Leidos Australia is the largest commercial supplier of intelligence services to the Australian Government and provides a number of critical systems integration projects to the Department of Defence. Supported by global backing from our US network, we’re trusted by our customers to deliver the most innovative answers to their most complex challenges. Seriously interesting work that benefits and safeguards every Australian. That’s where you come in...

Your new role

Following a recent promotion, we have an opportunity for a Cyber Security Operations Manager to work in a high profile, complex cyber security portfolio for the Australian Taxation Office. The role is an opportunity to make your mark as a Cyber-Security Leader and manage a diverse portfolio within a high profile federal government agency. As a growth phase business, you will be required to assist in the transition and implementation of new security platforms which will transform people, processes, technology and data across the Leidos managed environment. 

As a Security Operations Manager you will be responsible for leading up the Leidos Cyber Security Operations team and mentoring junior analysts. You will also act as the bridge between the cyber security team and the wider service delivery teams to ensure security is incorporated into all aspects of operations.

In a typical day you will: 

• Undertake security event and incident response activities without necessity for managerial coordination, in the absence of the CISO.
• Identify and analyse security issues across multiple environments, assessing if/how they will affect the network and operating environment and prepare these for handover to the Governance and Compliance Officer, participating in end to end remediation and risk management.
• Responds to IT Security Incidents, performing work across multiple environments as required, in accordance with policy and procedure, taking ownership of accountability for response to those incidents allocated to the officer.
• Assess cyber security vulnerabilities in the environment, against the ICT Enterprise Environment security control framework, accurately analysing risk and contributing ideas to remediation strategies.
• Contributes to the full range of corporate IT, information management and IT security support tasks (e.g. audit and event log interrogation) to ensure minimum risk to Australian Government assets and information.
• Lead the development of security engineering capabilities, security use case development and operational monitoring capabilities as multiple projects deliver.
• Undertake security audit activities over multiple environments, in accordance with an audit schedule. 
• Contribute to the delivery of multiple cyber security focussed projects and consult on wider service delivery projects to ensure appropriate risk-based security outcomes.
• Develop and maintain security related processes as part of the ATO Enterprise Service Management Centre.
• Create and distribute technical cybersecurity related reports to a wide range of internal and customer stakeholders
• Act as the on call security contact for after-hours security incidents where required.
• Balance work between the Agency Security Operations Centre and the wider Leidos service delivery team.

NV-1 security clearance or higher will be required for this role.

About you and what you'll bring 

You have proven Leadership experience having managed a high performing Security Operations team in a complex or large scale ICT environment. Your experience in Government means you are au fait with the Australian Government Information Security Manual and the implementation of control frameworks. You are familiar with systems maintenance, enterprise architecture, certification and accreditation, and ICT engineering processes. 

You have strong interpersonal skills, analytical and problem solving abilities, and organisational skills. You motivate your team to achieve outstanding outcomes and your consultative approach means that your clients value your guidance and advice. You will have excellent communication skills, together with the ability to develop, coach and mentor others to further the professional development of the team.

You will be an experienced cyber security professional with a background in Security Operations Centre operations, integrated security service delivery, security engineering or Governance Risk and Compliance activities. Relevant cyber security or protective security qualifications (CISSP, CISM etc) and professional memberships are desirable.  

What you'll love 

At Leidos you’ll enjoy 12 weeks’ paid parental leave as a primary carer, flexible work practices, discounted health insurance, novated leasing and more. Foster your career through complete access to learning and development and mentoring opportunities, we have a strong track record of internal promotion and career transitions.