Cyber Security Risk Analyst

Western Power; Perth; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Additional leave options

Salary packaging

Discounted health insurance

Gym membership

Employee recognition program

Wellness leave days

End-of-trip facilities

Parental leave

Job summary

Western Power in Perth seeks a Cyber Security Risk Analyst to join our permanent team. You will provide expert guidance to manage cyber security risks, working with diverse stakeholders to identify and mitigate key exposures across the organisation.

Your insights will shape a resilient digital environment and support governance at all levels. You will develop risk treatment strategies, translate threat information into actionable insights, and contribute to executive reporting and ongoing

Qualifications

• Proven experience in risk management with cyber security risk frameworks and best practices.
• Ability to apply cyber security risk principles to identify and mitigate organisational risks.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to influence across teams.
• Tertiary qualifications in risk management, cyber security, or information management.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance to proactively manage cyber security risks across the organisation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify, assess and mitigate exposures.
• Develop risk treatment strategies and deliver strategic cyber-security advice.
• Translate threat information into actionable insights for governance bodies.
• Lead audit and assurance programs aligned with cyber-security objectives.
• Prepare executive reports and board submissions on risk insights.
• Facilitate risk workshops to improve understanding and proactive management.
• Brief assets/process owners on cyber-security risk and controls.

Skills

Risk management

Cyber risk frameworks

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Facilitation

Education

Degree in risk management

Cyber security qualification

Information management degree

Job description

CYBER SECURITY RISK ANALYST - PERMANENT - PERTH

We're looking for a Cyber Security Risk Analyst to join our Perth team in a permanent role. You'll provide expert guidance on managing cyber security risks, working closely with diverse stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate key risk exposures across the organisation. Your insights will help shape a resilient and secure digital environment, making a real impact every day.

Your Role in Action

• Provide expert technical guidance to proactively manage cyber security risks, collaborating with diverse stakeholders to identify, assess, and mitigate critical exposures across the organisation.
• Partner with internal teams to develop targeted risk treatment strategies, offering strategic cyber-security advice that empowers the business to operate securely and confidently.
• Translate complex and evolving threat and vulnerability information into actionable insights, ensuring the cyber-security risk strategy remains robust and effective.
• Maintain and enhance cyber security standards, guidelines, and processes, including vulnerability management, threat profiling, and risk identification and mitigation.
• Contribute to the creation of high-impact Executive and Board reports, shaping decisions on cyber-security risk initiatives.
• Prepare and deliver compelling presentations, reports, and submissions that clearly communicate cyber-security risk insights and strategies.
• Lead the implementation of audit and assurance programs, ensuring alignment with cyber-security objectives and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate interactive cyber-security risk workshops to drive understanding, collaboration, and proactive risk management.
• Conduct regular threat briefings for asset custodians, process owners, and control owners, ensuring cyber-security risks are clearly understood and effectively addressed.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Proven experience in risk management, with a strong understanding of cyber security risk frameworks and best practices.
• Expertise in applying cyber security risk principles to identify, assess, and mitigate organisational risks effectively.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence, advise, and collaborate across diverse teams.
• Skilled in facilitating discussions, motivating stakeholders, and driving positive change in behaviour and decision-making.
• Tertiary qualifications in risk management, cyber security, information management, or a related field.

By joining Western Power, you will contribute to powering a cleaner energy future. We are dedicated to fostering career development and promoting a healthy work-life balance, empowering you to drive innovation as we develop a network that will serve the Western Australian community for generations. You will also benefit from a range of perks and opportunities, including:

• Over 50% of our employment opportunities are driven by career progression.
• Flexible work arrangements to support part time work, working hours and working from home arrangements.
• The opportunity to purchase up to four weeks of additional leave per year.
• Access to salary packaging, social club activities, and discounted health insurance and gym membership.
• An award-winning employee recognition and benefits programme.
• An innovative team culture that is enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year. wellness leave days each year.
• Access to end-of-trip facilities at our Perth office and South Metro Depot, perfect for cyclists.
• 22 weeks paid parental leave and 5 days of First Nations cultural leave to support family and cultural connections.

Applications close on 7 October 2026

We value diversity and inclusivity, encouraging applications from all backgrounds, including women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and LGBTQIA+ communities.As a WORK180 -endorsed employer for women, we are proud of our commitment to inclusion. You can learn more about this through our Reconciliation Action Plan and Disability Access and Inclusion Plan.