Cyber Security Lead & Architect

Country Road Group; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bi-annual product allowance

Staff discounts across CRG brands (40%

Birthday and volunteer leave

Health and wellbeing support

Parental leave program

Internal career opportunities

Annual learning calendar

Community partnerships

Job summary

Country Road Group seeks an experienced Cyber Security Manager to lead operational and engineering capability, balancing hands-on security with leadership responsibilities. You’ll guide the cyber team, own security platforms like MDR/XDR/SIEM, and drive risk-based, practical controls across a complex enterprise.

You’ll collaborate with Risk, Governance and technology teams to translate threats into effective protection, while shaping architecture and vendor strategies in a fast-paced retail

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Cyber Security, with a strong technical background across security operations, engineering and/or architecture.
• Hands-on with cyber security technology, with progression into a lead/manager/senior technical role.
• Strong knowledge of security architecture and engineering across network, cloud, endpoint/EDR and IAM.
• Experience designing or maturing security tooling and controls such as MDR, XDR, SIEM and vulnerability management.
• Strong incident response capability including investigation, playbooks and leading significant incidents.
• Solutions-focused mindset translating technical risks into practical controls.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor cyber security professionals.
• Strong vendor management including service performance, SLAs, licensing and costs.
• Ability to translate complex technical risks into clear business recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of ISO/IEC 27001/2, NIST, CIS, MITRE ATT&CK; cyber security or cloud certifications welcomed.
• Tertiary qualifications in related fields; retail/PCI-DSS exposure advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop the cyber security team across triage, investigation and response to incidents.
• Own architecture and engineering roadmap for core security platforms (MDR, XDR, SIEM, vulnerability management, email security, cloud security).
• Develop and improve incident response plans and playbooks; lead during major security incidents.
• Improve detection and response capability in partnership with outsourced MDR provider.
• Design and implement scalable security controls and reference architectures across CRG’s technology environment.
• Own security vulnerabilities and risks; work with tech teams to implement solutions.
• Manage key security vendors and partners including performance, SLAs, licensing and delivery.
• Conduct IT security risk assessments and translate findings for senior leaders.
• Partner with technology teams on security architecture decisions and cyber risk trade-offs.
• Collaborate with Risk & Governance on PCI-DSS and ensure controls meet requirements.
• Maintain knowledge of cyber threat landscape and opportunities to strengthen security posture.

Skills

Cyber security

Security operations

Security engineering

Security architecture

Incident response

Vendor management

Stakeholder influence

Network security

Cloud security

Endpoint/EDR

IAM

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Cyber Security, Computer Science, IT or related

Tools

MDR

XDR

SIEM

Vulnerability management

Email security

Job description

Country Road Group seeks an experienced Cyber Security Manager to lead operational and engineering capability, balancing hands-on security with leadership responsibilities. You’ll guide the cyber team, own security platforms like MDR/XDR/SIEM, and drive risk-based, practical controls across a complex enterprise.

You’ll collaborate with Risk, Governance and technology teams to translate threats into effective protection, while shaping architecture and vendor strategies in a fast-paced retail