AddressThe Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is the Australian Government’s foreign signals intelligence, offensive cyber and cyber security agency.
The ASD motto, Reveal their secrets - Protect our own, summarises our roles: we collect foreign intelligence; we provide advice and assistance on information and cyber security; and we conduct offensive cyber operations.
ASD’s success is founded on the ingenuity of its workforce, mastery of technology, and collaborative partnerships. To achieve its mission, ASD requires people with strong integrity and a mix of specialist skills, adaptability, imagination, resilience and creativity. These abilities are needed to out-think and out-imagine some of the most testing adversaries and problems imaginable.
Position Description
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is seeking highly motivated and outcome driven Senior Executives to fill the position of Deputy Director-General.
ASD is currently undergoing a significant transformation – doubling in size, expanding its presence both nationally and globally, and delivering significant new and enhanced intelligence and security capabilities for Australia. As a senior leader in ASD, you will have a vital role leading this change, and a demonstrated ability to deliver organisational outcomes and engage with high order operational risks.
There are two roles available:
- Deputy Director-General Signals Intelligence and Effects, based in Canberra ACT.
- Deputy Director-General Capability and Transformation, based in Canberra ACT.
Deputy Director-General Signals Intelligence and Effects
The role reports directly to the Director-General and is responsible for generating intelligence and operational effects to protect and advance Australia’s national interests. It leads the delivery of foreign signals intelligence collection, analysis and production, as well as offensive cyber operations in support of Australian Government priorities. It will advise and act on highly sensitive, time critical and complex matters with whole-of-Government significance. The role also delivers a range of ASD domestic and international engagement activities that ensure the organisation maximises value from partnerships and has impact across the Australian Government.
Deputy Director-General Capability and Transformation
The role reports directly to the Director-General, and is responsible for delivering and sustaining a wide range of fundamental enterprise and operational capabilities to meet ASD mission needs. It leads the design, delivery and assurance of ASD’s technology, data and project/program/portfolio (P3) management capabilities that support ASD's signals intelligence, cyber security and offensive cyber missions. The role has responsibility for ASD’s data science and engineering, enterprise ICT, mission capability development and strategic engagement with new and emerging technology. It also leads ASD’s major transformation program, known as REDSPICE, and delivers on highly sensitive and transformative programs within the Integrated Investment Program that support ASD, the Australian Defence Force and have whole-of-Government significance.
