Cyber Security Lead

Application closing date: Thursday, 21 March 2024 • 11:59pm, Canberra time (or once all sellers have responded) (in Canberra)

Estimated start date: Monday, 15 April 2024

Location of work: ACT

Length of contract: 12 months

Contract extensions: 2 x 12 months

Security clearance: Must have Negative Vetting Level 1

Rates: $130 - $160 per hour (inc. super)

To support the ICT Sourcing Program, the Cyber Security Bundle Lead will contribute to the Department’s future Cyber Security approach, ensuring that the requirements identified in any sourcing transaction align with the Departments ICT and Cyber Security strategy and direction.

The Cyber Security Bundle Lead will lead a leveraged team of technical, commercial, and service delivery specialists, including the Cyber Security SME, to deliver assigned outcomes.

The successful Cyber Security Bundle Lead will provide thought leadership and support in identifying and defining future Cyber Security service offerings, governance models and service delivery arrangements.

The Cyber Security Bundle Lead will have strong demonstrated experience providing Cyber Security services, including analysis, threat detection, response, and remediation.

The core functions to be performed by the Cyber Security Bundle Lead include, but are not limited, to the following:

• Work closely with the Sourcing Lead and the Program Office Lead in defining, scoping and managing the delivery of assigned outcomes.
• Work closely with the EL2 Director in ensuring appropriate levels of engagement are being undertaken with existing Cyber Security service teams.
• Works with the Cyber and Protective Security Branch to identify and document ICT and Cyber Security future direction including policy, process, operational and delivery arrangements and services;
• Work with all relevant stakeholders to develop any approach to market documentation for Cyber Security services.
• Undertake, as necessary, research and investigation into modern ICT Cyber Security practices and delivery models.
  
• Provides assurance that the resulting technical services and capabilities from any sourcing activity meet the Departments ICT and Cyber Security requirements, principally by participating as required in the evaluation of responses and through the planning of transition and transformation to new arrangements; and
• Support the Sourcing Lead to ensure that the ICT Sourcing Plan aligns with the approved and emerging ICT and Cyber Security strategies and policies.
  

Required skills and experience:

• Certification and/or membership to relevant professional organisations including certification in any of the following: CISSP, Security+, CISA, CISM, SABSA, GIAC and SANs
• Strong stakeholder engagement and change management skills to facilitate smooth transitions and minimise disruption.
• Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical teams to identify gaps in strategy, delivery, and capability, resolve complex issues and seek consensus.
• The ability to lead relevant workshops and technical discussions to produce a consensus view or outcome.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate to stakeholders, executive and technical staff. Ability to develop clear and concise documentation for inclusion in future approaches to market. The ability to clearly articulate requirements, expectations and outcomes is essential.
  
• The ability to present information and communicate expectations across conflicting priorities/workloads.
• Ability to work under pressure with close attention to detail. This includes the ability to plan, coordinate, and track the progress of various activities within agreed timelines.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications obtained from a recognised Australian tertiary institution, or;
• Equivalent assessed comparable overseas qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technologies, or Cyber Security is highly desirable.

Essential Criteria

1. Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Cyber Security solutions and services across large scale ICT delivery environments including within Government.
2. Demonstrated experience in implementing large scale Government ICT outsourcing arrangements, including experience in requirements development, tender evaluation, contract negotiation, and service implementation.
3. Strong delivery, stakeholder engagement, and change management skills.
4. Strong verbal and written communication and documentation skills.

Desirable Criteria

1. Relevant Tertiary qualifications or equivalent assessed comparable overseas qualifications in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technologies, or Cyber Security.