Senior Cybersecurity Architect & Strategy Lead Melbourne

More than one million Australians trust HESTA with their money. HESTA is a top‑performing industry super fund working for real‑world impact, delivering solid long‑term returns while accelerating our contribution to a more sustainable world. HESTA is an inspiring and rewarding place to work because what we do makes a difference to the lives of our members.

Lead security with purpose and impact. We’re looking for an experienced senior cybersecurity architect who is ready to lead security architecture in a way that is pragmatic, inclusive, and future‑focused. This role shapes how security enables innovation, trust and resilience across a purpose‑driven organisation.

What You’ll Do Cybersecurity architecture advisory: provide design guidance to project and delivery teams, ensuring alignment with HESTA’s standards, risk appetite, policies and regulatory obligations. Architecture reviews and threat modelling: partner with Enterprise Architecture to review proposed solutions, identify risks and threats, and recommend mitigations with transparent decision traceability. Evaluate and shape guardrails for emerging technologies (including AI/ML), ensuring innovation is implemented safely and responsibly. Threat‑informed design: monitor external threat intelligence and industry developments and translate them into actionable architecture patterns and proactive security strategies that protect members and build trust. Develop and maintain security standards, control baselines, reference architectures and reusable patterns across applications, data and infrastructure – embedding Secure‑by‑Design and Zero Trust principles. Lead cyber risk assessments, integrating with enterprise risk management and the 3Lines of assurance risk framework. Collaborate with various business teams, senior stakeholders, and external vendor partners to align cybersecurity strategy with enterprise objectives. Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rcvva