Cyber Security Senior Solution Designer

• Daily rate contract, 12 month role, within UNSW IT, Cyber Security Senior Solution Designer
• Kensington, Sydney with Flexible and or Hybrid working (2 days onsite)

Cyber Security Senior Solution Designer

POSITION SUMMARY

The Cyber Security Senior Solution Designer will work as a member of the Cyber Security Enablement Program (CSEP) team and with the Security Operations (SecOps) team at UNSW.  We are seeking a skilled solution designer with expertise in several technologies with a focus on Zero Trust, before progressing onto several Cyber roadmap initiatives.

They will work with the Program Cyber Security Architect to align on architecture and solution design, and be responsible for either documenting solution architecture, or reviewing and amending vendor architecture documentation (depending on the project). The Cyber Security Senior Solution Designer will assist with developing and documenting work processes and training other members of the team where required. 

The primary focus for this role is to act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for security technologies to be integrated within the scope of the CSEP at the University. The Cyber Security Solution Designer must be able to understand technical elements of the platforms being configured, and guide and instruct teams performing the integration. They must be willing and capable to learn and work on multiple challenges at the same time.

PRIMARY DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Design and Deploy Zero Trust Solutions: Oversee the design and deployment, configuration of Zero Trust solutions across the Enterprise. Experience with Netskope and Zscaler would be an advantage.
2. Development of conceptual, high level and detailed designs and presenting to architecture and design committees and authorities.
3. Security Policy Design and Implementation: Develop and implement security policies and configurations of Zero Trust technologies.
4. Collaboration with IT and security teams to integrate technical solutions into the overall cybersecurity architecture. Experience with Cloudflare and Crowdstrike would be an advantage.
5. Documentation and Reporting: Maintain detailed documentation of configurations, policies, and procedures.
6. Security Awareness: Promote security best practices and awareness across the organization.
7. SME for onboarding of SIEM components, including experience and understanding of:

• • configuration of source logging.
  • technologies used to forward and retrieve logs (syslog, syslog-ng, agents, WEC, WEF, APIs).
  • parsing of data.
  • rules/triggers for SIEM alert generation.

1. SME for integration and upgrade of other cyber security technologies at UNSW (eg: EDR and network monitoring).
2. Point of contact between the vendor, CSEP and SecOps team to facilitate the integration of logs into SIEM.
3. Configuration, testing and validation of cyber security project integrations.
4. Provide recommendations and work with the CSEP team, SecOps team and vendor/s to resolve issues where found.
5. Troubleshoot issues with log sources or systems with the vendor and report system defects as needed.

Skills and experience:

The ideal candidate will possess deep technical knowledge on cyber security technologies (e.g. SIEM, EDR, WAF, Zero Trust) and have a solid understanding of information security, networking, as well as experience in working with a range of Operating Systems (including, but not limited to, Linux and Windows).

The Cyber Security Senior Solution Designer should have extensive experience with cyber security solution design and architecture, interacting with vendors, and be familiar with integrating technologies within a project environment. The candidate will work with vendors, members of the CSEP, UNSW IT, and the UNSW SecOps team on various elements of the cyber security program, with a focus on security solution design.

The successful candidate must be able and confident to perform “hands-on” configuration activities when required. They should understand and have experience with the design and integration of Zero Trust architecture and technologies. The ideal candidate for this role should be familiar with the design and integration of security technologies within on-premises and cloud environments (AWS preferred). The ideal candidate would have both engineering and solution design experience.

The role requires that a candidate have sufficient technical aptitude to comprehend, collaborate, troubleshoot and solve IT problems, but also be an effective communicator to be able to present to senior management regarding project complexities in an efficient and understandable manner.

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Information Security/Assurance, Engineering or related field of study; or at least four years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in cybersecurity with at least 1 years focused on Zero Trust technologies.
• Minimum of 3 years project integration experience required.
• Minimum 1 year of SIEM engineering and integration experience required.
• Security+, CISSP, GCIH, GCIA, GPEN, CEH, OSCP, SABSA and / or other industry certifications preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
• Working knowledge of Endpoint Threat Detection and Response technologies.
• Working knowledge of Network Threat Detection and Prevention technologies. 
• Strong understanding of web application security concepts and attack vectors (e.g., OWASP Top 10).
• Demonstrated understanding of Information Security regulations and frameworks required.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, strong communication abilities, and the capacity to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Security and/or Networking familiarity or understanding in the following preferred:

• • Basic routing principles and networking fundamentals
  • Well known protocols and services (FTP/S,HTTP/S,SSH,LDAP, SMTP, TLS)
  • Command line interfaces, bash shell, vi, crontab.
  • Packet Analysis Tools (tcpdump and Wireshark)

To Apply: If this is of interest to you, please submit your CV, Cover Letter and responses to the Skills and Experience outlined in the position description.

More Information: please see the Position Description or visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/

Contact

Jen MacLachlan

email: [email protected]

Applications close: Tuesday 8th of July at 11.30pm

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff.

The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.