Senior Cyber Security Governance Analyst

About this role

About the job Senior Cyber Security Governance Analyst

Our client, a Federal Government Department, is looking for an

Senior Cyber Security Governance Analyst for a contract role with an initial 12-month engagement. This role will support the cyber security GRC activities for the resilience uplift program.

The right candidate *must be located in*Canberra, full time work onsite.

Note.

• MANDATORY, all candidates must be an Australian citizen and hold a current Baseline clearance OR**a current NV1 clearance and their AGSVA Clearance Subject (CS) ID.*
• The candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters.
• Have at least 5+ year's relevant local working experience in the field.

Key duties and responsibilities

Within the program, the role will be responsible for various cyber functions, including but not limited to:

• Contributing to solution design for security considerations;
• Review and provide recommendations to develop security requirements;
• Develop communications and documentation for senior executive decision making;
• Support the coordination of security assurance processes including IRAP and penetration testing;
• Lead the development of formal security documentation.

Criteria

The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters.

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of the Information Security Manual, Protective Security Policy Framework and Essential Eight
• Demonstrated experience and capability performing a cyber security GRC role.
• Demonstrated experience managing stakeholder or client interactions to achieve an outcome.
• Demonstrated experience in developing GRC documentation
• The candidate will be required to develop (including but not limited to) the security documentation required to support an IRAP assessment (SSP, SRMP, SSP Annex - formerly SoA, etc.), as well as authorisation reports and minutes.

Desirable criteria

• Minimum 5 years experience in related roles

Notes

• Your daily rate will depend on skills, experience.
• Start date for this assignment is anticipated to be the beginning Sept/Oct 2026.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Full time requirement, standard hours per day (*Maximum hours*45 hours per week).

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