Manager - Security Assessor Essential Eight

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia • Posted June 05, 2026

Job Type: Full-time
Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Posted: June 05, 2026
Category: Other Protective Service Workers
Application Deadline: July 15, 2026

Role Description

The opportunity

The Security Assessor is responsible for leading and delivering Essential Eight maturity assessments across Federal Government and regulated Defence industry clients. The role focuses on assurance activities including documentation-based reviews, onsite validation of security configurations and technical control effectiveness testing. The position requires strong audit discipline, sound technical foundations in networking and infrastructure security, and the ability to translate control gaps into practical and defensible remediation advice aligned to government frameworks.

This role operates as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, including CISOs, security executives and system owners, providing clear assessment outcomes and maturity uplift guidance.

This is a hybrid position based in Canberra – Ngambri. 

 Your key responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of Essential Eight maturity assessments in-line wi...
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