Wintel Security Engineer — NV2 Clearance & Automation Pro

Effective People; Canberra; On-site; AUD 124,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Effective People is seeking an APS6 Wintel Infrastructure Engineer for a national security/defence context. The role is onsite in ACT or VIC with a 12-month contract and potential extensions.

You will harden Windows infrastructure, implement security controls, and automate admin tasks while working in a sensitive national security environment. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in technical Cyber Security, hands-on enterprise security experience, and NV2 clearance.

Qualifications

• You've built at least 5 years of technical Cyber Security experience.
• You've worked hands-on with security across enterprise systems.
• You've implemented one or more Essential Eight Mitigation Strategies.
• You can use scripting or application development to automate system administration, vulnerability assessment or cyber-risk remediation.
• You're an Australian citizen.
• You must hold a current NV2 clearance or above.

Responsibilities

• Implement security controls to improve enterprise security posture.
• Develop SOPs for security and administrative tasks.
• Facilitate and participate in security design and remediation workshops.
• Prototype security configurations to support technical advice.
• Automate system administration and vulnerability assessment activities.
• Develop tools that help assess or remediate cyber risks.
• Support Active Directory security remediation.
• Work across enterprise Wintel infrastructure in a sensitive environment.

Skills

Cyber security

Scripting & automation

Security engineering

Enterprise Windows

Security design workshops

Tools

PowerShell

Active Directory

Azure

AWS

Security tooling

Job description

Effective People is seeking an APS6 Wintel Infrastructure Engineer for a national security/defence context. The role is onsite in ACT or VIC with a 12-month contract and potential extensions.

You will harden Windows infrastructure, implement security controls, and automate admin tasks while working in a sensitive national security environment. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in technical Cyber Security, hands-on enterprise security experience, and NV2 clearance.