Senior Technology Risk & Assurance Leader

Emmbr; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Emmbr is seeking a hands-on Security Assurance professional to independently assess controls across a large, complex technology environment. You will design tests, validate operating effectiveness, and translate findings into practical controls improvements.

You’ll work with security leaders and risk owners in a major Australian enterprise, shaping assurance practices and reporting while maintaining pragmatic, evidence-led recommendations.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience testing or assuring technology or security controls.
• Background in controls assurance, technology audit, internal audit, security assessments or control validation.
• Strong understanding of control design, operating effectiveness and residual risk.
• Familiarity with frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST CSF or Essential Eight.
• Confident analysing evidence and communicating practical recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Curious, pragmatic and comfortable constructively challenging stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Independently assess security and technology controls for design and operating effectiveness.
• Perform assurance activities including evidence reviews, walkthroughs, sampling and technical control validation.
• Work across technology, security, people and process controls in a complex enterprise environment.
• Translate testing outcomes into clear findings, residual risk assessments and practical recommendations.
• Partner with control and risk owners, constructively challenging assumptions and strengthening controls.
• Help evolve assurance reporting, testing approaches and security validation capability.

Skills

Hands-on testing

Controls assurance

Security assessments

Technology audit

Internal audit

Stakeholder communication

ISO 27001

NIST CSF

Essential Eight

Job description

Emmbr is seeking a hands-on Security Assurance professional to independently assess controls across a large, complex technology environment. You will design tests, validate operating effectiveness, and translate findings into practical controls improvements.

You’ll work with security leaders and risk owners in a major Australian enterprise, shaping assurance practices and reporting while maintaining pragmatic, evidence-led recommendations.