(Cyber) Incident Response Specialist
Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde
Dates
- Opening Date: 10-Sep-2024
- Closing Date: 16-Sep-2024
Location
- Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde
Salary
- From $108,391 to $117,519 gross per annum (HEW Level 7), plus 17% employer's superannuation and annual leave loading.
Responsibilities
- Manage first and second level cyber security incident response activities, including understanding the root cause of an incident to investigate and provide effective resolutions, in line with MQ Cyber Security incident response processes, escalating as required.
- Manage penetration testing and auditing using commonly known tools and techniques as well as build scripts to identify weaknesses within the MQ IT environment, analyse and interpret the output to make recommendations for continuous improvement.
- Provide support to the CISO with conducting reviews, analysis and documentation of architecture and design documents from MQ IT to investigate and address security concerns with stakeholders.
- Partner with stakeholders to understand and resolve cyber security concerns, ensuring the gathering of facts and information from relevant sources to appropriately diagnose issues and present resolutions.
- Prepare documents, reports, presentations for the CISO, including providing support with senior management, Council and committees reporting.
- Provide cyber security knowledge and expertise to support projects across the University and entities to ensure compliance with industry and MQ IT security standards.
- Coordinate, support and contribute to continuous improvement of MQ IT security systems and processes.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences with various levels of understanding of cyber security.
Requirements
- Experience in investigating and identifying the root cause of cyber security incidents.
- Experience managing penetration testing into systems and web applications.
- Excellent coding skills across multiple coding languages.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences and translate technical jargon into simple terms.
- Experience with managing cyber security incident response activities and identifying the root cause for appropriate remediation.
- Experience writing code in various scripting and programming languages, e.g. Bash, Powershell, Python.
- Demonstrated experience with penetration testing and using auditing tools, e.g. NMAP, Cloud auditing tools, Nikto, Dirbuster, Nuclei, Netcat, DNS interrogation tools, Tenable io, Burpsuite.
- Experience of cloud environments and managing security incidents in hybrid clouds.
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills (written and verbal).
- Tertiary qualification or certificate in IT or relevant discipline (desirable).
Benefits
- 17% employer's superannuation and annual leave loading.
- Hybrid working arrangement.
- Opportunity to work in a highly specialised and busy role.
Notes
- This position requires a criminal record check. AGSVA security clearance may be required.
- General Enquiries: Orlagh Morgan, HR Administrator via orlagh.morgan@mq.edu.au.
Dates
- Opening Date: 12-Sep-2024
- Closing Date: 26-Sep-2024
Location
- Crawley, Perth
Salary
- Base salary range: $129,497 to $137,029 p.a. plus 17% superannuation.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement an assurance framework to support the Employee Payment Project.
- Conduct regular audits, reviews, and risk assessments to ensure compliance with laws and UWA policies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement preventative controls and process improvements.
Requirements
- A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience in assurance, compliance, or auditing.
- Proven experience in conducting reviews and audits, ideally within HR or employee relations.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex data and identify risks.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to prepare detailed reports.
- A high level of accuracy, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Benefits
- Flexible working options considered.
- 26 weeks paid parental leave after one year and 36 weeks after five years continuous service, regardless of gender.
- 4 weeks annual leave with the option to purchase more.
- 13 weeks long service leave after seven years.
- Salary packaging options.
- 17% superannuation, with the option to reduce to the minimum super guarantee.
- 25% off UWA full fee courses, discounted health insurance, and convenient on-campus childcare options.
- Incremental progression based on 12 months continuous service.
Notes
- This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia.