 placementsinNSW Government,you’ll get to try different things!

What's in it for you?

• Become a member of Australian Computer Society’s Partnership Program
• Competitive salary from day one
• Opportunity to work on meaningful projects
• Support – buddy and mentor
• Networking events with your graduate cohort
• Work life balance
• Roles available in Sydney Metro
• Gain ongoing (permanent) employment once you complete the program

Join a diverse workforce

We welcome and strongly encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We’re committed to providing opportunities for and welcoming Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability or neurodivergence. Our graduate cohorts reflect the diversity of the community we serve.

We are a Disability Confident Recruiter accredited by the Australian Disability Network. Our recruitment practices have been assessed to ensure we are adhering to best-practice inclusive recruitment. We invite people with disability or neurodivergence to contact us about adjustments to support you at any stage of the recruitment process.

Eligibility

To apply for the 2028 graduate program, you must:

• hold a current visa or be in the process of obtaining a visa permitting you to work full-time in Australia for the 18-month duration of the program until August 2029
• complete your undergraduate or postgraduate degree between 1 June 2025 and 31 December 2027, including any work placements
• be available to start full-time work on February 2028.

Visit our website for more information about the eligibility requirements.