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Security Architect | Workplace

Primary office location
Sydney
Date
05-Feb-2025
Agency worker, Contractor/Agency Worker
Job category
Technology - Security
Join our Secure by Design team within our Cyber Security division. The team is responsible for collaborating with internal and/or external teams throughout the project life cycle to provide security advice, define security architectures/designs for their initiatives and projects, and perform security assessments of project design and implementation. 
At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 34 markets and with 55 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.

What role will you play?

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In your role as Security Architect, you will need to stay abreast of the global security landscape and find innovative solutions to secure business initiatives through ongoing relationships with vendors and partners. You will work with technologies including but not limited to workplace technologies (O365), cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), container orchestration and automation tools, and help drive the secure evolution of the organization.

You will work with various stakeholders to provide security advice and assist them in understanding the severity of the security risks and the remediation activities that could follow. You will review Macquarie’s security capabilities, provide recommendations, and work with stakeholders to uplift our security capability landscape. Additionally, you will take part in security architecture patterns development and engage in security solution architecture.

What you offer

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  • 7+ years’ experience in Cyber Security technical design and architecture roles
  • Familiarity and experience in formal security architecture aspects, including logical and physical security architecture/design
  • Strong understanding of third-party risk, security best practices, and secure application development to deliver end-to-end project lifecycle support on Agile or Waterfall projects
  • Experience in software development, engineering, configuring, operating, or designing security solutions for business and technology initiatives
  • Experience working with Workplace technologies (O365, MDM), Public cloud, containers, Kubernetes, and related technologies is desirable
  • Experience with security engineering, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, vulnerability management, and application development is desirable.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively
  • Familiarity and exposure to regulatory requirements, the evolving threat landscape, and industry standard frameworks including but not limited to: NIST, COBIT, and ISO are beneficial
  • Industry-recognized qualifications such as SABSA, CISSP, CISM, CISA, Security+, SANS certification, CEH, OSCP, and cloud platform certifications are highly desirable but not required.
We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.

About Technology

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Technology enables every aspect of Macquarie, for our people, our customers and our communities. We’re a global team that is passionate about accelerating the digital enterprise, connecting people and data, building platforms and applications and designing tomorrow’s technology solutions.

Benefits

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Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on eligibility criteria, include: 
  • Hybrid and flexible working arrangements 
  • One wellbeing leave day per year and up to five additional days leave based on length of service
  • Up to 20 weeks paid parental leave as well as benefits to support you as you transition to life as a working parent 
  • Paid volunteer leave and donation matching 
  • Range of benefits to support your physical, psychological and financial wellbeing 
  • Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

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We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for a role regardless of their identity, including gender, race, ethnicity, cultural identity, nationality, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status, marital or family status, neurodiversity, religion or belief, disabilities, or socio-economic background.
If you require adjustments to your working arrangements or the recruitment process, please let us know when applying.