THE TEAM

The Cyber Security team provides a wide range of services including security architecture & design, incident response and cyber assurance for ASIC. We make use of the latest security technology with an increasing focus on automation and analytics to secure and support ASIC on its journey to be a ‘best in class regulator supporting the Australian financial markets.

AT ASIC, YOU CAN BE THE CHANGE THAT ENSURES A FAIR, STRONG AND EFFICIENT FINANCIAL SYSTEM FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL AUSTRALIANS. CONTRIBUTE TO DELIVERING ON ASIC’S PURPOSE, VISION, AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES TO HELP MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND PROTECT CONSUMERS FROM HARM.

ASIC’s Cyber Security team is seeking a talented Cyber Security Architect (SOC) to join their collaborative and high performing team.

• Sydney or Melbourne Locations
• 24 Month Fixed Term Position
• Salary from $131,752 to $144,386 (depending on experience) + 15.4 % superannuation
• Applications close at 11:59pm AEST, Sunday 22 June 2025

THE ROLE

As a Cyber Security Architect (SOC), you will support the design, implementation, integration, and oversight of security solutions across cloud and hybrid environments, with a focus on enabling secure business operations. You will also collaborate with other architecture teams to ensure alignment with enterprise security standards and contribute to broader cybersecurity initiatives.

More specifically, you will:

• Act as a customer-facing technical specialist, managing security architecture requests and assessments with network, firewall, development, and business teams.
• Define security controls and operational protocols to protect cloud-hosted environments from misuse or unauthorized changes.
• Assess the effectiveness of security controls to identify gaps, vulnerabilities, and potential attack vectors.
• Evaluate hosted environments against ACSC ISM and industry-standard cloud security frameworks.
• Collaborate with IT operations and application teams to advise on security-related service and change requests.
• Support senior security architects in enhancing controls across existing platforms and services.
• Coordinate threat modelling and architecture reviews to validate the completeness of security controls.
• Contribute to the development of cybersecurity architecture principles, patterns, roadmaps, and frameworks.
• Facilitate the onboarding of technology services and solutions into secure environments.
• Create and maintain cybersecurity documentation, including solution designs, assessments, and architectural artifacts.