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IT Security Engineer (12 month FTC)
<table width="680"><tbody><tr><td width="507"><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">THE COMPANY</span></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This company is a successful and growing mid-sized Superannuation firm who employ circa 180 staff across Australia.</p><p> </p><p><strong>What's on offer? </strong></p><p>- Mainly remote working - 6 days in the office / month.</p><p>- Involvement in a large security remediation / uplift project.</p><p>- Flat organisational structure where you can take ownership and help shape / influence change.</p><p>- Newly created role in their growing internal Cyber Security team.</p><p>- Friendly, open, collaborative, and motivated team who are 'getting things done!'</p><p>- Cloud-first approach with Azure.</p><p>- $140,000 - $150,000 (plus super)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">THE ROLE &amp; RESPONSIBILITIES </span></strong></p><p> </p><p>As the IT Security Engineer, you will join on a 12 month fixed term contract to assist with a large remediation / uplift project.</p><p> </p><p>It's a project-focused role to uplift security and implement remediation activities across Windows Server, Active Directory, Azure, Office 365, MFA, PAM, SIEM etc</p><p> </p><p><strong>Responsibilities: </strong></p><p>- Understanding complex technical issues and managing them within a fast-paced business environment.</p><p>- Identify and remediate configuration vulnerabilities across a variety of IT platforms.</p><p>- Assist in the configuration and maintenance of security tools and technologies.</p><p>- Support security uplift activities including patch management, hardening, and access control improvements.</p><p>- Collaborate with Security and Operations teams to implement remediation and uplift activities.</p><p>- Monitor remediation progress and provide regular updates to stakeholders.</p><p>- Validate fixes through retesting and verification activities.</p><p>- Documentation of processes, knowledge management and configuration management</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, PERSONAL QUALITIES</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>Suitable for a hands-on IT Security Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer with demonstrated experience implementing security uplift initiatives across Windows, Azure, and Microsoft 365.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>The following is required: </em></strong></p><p>- Proven experience as an IT Security Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer with core competencies across Wintel, Azure, Microsoft 365.</p><p>- Demonstrated experience remediating vulnerabilities across patch management, hardening, and access control improvements.</p><p>- Financial Services experience or a similar highly regulated industry.</p><p>- Able to confidently &amp; clearly communicate thoughts / ideas / concepts and form relationships / collaborate with others.</p><p>- Enthusiastic to be part of a cyber uplift and able to take the initiative to deliver it.</p><p>- Able to work autonomously, manage your own priorities, be process driven, yet still able to think outside the box and problem solve.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em>This is a 12 month fixed term contract (hybrid WFH available) and is offering $140,000 - $150,000 (plus super) - depending on experience. </em></strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required for this role and successful applicants will be contacted. </em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Apply Today</span></strong></p><p>Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><h4><strong>This is a </strong>hybrid <strong>position.</strong></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy.</a> Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/am9zaHVhLmJ1cmtlLjQ4NDY3LjEwNjc1QHJoaWF1cy5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
  • Sydney, New South Wales
  • remote
  • Permanent placement
  • 140000 - 150000 AUD / Yearly
  • <table width="680"><tbody><tr><td width="507"><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">THE COMPANY</span></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This company is a successful and growing mid-sized Superannuation firm who employ circa 180 staff across Australia.</p><p> </p><p><strong>What's on offer? </strong></p><p>- Mainly remote working - 6 days in the office / month.</p><p>- Involvement in a large security remediation / uplift project.</p><p>- Flat organisational structure where you can take ownership and help shape / influence change.</p><p>- Newly created role in their growing internal Cyber Security team.</p><p>- Friendly, open, collaborative, and motivated team who are 'getting things done!'</p><p>- Cloud-first approach with Azure.</p><p>- $140,000 - $150,000 (plus super)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">THE ROLE &amp; RESPONSIBILITIES </span></strong></p><p> </p><p>As the IT Security Engineer, you will join on a 12 month fixed term contract to assist with a large remediation / uplift project.</p><p> </p><p>It's a project-focused role to uplift security and implement remediation activities across Windows Server, Active Directory, Azure, Office 365, MFA, PAM, SIEM etc</p><p> </p><p><strong>Responsibilities: </strong></p><p>- Understanding complex technical issues and managing them within a fast-paced business environment.</p><p>- Identify and remediate configuration vulnerabilities across a variety of IT platforms.</p><p>- Assist in the configuration and maintenance of security tools and technologies.</p><p>- Support security uplift activities including patch management, hardening, and access control improvements.</p><p>- Collaborate with Security and Operations teams to implement remediation and uplift activities.</p><p>- Monitor remediation progress and provide regular updates to stakeholders.</p><p>- Validate fixes through retesting and verification activities.</p><p>- Documentation of processes, knowledge management and configuration management</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, PERSONAL QUALITIES</span></strong></p><p> </p><p>Suitable for a hands-on IT Security Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer with demonstrated experience implementing security uplift initiatives across Windows, Azure, and Microsoft 365.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>The following is required: </em></strong></p><p>- Proven experience as an IT Security Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer with core competencies across Wintel, Azure, Microsoft 365.</p><p>- Demonstrated experience remediating vulnerabilities across patch management, hardening, and access control improvements.</p><p>- Financial Services experience or a similar highly regulated industry.</p><p>- Able to confidently &amp; clearly communicate thoughts / ideas / concepts and form relationships / collaborate with others.</p><p>- Enthusiastic to be part of a cyber uplift and able to take the initiative to deliver it.</p><p>- Able to work autonomously, manage your own priorities, be process driven, yet still able to think outside the box and problem solve.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em>This is a 12 month fixed term contract (hybrid WFH available) and is offering $140,000 - $150,000 (plus super) - depending on experience. </em></strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required for this role and successful applicants will be contacted. </em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Apply Today</span></strong></p><p>Please send your resume by clicking on the apply button.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><h4><strong>This is a </strong>hybrid <strong>position.</strong></h4></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. For further information on how Robert Half processes your personal information and how to access and correct your information, please read the Robert Half privacy notice: <a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.roberthalf.com/au/en/privacy.</a> Please do not submit any sensitive personal data to us in your resume (such as government ID numbers, ethnicity, gender, religion, marital status or trade union membership) as we do not collect your sensitive personal data at this time.</em></p><img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/am9zaHVhLmJ1cmtlLjQ4NDY3LjEwNjc1QHJoaWF1cy5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
  • 2025-09-26T07:12:53Z

It Security Engineer (12 Month Ftc) job in Sydney | Robert Half