Senior Cyber Engineer: DLP & Cloud Security Lead

Western Power; Perth; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work hours

Work from home options

Wellness leave days

Parental leave (22 weeks)

End-of-trip facilities

Job summary

Western Power is expanding its Cyber Security team and seeks a Senior Cyber Engineer to design, implement and optimise DLP, data discovery, and insider risk management across on-prem and cloud environments. You will collaborate with technology teams and stakeholders to deliver secure outcomes and drive continuous security improvements.

The role emphasizes governance, regulatory alignment and effective data protection across enterprise data assets.

Qualifications

• Experience in information and records management within a complex organisation.
• Knowledge of information governance, compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Proven experience designing, implementing and optimising DLP controls across endpoints, network and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and continuously enhance DLP controls across endpoint, network and cloud environments to protect critical business information.
• Lead enterprise-wide data discovery, classification and sensitivity labelling initiatives, improving visibility and governance across structured and unstructured data assets.
• Act as the key point of contact for data security queries, approvals and stakeholder engagement, providing trusted advice across the organisation.
• Drive Insider Risk Management capabilities, including policy development, detection engineering and support for data security investigations.
• Develop and mature data security posture management capabilities, identifying risks and opportunities to strengthen organisational resilience.
• Own the organisation's sensitivity labelling framework, ensuring effective information protection and alignment with business and regulatory requirements.
• Establish and report on DLP performance metrics, delivering meaningful insights and recommendations to support decision-making.
• Shape and execute the DLP strategy and roadmap, driving continuous improvement and innovation in data protection practices.
• Manage and enhance data security automation capabilities to improve operational efficiency and strengthen security outcomes.
• Monitor control effectiveness, identify control drift and implement improvements to maintain a robust and evolving security posture.

Skills

DLP controls

Data discovery

Insider Risk

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

PRIS system

Job description

Western Power is expanding its Cyber Security team and seeks a Senior Cyber Engineer to design, implement and optimise DLP, data discovery, and insider risk management across on-prem and cloud environments. You will collaborate with technology teams and stakeholders to deliver secure outcomes and drive continuous security improvements.

The role emphasizes governance, regulatory alignment and effective data protection across enterprise data assets.