Senior Security Architect - Enterprise Security Leadership

Macquarie University; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, hybrid work arrangements

17% Superannuation

Subsidised onsite parking options

Extensive training and development

Onsite childcare facilities

Discounted health insurance

Job summary

Macquarie University is seeking a Proactive Security Architect to embed security into enterprise design, delivery, and operations. You will influence senior leaders, shape security across university programmes, cloud platforms, and data environments.

You will lead architecture risk assessments, set security principles, and advocate secure-by-design practices in procurement and implementation across complex, multi‑year initiatives.

Qualifications

• Senior security architect experience in large, complex organisations.
• Ability to communicate complex risk concepts to senior stakeholders.
• Experience influencing senior leaders on security design matters.
• Cross-domain experience across multiple technology domains.
• Desirable: background in higher education or government environments.
• Desirable: familiarity with Australian cyber security regulations and privacy expectations.
• Desirable: industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, SABSA.

Responsibilities

• Provide authoritative security architecture leadership across enterprise initiatives.
• Perform architecture-level security risk assessments for applications, infra, cloud, and data environments.
• Define and evolve security architecture principles, standards, and patterns.
• Offer independent design options and risk treatment strategies to technology leaders.
• Embed security-by-design and privacy-by-design practices in delivery, change, and procurement.
• Contribute to third-party risk assessments and vendor onboarding processes.
• Support regulatory compliance, assurance, and audit activities with architectural input.
• Contribute to cyber security capability and maturity improvement across the University.

Job description

Macquarie University is seeking a Proactive Security Architect to embed security into enterprise design, delivery, and operations. You will influence senior leaders, shape security across university programmes, cloud platforms, and data environments.

You will lead architecture risk assessments, set security principles, and advocate secure-by-design practices in procurement and implementation across complex, multi‑year initiatives.