Strategic Network Security & Systems Administrator

Overnewton Anglican Community College; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Job summary

Overnewton Anglican Community College is seeking an experienced Network Security and Systems Administrator to lead the security, systems and disaster recovery efforts for its ICT team. The role focuses on securing Microsoft and Apple environments, managing identity services, and strengthening network controls in a school setting.

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years in senior systems administration, strong security expertise, and willingness to support continuous improvement across the

Qualifications

• Network security expertise configuring, managing and monitoring security devices.
• Ability to stay current with threats, trends and technologies and apply them to improve security posture.
• Audit and compliance management with documented configurations and procedures.
• Incident response planning and disaster recovery development and testing.
• Data governance and information governance technologies.
• Experience administering Microsoft and Apple environments in enterprise settings.
• Education sector experience is highly regarded.
• A current Working With Children Check and willingness to obtain one.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage network security infrastructure, firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs and NAC.
• Oversee identity services across AD, Entra ID and Microsoft 365 with secure governance.
• Provision, modify and deprovision user accounts and access control.
• Conduct regular security assessments and audits for compliance.
• Implement security hardening, patching, malware prevention and monitoring.
• Assist in incident investigations and data security events.
• Administer Microsoft Purview features including data classification and DLP.
• Develop security training and awareness for staff.
• Prepare documentation for network security configurations and policies.
• Support disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
• Co-manage a Microsoft server and Apple device environment including JAMF and Apple School Manager.
• Collaborate with IT leadership on ICT strategy for the College.

Skills

Network security

Security governance

Incident response

Disaster recovery

Compliance awareness

Education sector knowledge

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology

Tools

Microsoft Server

Exchange

SQL

M365

Azure

Intune

JAMF

Apple School Manager

VMware vSphere

Hyper-V

Juniper Mist

Job description

Overnewton Anglican Community College is seeking an experienced Network Security and Systems Administrator to lead the security, systems and disaster recovery efforts for its ICT team. The role focuses on securing Microsoft and Apple environments, managing identity services, and strengthening network controls in a school setting.

The ideal candidate will have 3+ years in senior systems administration, strong security expertise, and willingness to support continuous improvement across the