Senior Cyber Security Architect

Western Power; Perth; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Salary packaging

Wellness leave

Parental leave

Discount health insurance

Employee recognition

Job summary

Western Power in Perth is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Solution Architect to shape secure, high-quality technology solutions across the organisation. In this permanent role, you will lead design and assurance of cyber security architectures, collaborating with external service providers to translate requirements into robust solutions.

You will guide delivery teams through the lifecycle, balance risk and cost, and contribute to enterprise security roadmaps while fostering best practices and

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing cyber security architectures in large enterprises.
• Ability to translate business needs into secure, scalable designs.
• Experience guiding external providers through design and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and assurance of secure, scalable cyber security solutions.
• Guide external service providers in high-level and detailed designs.
• Review architectures for security, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
• Provide ongoing guidance to developers, engineers, and configuration specialists.
• Partner with stakeholders to balance risk, budget, and priorities.
• Monitor delivery against approved designs and escalate risks.
• Contribute to the development of cyber security and enterprise architecture roadmaps.
• Champion continuous improvement and security best practices.

Skills

Cyber security architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Solution design

External vendor management

Cloud and infrastructure

Job description

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Senior Cyber Security Solution Architect - Permanent - Perth

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cyber Solution Architect to play a pivotal role in shaping and assuring secure, high-quality technology solutions across Western Power. In this permanent position, you will work closely external service providers in the development of both high-level and detailed technical designs, ensuring solutions align with business objectives, cyber security requirements, and Western Power's ICT standards.

Drawing on your deep expertise in application and infrastructure technologies, you will provide architectural leadership throughout the delivery lifecycle, offering ongoing guidance to internal teams, developers, and configuration specialists to ensure successful implementation of solutions.

Your Role in Action

• Lead the design and assurance of secure, scalable cyber security solutions, translating business and technical requirements into robust architecture outcomes.
• Guide external service providers in the development of high-level and detailed solution designs, ensuring alignment with cyber security principles, business objectives, and ICT standards.
• Review and provide quality assurance for solution architectures, technical designs, and implementations to ensure security, compliance, and operational effectiveness.
• Provide architectural leadership and ongoing guidance to developers, engineers, and configuration specialists throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external vendors to solve complex cyber and technology challenges while balancing risk, budget, and business priorities.
• Monitor solution delivery against approved designs, proactively identifying risks, driving remediation activities, and escalating issues where required.
• Contribute to the development and evolution of Western Power's cyber security and enterprise architecture, helping to strengthen resilience, reduce risk, and support strategic business outcomes.
• Champion continuous improvement, innovation, and security best practice, fostering a culture of collaboration, capability development, and operational excellence.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• Proven experience designing and delivering cyber security architecture within large, complex enterprise environments with diverse applications, cloud services, and infrastructure platforms.
• Deep expertise in security architecture principles, frameworks, and design patterns, with the ability to balance security, risk, and business outcomes.
• Strong solution architecture capability, including translating business requirements into secure, scalable, and practical technology solutions.
• Demonstrated success partnering with and influencing external service providers to deliver high-quality architectural outcomes and complex technology initiatives.
• Broad understanding of technology strategy, enterprise architecture, and service delivery, with the ability to contribute to long-term technology and cyber security roadmaps.
• Commercially minded and customer focused, with strong stakeholder engagement skills, strategic thinking capability, and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

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’s enabling the transition to renewable energy and decarbonisation.
• In addition to standard leave, enjoy three wellness leave days each year.
• 22 weeks paid parental leaveand 5 days of First Nations cultural leaveto support family and cultural connections.

Applications close on 17 September 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.