Systems Administrator

Designworks Group; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

DDS, a Brisbane-based SME, seeks an IT and cybersecurity leader to shape the strategic direction and hands-on implementation of the security and IT environment. You will architect the roadmap and drive practical, secure configurations across Microsoft 365, Purview, and related platforms.

You will lead security uplift, maintain policy and governance, and partner with Security Officers to meet ISM-aligned controls, Essential Eight, and compliance requirements while guiding budget and vendor

Qualifications

• Must translate security and compliance requirements into practical technical controls.
• Experience leading IT security programs in SME environments.
• Familiarity with ACSC Essential Eight and ISM/PSPF guidelines is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day operation, security, and continuous improvement of IT environment.
• Lead cybersecurity uplift program and vulnerability management.
• Support security obligations and ISM-aligned controls with Security Officers.
• Develop and maintain IT policies, procedures, and records for a security-accredited environment.
• Manage vendors, licensing, and IT budget; advise leadership on tech investments.
• Plan for growth of headcount, programs, and security posture.

Skills

Strategic IT leadership

Executive communication

Risk translation to controls

Tools

Microsoft 365

Intune

Purview

SharePoint

AWS

Atlassian

Microsoft Sentinel

PDM/PLM systems

Job description

Shape the IT and cyber security backbone of a growing sovereign business. This is a genuine build role where you'll set the strategic direction for IT and cybersecurity environment, and you'll also be the person who rolls up their sleeves to implement it. You'll architect the roadmap on Monday and be hardening endpoints on Tuesday.

Key responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day operation, security, and continuous improvement of IT environment (Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Purview, Intune, Atlassian, AWS, and engineering platforms)
• Lead cybersecurity uplift program, including Essential Eight maturity level 2, security monitoring, and vulnerability management
• Support security obligations and ISM-aligned controls in partnership with Security Officers
• Develop and maintain IT policies, procedures, and records management practices fit for a security-accredited environment
• Manage vendors, licensing, and the IT budget, and advise the leadership team on technology investment decisionsSupport secure onboarding/offboarding, user support, and staff security awareness
• Plan for growth: headcount, programs, and security posture are all scaling, and the IT function needs to scale with them

About you

• Australian citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government security clearance
• Demonstrated experience managing IT environments in an SME or similarly lean setting, where you were both the strategist and the practitioner
• Strong Microsoft 365 / Intune / Purview administration skills, including identity, endpoint, and information protection capabilities
• The ability to translate security and compliance requirements into practical, workable technical controls
• Clear communication skills — you can explain risk and technology to engineers, executives, and everyone in between
• Experience implementing and maintaining the ACSC Essential Eight (Maturity Level 2 or working toward it) — desirable
• Familiarity with the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM), PSPF, or security requirements more broadly — desirable
• Experience with SIEM/security monitoring tooling (e.g. Microsoft Sentinel) and data classification (e.g. Purview sensitivity labelling) — desirable
• Exposure to engineering or manufacturing environments (PDM/PLM systems, ERP) — desirable

About us

DDS is a Brisbane-based SME, specialising in research, development, test and evaluation for Commonwealth customers. We hold ourselves to aerospace-grade standards across everything we do.