Strategic Cyber Security Leader & Risk Architect

Telstra Corporation; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 230,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related pay

Learning programs

Global presence across 22 countries

Purchased annual leave scheme

Telstra product discounts

Additional Telstra day off

Job summary

Telstra Corporation is seeking an Information & Cyber Security Principal Technology Leader to drive security risk reduction across the organisation. The role focuses on learning from incidents, addressing security debt, and leading remediation with cross-functional teams in Products, Network & Technology - Security & Operations.

Successful candidates will demonstrate security leadership, strategic thinking, and strong stakeholder management, with experience guiding remediation outcomes across

Qualifications

• Security leadership experience
• Experience coordinating post-incident remediation and risk reduction initiatives
• Ability to influence remediation outcomes across complex stakeholder environments
• Experience identifying systemic security issues and driving preventative improvements at scale

Responsibilities

• Drive remediation of significant security risks, ensuring ownership and timely resolution.
• Partner with Security Operations to translate incident learnings into practical improvements.
• Identify recurring security issues and develop prevention initiatives.
• Facilitate collaboration between business, engineering and security to remove remediation barriers.
• Provide visibility of outstanding issues and risk treatment decisions to executives.
• Champion continuous security improvement and a security-first culture across leadership.

Skills

Security leadership

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Effective communication

Post-incident remediation

Risk reduction

Job description

Telstra Corporation is seeking an Information & Cyber Security Principal Technology Leader to drive security risk reduction across the organisation. The role focuses on learning from incidents, addressing security debt, and leading remediation with cross-functional teams in Products, Network & Technology - Security & Operations.

Successful candidates will demonstrate security leadership, strategic thinking, and strong stakeholder management, with experience guiding remediation outcomes across