About the Role
Our client is a national organisation investing in both cyber resilience and infrastructure modernisation.
This is a hybrid role where you’ll spend part of your week embedded in ISO/NIST compliance, security operations, and vendor management, while also rolling up your sleeves across Azure cloud and endpoint environments. At the same time, you’ll provide forward-looking insights to help shape the organisation’s security and infrastructure strategy, leveraging your experience on what ‘good’ looks like.
You’ll manage a small team of 1 x Network Engineer and 1 x Cloud Engineer, plus mentor a junior EUC/SecOps resource one day per week.
Broader IT sits at around 12 people, with this role reporting into the Executive GM, Digital.
It’s a hands-on role that’s an exciting mix of operational leadership, project delivery, and strategic influence, with enterprise visibility and the chance to make a tangible impact.
Key Responsibilities
- Hands-On Security & ISO
- Actively drive ISO 27001 compliance and maturity uplift towards NIST standards
- Conduct audits, risk assessments, and governance reviews
- Lead day-to-day security operations: vulnerability management, patching, and incident response
- Manage deployment and optimisation of CrowdStrike, Defender, and Fortinet
- Infrastructure Leadership
- Be hands-on in managing Azure cloud environments and infrastructure operations
- Oversee projects such as Windows 11 upgrades, Teams Calling rollout, and Azure DevOps adoption
- Ensure patching, endpoint lifecycle, and vendor-delivered services run smoothly
- Optimise and automate processes where possible
- Strategic Contribution
- Provide insight and recommendations on future security and infrastructure strategy
- Advise the Executive GM, Digital on risk, investment priorities, and emerging technologies
- Help shape the roadmap for cyber maturity and infrastructure uplift
- Team & Vendor Management.
- Manage and coach Network and Cloud Engineers; mentor a junior EUC/SecOps staff member
- Collaborate closely with the broader 12-person IT team in a knowledge-sharing, team-first culture
- Lead vendor relationships to ensure value, accountability, and quality delivery.
- Proven hands-on experience delivering ISO 27001 compliance & audits
- Strong technical expertise in Microsoft Azure infrastructure
- Practical knowledge of CrowdStrike, Defender, Fortinet, and vulnerability management
- Deep experience in patching, asset lifecycle, and endpoint operations
- Vendor management capability across infrastructure and security domains
- Leadership experience managing engineers and mentoring junior staff
- Excellent communication skills - able to explain technical detail while influencing strategy
Nice to Have
- Experience uplifting to NIST compliance maturity
- Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer/Auditor, or Azure certs
- Track record delivering IT projects in industrial, logistics, or critical infrastructure environments
Why Apply?
- Hybrid role combining hands-on delivery with strategic influence
- Direct line to the Executive GM, Digital, with enterprise-wide visibility
- Lead projects including Windows 11, Teams Calling, Azure DevOps
- Shape the organisation’s journey towards NIST maturity
- Manage and mentor a small but high-impact team, with broader IT collaboration
- Perth-based with hybrid flexibility (2–3 days onsite)