Cyber Security GRC Consultant

GEO SPACES - Cyber Governance Risk and Compliance - various levels

• Join Leidos & work on AGO GEO SPACES mission critical networks
• GEO SPACES Cyber Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) (various levels)
• Minimum NV2 willing to uplift to TSPV + DISA, located in Canberra

Due to the nature of the role, you must be an Australian Citizen who holds an active NV2 & be willing to uplift to TSPV security clearance; accompanied by the ability to be successful for a DISA/OSA.

Do Work That Matters

The GEO SPACES GRC roles are identified as a Key Governance Role in the Information System Security Management Plan under the GEO SPACES contract.

These roles will report directly to the GEO SPACES GRC Team Lead and be capable of operating independently within the scope of their duties which include:

Your New Role and Responsibilities

• Engagement with key Defence stakeholders, including internal project management, Assessment Authority representatives, security service providers, other internal IT security personnel and business owners.
• Provide advice across a broad spectrum of IT Security matters including IT security system requirements, secure design approaches, effective implementation of security controls and risk mitigation strategies.
• Development and ongoing ownership of an Authorisation Plan including the management of the necessary activities, artefacts and stakeholder contributions required to ready a system for Authorisation.
• Undertake Authorisation compliance assessments against the Information Security Manual control matrix, the Essential 8 framework, and against organisational policy.
• Undertaking IT Security risk assessments including the identification, assessment and communication of risks with stakeholders.
• Engage with a broader GRC team to ensure IT security risks associated with integrated enterprise mission systems are being managed end to end.
• Engage with the existing Security Operations team to ensure their interests are represented for cohesion and interoperability throughout a system’s lifecycle
• Consideration of and alignment with project schedules such that the assessment and authorisation effort supports the business’ priorities and delivery timelines.
• Identification, validation, and advocacy for security requirements and dependencies associated with system delivery, transition into service, and ongoing sustainment.
• Ownership for the ongoing maintenance of IT security artefacts during sustainment, and oversight of the delivery of any plans of actions and milestones

What You’ll Bring to Make An Impact

• Current knowledge of and experience with the Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF), Information Security Manual (ISM) and Defence Securities Principles Framework (DSPF).
• Knowledge of security policy and procedure writing, including the core artefacts of the Authority To Operate process i.e. SSP, SSP-A, SRMP, CMP, IRP.
• Experience conducting assessments required to for an Authority to Operate, or experience with systems undergoing assessment through frameworks like the IRAP assessment process.  Ideally, you will have experience providing this in a Defence or Intelligence context.
• Experience working with public cloud (AWS preferred) and on-premises enterprise networks.

• Experience working with systems used to manage large volumes of non-standard data formats and the IT security challenges these conditions introduce.
• Experience working within Defence system authorisation frameworks for systems at all classification levels.
• An ability to advocate for security and compliance requirements within the project and advocate for the project’s approach with external stakeholders is necessary
• An ability to communicate sensitive matters respectfully and professionally, enabling decision-makers to understand the security implications of their choices before delivering their decisions
• An ability to prioritise the importance of security and compliance matters within complex information systems in consultation and support of Security Engineers, Security Testers or other external stakeholders. 

Additional information

Leidos are looking to fill multiple roles across various levels of experience.  It is expected that the minimum level of experience will be two years in a similar position with more senior roles requiring 10+ years.

Due to the nature of the role, you must be an Australian Citizen who holds an active NV2 & be willing to uplift to TSPV security clearance; accompanied by the ability to be successful for a DISA/OSA.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.