Strategic Security Architect — Cloud, Zero Trust & Governance

Sharp & Carter; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Government is seeking an experienced Security Architect to lead security architecture across cloud, data, and integration platforms within a major transformation program in Brisbane. You will partner with Enterprise, Solution and Data/AI Architects to embed security, privacy and governance into solution design and delivery.

The role emphasizes Zero Trust, identity-centric security, and robust risk assessments, with responsibilities spanning design reviews, threat modelling, controls

Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise security architecture in complex environments.
• Familiarity with Azure, M365, Dynamics 365 and data platforms.
• Strong governance, risk and privacy embedding into solution design.

Responsibilities

• Lead security architecture across cloud, digital, data and integration solutions.
• Develop security principles, standards, patterns and reference architectures.
• Lead security design reviews, threat modelling and risk assessments.
• Define controls across IAM, privileged access, encryption, monitoring, auditing and information protection.
• Drive Zero Trust and identity-centric security approaches.
• Provide governance across Azure, M365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform.
• Support privacy, information classification and secure information-sharing requirements.
• Lead security assurance, accreditation, remediation and audit-readiness activities.
• Provide trusted security guidance to executives, architects, project teams and vendors.

Skills

Azure Security

Entra ID

Microsoft Defender

Purview

M365 Security

Dynamics 365 & Power Platform Security

Identity & Access Management

Zero Trust

Azure Networking

Security Monitoring

Threat Modelling

Cloud Security

Job description

Queensland Government is seeking an experienced Security Architect to lead security architecture across cloud, data, and integration platforms within a major transformation program in Brisbane. You will partner with Enterprise, Solution and Data/AI Architects to embed security, privacy and governance into solution design and delivery.

The role emphasizes Zero Trust, identity-centric security, and robust risk assessments, with responsibilities spanning design reviews, threat modelling, controls