Vulnerability Management Lead - National Security IT

www.clearedrecruitment.com.au; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleared Recruitment is recruiting for a Vulnerability Management Lead in Canberra, ACT. This on-site role supports mission-critical national security environments, leading end-to-end vulnerability management and risk-based remediation across multiple secure systems.

You will work with cyber security professionals, engineers and stakeholders to drive assessment, prioritisation, remediation tracking and governance improvements. Prior experience in defence or federal government context is desirable.

Qualifications

• Experience in Vulnerability Management and Security Operations environments.
• Ability to prioritise vulnerabilities and drive remediation.
• Ability to communicate risk to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full Vulnerability Management lifecycle across secure systems.
• Monitor, assess and prioritise vulnerabilities in enterprise environments.
• Provide risk-based remediation guidance to stakeholders.
• Maintain vulnerability metrics, reporting and dashboards.
• Collaborate with SOC, Engineering and Infra teams to improve security outcomes.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Security operations

Cyber security

Risk management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Incident response

Remediation workflows

SLA performance

Threat intelligence

Education

Cyber Security / IT / CS degree

Industry certifications (CISSP, Security+, GIAC)

Azure/AWS security certifications

Job description

Cleared Recruitment is recruiting for a Vulnerability Management Lead in Canberra, ACT. This on-site role supports mission-critical national security environments, leading end-to-end vulnerability management and risk-based remediation across multiple secure systems.

You will work with cyber security professionals, engineers and stakeholders to drive assessment, prioritisation, remediation tracking and governance improvements. Prior experience in defence or federal government context is desirable.