Senior Microsoft Security & Identity Architect

OceanaGold Corporation; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Short-term and long-term bonuses

Employee discounts

Wellness room

EAP access

Job summary

OceanaGold Corporation in Brisbane seeks a Senior Microsoft Security Specialist to own Microsoft 365 and Azure security across identity, data protection and threat detection. You will work under the Head of Information Security, shaping identity protection, threat detection and security governance across the platform and AI integrations.

This role combines hands-on technical leadership with cross-functional collaboration to enhance security controls, incident response and privilege management

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Cybersecurity or related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years in enterprise information or cybersecurity roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Defender XDR and Purview.
• Experience administering privileged access management.
• Experience supporting enterprise certificate services.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior technical expertise across Microsoft Entra ID components.
• Lead maturity of Entra ID Protection and Zero Trust architecture.
• Drive improvements across Defender XDR and Sentinel including playbooks and alerts.
• Support complex identity and security incidents, including threat hunting and remediation.
• Manage relationship with MSSP and drive continual security improvements.
• Strengthen privileged access and identity management capabilities.
• Lead implementation of Microsoft Purview including DLP and Information Protection.
• Contribute to governance controls supporting AI technologies and Copilot.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring within Information Security.

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft Defender XDR

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Purview

Privileged access management

Job description

OceanaGold Corporation in Brisbane seeks a Senior Microsoft Security Specialist to own Microsoft 365 and Azure security across identity, data protection and threat detection. You will work under the Head of Information Security, shaping identity protection, threat detection and security governance across the platform and AI integrations.

This role combines hands-on technical leadership with cross-functional collaboration to enhance security controls, incident response and privilege management