Senior Cyber Security Lead — Flexible Work & Strategy

01 Flinders University; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 134,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

17% Superannuation + salary packaging

Flexible working arrangements

Thriving@Flinders staff wellbeing

Professional development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Flinders University is seeking a senior cyber security specialist to lead our technical team and work with the Deputy CISO. You will drive a high-activity cyber program, shaping initiatives to protect mission-critical systems and advising senior leaders on security strategy.

You will collaborate with IT architects to assess procedures and technologies for secure networks and systems, ensuring continuous operation and resilience of critical services.

Qualifications

• Senior cyber security professional with leadership experience.
• Experience in agile environments and security architecture.
• Industry security certification (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA, CEH, CRISC) required or demonstrated experience.
• Knowledge of ISO 27001 / NIST controls and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Leading the security platforms from design to operation (email filtering, firewall, IDS/IPS, VPN, host protection).
• Shaping and owning security policy and standards to maintain a strong security posture.
• Advising on security for disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
• Guiding agile prioritisation of cyber activity backlog against risk and priorities.
• Evaluating emerging technologies and integrating them into the University environment.

Skills

Cyber security leadership

Stakeholder communication

Agile methodologies

Security policy

Risk management

Tools

Email filtering systems

Firewall systems

IDS/IPS

VPN

Endpoint protection

Job description

Flinders University is seeking a senior cyber security specialist to lead our technical team and work with the Deputy CISO. You will drive a high-activity cyber program, shaping initiatives to protect mission-critical systems and advising senior leaders on security strategy.

You will collaborate with IT architects to assess procedures and technologies for secure networks and systems, ensuring continuous operation and resilience of critical services.