Security Architect | Secure by Design (New South Wales)

Join our innovative and dynamic team within our Cyber Security division and help us ensure our corporate assets and information are adequately protected. The Secure by Design team is responsible for working with internal and/or external teams throughout the project life cycle to provide security advice, define security architectures/designs for their initiatives and projects and perform security assessment of project design and implementation. As part of its innovation charter, the team stay abreast with the global security landscape and finds innovative solutions to secure business initiatives through ongoing relationships with vendors and partners. At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 31 markets and with 56 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone
- no matter what role
- contributes ideas and drives outcomes. What role will you play? Your responsibilities will include serving as a resource to our various business lines by partnering with technical delivery teams to work with technologies, including cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), container orchestration, and automation tools, to help drive the secure evolution of the organisation. You will also be involved in working with various stakeholders to provide security advice, helping them understand the severity of security risks and the associated remediation activities. Additionally, you will be reviewing our security capabilities, providing recommendations, and collaborating with stakeholders to uplift the security capability landscape, as well as contributing to the development of security architecture patterns. What You Offer
- 7+ years experience in Cyber Security technical design and architecture roles
- Familiarity and experience in formal security architecture aspects, including logical and physical security architecture/design
- Strong understanding of third‑party risk, security best practices, and secure application development will help to deliver end‑to‑end project lifecycle support on Agile or Waterfall projects
- Current or previous experience in software development, engineering, configuring, operating or designing security solutions for business and technology initiatives
- Strong communication skills
- Experience working with public cloud, containers, Kubernetes and related technologies is valuable
- Strong understanding of AI concepts with experience assessing and uplifting security controls and governance frameworks specific to AI (model security, identity and access management, adversarial risks)
- Familiarity and exposure to regulatory requirements, the evolving threat landscape, and industry standard frameworks including but not limited to: NIST, COBIT, and ISO is highly regarded
- Industry recognised qualifications such as SABSA, CISSP, CISM, CISA, Security+, SANS certification, CEH, OSCP and cloud platform certifications are highly desirable, but not required. We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply. What We Offer Advantages At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on employment type, include:
- 1 wellbeing leave day per year
- Up to 5 additional service bonus leave days per year
- Up to 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of transition leave upon return to work, and 6 weeks’ paid leave for non-primary caregivers
- 2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
- Up to 12 months’ gender affirmation leave, including 6 weeks’ paid leave
- Access to Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing benefits including skin and health checks, and flu vaccinations
- Access to a wide range of salary packaging options
- Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
- Reimbursement for work from home equipment About Technology Technology enables every aspect of Macquarie, for our people, our customers and our communities. We’re a global team that is passionate about accelerating the digital enterprise, connecting people and data, building platforms and applications and designing tomorrow’s technology solutions. Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and welcome all identities, including race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, gender (including gender identity or expression), age, sexual orientation, marital or partnership status, parental, caregiving or family status, family and domestic violence status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disability, or socio-economic background. We welcome further discussions on how you can feel included and belong at Macquarie as you progress through our recruitment process. Our aim is to provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and through working arrangements. If you require additional assistance, please let us know in the application process. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rfv7d