Senior Specialist Cyber Readiness

Transport for NSW; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Transport for NSW is seeking an experienced cyber security professional to lead the ongoing management, optimisation and support of its cyber security capabilities. You will ensure critical platforms remain secure, resilient and operationally effective, while working across Defender, Sentinel, EDR/XDR, CNAPP, DLP and cloud security.

You will engage with stakeholders and vendors to deliver secure, scalable solutions aligned with organisational risk and security objectives, representing Cyber

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cyber security engineering and operations within government or financial services.
• Strong engineering mindset and ability to engage senior stakeholders and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ongoing management, optimisation and support of the organisation's cyber security capabilities to keep platforms secure, resilient and operationally effective.
• Monitor platform health, assess emerging threats, and drive continuous improvements to strengthen cyber resilience.
• Represent Cyber Engineering across strategic initiatives and partner with stakeholders and vendors to deliver secure, scalable solutions.
• Contribute to the strategic roadmap for cyber platforms and capabilities.

Skills

Cyber security leadership

Security operations

Enterprise security platforms

Tools

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

EDR/XDR

AWS

Azure security

CNAPP

DLP

Endpoint protection

Threat detection technologies

Job description

You excel at connecting the dots as a problem solver, ensuring the seamless delivery of reliable services from beginning to end.

You bring structure, mitigation and education to our organisation. Our records and datasets are vast and varied. This is your opportunity to safeguard critical infrastructure, order and protect sensitive data, and defend against emerging cyber threats. You'll be part of an expert team who protect against thousands of threats every day.

In this role, you'll:

You will lead the ongoing management, optimisation and support of the organisation's cyber security capabilities, ensuring critical platforms remain secure, resilient and operationally effective.

Working across Microsoft Security, AWS, CNAPP, EDR/XDR, endpoint protection and DLP technologies, you will proactively monitor platform health, assess emerging threats, and drive continuous improvements to strengthen cyber resilience.

You will also represent Cyber Engineering across strategic initiatives, partnering with stakeholders and vendors to deliver secure, scalable solutions aligned with organisational risk and security objectives.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description and information pack.

About you

You are a highly technical cyber security professional with 10+ years' experience across Cyber Security Engineering, Security Operations and enterprise security platforms within government or financial services environments.

You bring deep expertise across Microsoft Security, Defender, Sentinel, EDR/XDR, AWS and Azure security, CNAPP, DLP, endpoint protection and threat detection technologies. With a strong engineering mindset, you proactively manage and enhance cyber capabilities, optimise platform performance, and respond to an evolving threat landscape.

You have a proven track record delivering cyber initiatives, engaging senior stakeholders, and partnering with vendors such as Microsoft and Amazon. You are comfortable acting as an L3 technical lead, representing Cyber Engineering across projects, and contributing to the strategic roadmap for cyber platforms and capabilities.

Who we are

Transport for NSW provides a safe, integrated, and efficient transport system. We connect people, communities and industry every day.

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visitTransport careers.

Flexible work options may be available. Learn more viaFlexible work options and policy

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