Senior Security Architect – Enterprise & Cloud

Telstra; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Telstra is seeking a lead security architect to guide security across complex enterprise and network environments, translating security requirements into practical architecture outcomes and aligning with Telstra's cybersecurity strategy.

You will partner with stakeholders, architects, engineers and delivery teams to govern standards, patterns and guidelines, driving risk reduction and secure cloud and network designs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience providing complex security solutions
• Experience solving enterprise-scale security problems with ambiguity
• Experience developing or contributing to architecture or technology strategy
• Tertiary qualifications in IT, Engineering or a complementary discipline

Responsibilities

• Ensure solution architectures comply with Telstra's security policies, standards, patterns and principles, with deviations managed through Telstra's risk management frameworks and processes.
• Actively collaborate with business stakeholders, enterprise and domain architects, engineers, constructor teams, product vendors and partners to define and operationalise security controls that protect Telstra and customer information, systems and network assets.
• Perform security quality assurance activities and support operational readiness processes for initiatives and solution designs.
• Define security solution architectures and document the corresponding business and security impacts, including requirements, solution impact assessments, high-level designs, solution briefs, solution architecture definitions and security risk assessments.
• Identify and communicate security risks to business stakeholders in a timely and practical way, incorporating insights from privacy, legal, engineering and operational teams.
• Drive assessments of emerging security capabilities to ensure architectural standards and capability roadmaps remain current and aligned to business objectives.
• Define and document reusable assets such as standardised security requirements and solution patterns that reduce rework and improve consistency.
• Contribute to the creation and governance of security strategy, standards and frameworks to support a coherent and optimised security architecture.
• Foster strategic relationships across industry and technology vendors to anticipate emerging opportunities and threats and support innovation across business units, partners and customers.
• Comply with Telstra Business Principles, Telstra Values, the Telstra Code of Conduct and Telstra policies and procedures.

Job description

Telstra is seeking a lead security architect to guide security across complex enterprise and network environments, translating security requirements into practical architecture outcomes and aligning with Telstra's cybersecurity strategy.

You will partner with stakeholders, architects, engineers and delivery teams to govern standards, patterns and guidelines, driving risk reduction and secure cloud and network designs.