Technical Lead

Whizdom; Canberra; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Whizdom is seeking an experienced cryptographic services lead to shape architecture, governance and operations for enterprise PKI and HSM deployments.

You will partner with business, project, engineering and operations teams to identify capability gaps, design practical solutions and drive secure, scalable cryptographic capabilities across the Department.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cryptographic services design and delivery.
• Proven ability to govern PKI/HSM architectures and security standards.
• Ability to mentor teams and uplift cryptographic capability.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for enterprise PKI, HSM and cryptographic services.
• Develop governance artefacts: policies, standards, procedures and risk management.
• Define target cryptographic architectures and key management approaches.
• Assess capabilities and run gap analyses to support roadmaps and business cases.
• Act as senior technical authority for cryptographic decisions with stakeholders.
• Lead solution architecture and detailed technical design for secure deployments.
• Identify cryptographic risks, dependencies and resilience requirements.
• Support engineering through design, build, testing, release and transition-to-operations.
• Produce architectural artefacts, designs and implementation guidance.
• Maintain cryptographic services and coordinate upgrades and issue resolution.
• Ensure alignment with security policies and government standards.
• Provide mentoring and knowledge transfer across teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Security architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring & capability uplift

Tools

PKI

HSM

Job description

About the Role:

The role will contribute to capability assessment, architecture development, documentation uplift, operational process improvement, transition planning and future-state service design. Working across business, project, engineering and operational teams, the successful candidate will provide technical leadership to identify capability gaps, develop practical and sustainable solutions, and improve the maturity and long-term sustainability of the Department's cryptographic services capability.

Primary Duties:

• Provide technical leadership for the design, delivery and ongoing operation of enterprise PKI, HSM and cryptographic services.
• Lead the development and maintenance of cryptographic governance artefacts, including policies, standards, procedures, operating models and security risk management processes to support the secure operation of PKI and related trust services.
• Define, govern and maintain target cryptographic architectures, including trust models, key management approaches, availability requirements and security standards.
• Assess current capabilities and conduct gap analysis activities to support roadmap development, business cases and future-state planning.
• Act as a senior technical authority for cryptographic and security architecture decisions, engaging with stakeholders across business, project and operational teams.
• Lead solution architecture and detailed technical design activities, ensuring secure implementation, deployment and operational practices.
• Identify and manage cryptographic risks, platform dependencies and operational resilience requirements.
• Support engineering teams through design, build, testing, release and transition-to-operations activities.
• Produce and maintain architectural artefacts, technical designs, operational documentation and implementation guidance.
• Support the ongoing operation and improvement of cryptographic services, including upgrades, maintenance, testing and issue resolution.
• Ensure services align with organisational security policies, government standards and industry best practice.
• Provide technical mentoring, knowledge transfer and capability uplift across engineering and operational teams.

Location and Contract Term:

This role is Canberra based. 12 month contract with 2 x 12-- month contract extension options pending budget and delegate approval.

Security Requirements:

Applicants must be Australian Citizens and hold a NV1 (minimum) security clearance.

Applications close 10 September.