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Senior Cyber Security Consultant (Practice Lead)

Canberra, Australian Capital TerritoryFull-time2026-10-08 → 2026-10-22
HybridCitizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Lead and execute Countersight's cybersecurity practice strategy, delivering security research, capability development, and consulting services to government and private sector clients.

Role type

Senior IC cybersecurity practice lead (consultancy)

Builds

Cybersecurity service offerings, methodologies, and client engagements for government and private sector

Domain

Cybersecurity consulting, threat intelligence, incident response, security engineering

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Strategic planning, business development, service delivery management, team leadership, threat detection, threat intelligence, incident response, security engineering, SIEM, SOAR, EDR, cloud security

Preferred skills

Consultancy service management, Australian Government procurement compliance, security frameworks (PSPF, ISM, Essential 8), government/law enforcement/defence engagement experience, AusTender/DTA BuyICT familiarity, Google Cloud, cloud engineering

Responsibilities

Lead practice strategy and market positioning, cultivate new business opportunities and proposals, design and refine cybersecurity methodologies, oversee end-to-end service delivery and quality assurance, provide direct high-quality consulting and advisory services, build and mentor the cybersecurity team