Principal Project Officer (Incident Management)

Queensland Government; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Government is seeking an AO7 Principal Project Officer (Incident Management) to lead whole-of-Government cyber security incident management. You will work with a broad range of stakeholders across agencies in Brisbane to ensure coordinated responses to high-priority incidents and improve incident response plans and processes.

You will coordinate the incident lifecycle, mobilise response teams, and provide timely updates to executives and technical teams, while enhancing governance,

Qualifications

• Experience leading cyber security incident management programs.
• Ability to coordinate with diverse stakeholders across government.
• Strong analytical and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Central point of contact and authority to lead the lifecycle of high-priority cyber security incidents.
• Assess the severity, impact, and scope of security alerts to declare incidents and support delegates in determining response level.
• Mobilise Incident Response Teams and assign tasks to team members.
• Provide clear, timely, and actionable status updates to technical teams, executives, and business leaders.
• Interface between CSU and broader disaster management frameworks during a state cyber incident or crisis.
• Interface with other teams for incidents with whole-of-Government impact.
• Deliver a BAU program and projects to improve whole-of-Government cyber security incident management capabilities, including planning and exercises.
• Provide expert advice in improving cyber incident management practice and operation of Communities of Practice.

Skills

Incident management

Stakeholder engagement

Cyber security

Incident response

Governance & policy

Communications

Job description

AO7 Principal Project Officer (Incident Management).

The Cyber Security Unit (CSU) is responsible for enhancing government cyber security capability. This team provides cyber security leadership, governance, policy and standards, advocacy, capability development, and incident coordination. The CSU also manages several whole of Government threat management services, works to optimise cyber awareness and resilience across QLD and supports State-wide industry cyber development.

As the Principal Project Officer (Incident Management), you will work closely with a wide range of key stakeholders to ensure coordinated responses to cyber incidents. You will support the effective and coordinated delivery of communications and information and continually maintain and improve whole of government incident response plans and processes that span the scope of the incident response lifecycle.

As The Principal Project Officer (Incident Management), You Will

• Serve as the central point of contact and authority to lead the lifecycle of highpriority cyber security incidents.
• Assess the severity, impact, and scope of security alerts to formally declare incidents and support delegates in determining the required response level.
• Mobilise Incident Response Teams and assign specific technical or administrative tasks to team members.
• Provide clear, timely, and actionable status updates to technical teams, executives, and business leaders.
• Operate the interface between CSU & broader disaster management frameworks during a state cyber incident or crisis.
• Operate cyber incident management processes and ensuring a smooth interface to other teams for incidents which may have a whole of Government impact.
• Deliver a business as usual program and specific projects to improve the whole of Government cyber security incident management capabilities, including planning and participating in whole of Government cyber exercises.
• Provide the expert advice in improving cyber incident management practice and assist in operation of whole of Government Communities of Practice.

Occupational group IT & Telecommunications