Cyber Security Engineer

Job description

PRIMARY DETAIL: Up to 150,000 Base plus 17% Superannuation & Annual leave loading Fixed-term contract, 2 Years: Macquarie University, Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde Engineer the security foundations that protect a leading university and shape cyber resilience for the future! Macquarie University's digital landscape is growing in scale and complexity, and with it, the need for dedicated cyber security engineering capability. We are looking for a skilled Cyber Engineer to join our team, reporting directly to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in translating security designs and requirements into stable, scalable, and well-maintained technical controls that safeguard our people, systems, and data. In this role, you will be the critical link between security architecture and day-to-day operations ensuring our security platforms are effectively engineered, configured, and continuously optimised to meet current and emerging cyber threats. Your work will directly strengthen the operational effectiveness of our cyber security function by improving tool reliability, signal quality, configuration consistency, and integration across...