4 days ago
Melbourne, AustraliaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the Operational Security Engineering strategy, capability roadmap, and maturity uplift across Network Operations.
- Define and embed secure-by-design standards, operating models, and assurance frameworks across network, data, AI, automation, and OSS environments.
- Translate cyber risks and business priorities into security engineering, resilience, and assurance initiatives.
- Integrate security controls and Zero Trust principles across network, cloud, AI, automation, and operational platforms.
- Lead automated security detection, orchestration, response, and containment capabilities.
- Establish security assurance, control validation, resilience, recoverability, and production-readiness programs.
- Oversee governance, risk reporting, performance metrics, threat-informed prioritization, and continuous improvement.
- Provide executive cyber-risk advice and build a high-performing security engineering capability.
Requirements
- Extensive executive leadership experience across telecommunications, cybersecurity, Network Operations, security engineering, or large-scale critical technology environments.
- Demonstrated experience leading enterprise operational security engineering, cyber resilience, security architecture, or security transformation capabilities.
- Strong understanding of operational technology and network security, Zero Trust, identity and privileged access, security automation, cloud security, and AI security.
- Experience establishing cross-domain security engineering standards, assurance models, and risk-reduction roadmaps in complex production environments.
- Strong knowledge of cyber risk, incident response, resilience, recoverability, regulatory obligations, and secure-by-design engineering practices.
- Demonstrated ability to lead specialist teams and influence executives across Operations, Engineering, Architecture, Corporate Security, Risk, and Technology.
- Strong commercial, financial, and vendor management capability, including security investment prioritization and value/risk realization.
- Strong strategic thinking, communication, executive presentation, stakeholder engagement, and high-severity security-event leadership skills.
Benefits
- Competitive remuneration, employee discounts, an $80 monthly credit, and 25% off Optus products plus retail-partner discounts.
- Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office and two days remotely or from home.
- Competitive leave policies, including additional Connected days.
- Up to 16 weeks of inclusive, carer-neutral paid parental leave.
- Professional development through Optus U micro-credentials developed with La Trobe and Macquarie Universities.
- Employee-led networks and diversity initiatives, including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network, and Express Yourself.
- Free 24/7 counselling and wellbeing support by phone, SMS, video, or in person.
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About Singtel
Singtel is a Singapore‑headquartered public telecommunications group founded in 1879 that sells mobile, broadband, and enterprise network services to consumers and businesses across Asia-Pacific. It owns Optus in Australia and operates NCS (regional IT services) and Nxera (data centers), and is expanding into AI infrastructure via its RE:AI GPU‑as‑a‑Service. Its revenue comes from connectivity subscriptions and managed services across networks, cloud, cybersecurity, and digital platforms, with equity stakes in regional operators broadening its reach.