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Senior Vulnerability Assessor

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-28

Core

Conduct forensically sound security investigations, vulnerability analysis, and threat assessments to strengthen ICT security architecture and reduce organizational risk in a high-profile Federal Government environment.

Role type

Senior Vulnerability Assessor (Security Investigations & Forensics)

Builds

Security architecture improvements, risk mitigation strategies, and executive threat reports

Domain

Federal Government / Cybersecurity / ICT Security

Required skills

Forensic security investigations, threat intelligence and modelling, penetration testing, ICT security policy interpretation, security control evaluation, complex scripting and program design

Preferred skills

Executive and business reporting on threat assessment analysis

Technologies

None explicitly stated

Responsibilities

Perform forensically sound security investigations across diverse assets and devices; Conduct investigations arising from security incidents or senior leadership direction; Assess and explain threat profiles across electronic systems; Provide advice to improve ICT security and mitigate risk; Interpret and apply ICT security policy, legislation, and whole-of-government standards; Evaluate and support the application of security controls and identify potential vulnerabilities; Design, code, test, document, and refine complex scripts or programs

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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