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Cyber Tech Lead

Full time Adelaide

 

Consunet is implementing SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) value streams to evolve and enhance the way we deliver value to our customers. We have an established role to achieve this that recognises our scale. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of our agile transformation and AI adoption, ensuring that our teams are focused on delivering end-to-end value efficiently and effectively to our customer.

In this role, you will play a key part in optimising workflows, breaking down silos, and fostering a customer-centric approach to product, project and service delivery. If you’re passionate about agile ways of working and making a real impact, we encourage you to apply.

The Cyber Tech Lead plays a critical role in leading and optimising value streams to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy while delivering impactful customer outcomes.

The Cyber Tech Lead is an internal representation of the customer. Our commitment is to ensure every solution we deliver creates real value for our customers. In this role, you'll bridge the gap between technology, solutions and business; designing scalable systems that drive measurable impact and creates success.

Cyber Tech Lead is someone who champions the customer perspective across the enterprise’s digital ecosystem. This role ensures that security, reliability, and performance are embedded into every stage of solution design and delivery.

Operating at the intersection of business strategy, technology architecture, and cyber security, the Cyber Tech Lead drives the strategy in relation to the integration of security governance, risk management, and compliance frameworks (ISO, NIST, Essential Eight) to protect platforms, data, and services.

With deep expertise in secure solution architecture, cloud-native technologies, and Descopes practices, the role drives value creation by aligning technical roadmaps to customer and business outcomes and identifying opportunities for adopting AI technology.

Success in this role means architecting cyber security and delivery requirements into solutions defined by clear, actionable designs, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring the enterprise consistently delivers secure, high-quality solutions that meet customer expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Cyber Tech Lead will manage the execution of enterprise-wide security strategies Collaborate with stakeholders (internal and external)
• Collaborate actively in Agile planning processes to align objectives and strategy
• Regularly assess and adjust priorities based on evolving enterprise needs and customer requirements
• Validate requirements and ensure feasibility
• Evaluate and select technologies
• Oversee solution implementation with IPT’s
• Deliver exceptional customer value in every increment
• Oversee the enterprise-wide framework to ensure comprehensive security policies and procedures are compliant with industry standards and regulations.
• Drive security and performance standards adoption and compliance
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the teams
• Provide reporting to the internal and external stakeholders

Required Skills and Experience

• Extensive knowledge of defence and government security regulations and standards.
• Understanding of AI technology trends and how to leverage AI for business efficiency
• Demonstrated success in translating customer needs into actionable solutions and prioritising work to maximise value
• Knowledge and proficiency of SAFe Lean-Agile principles
• Familiarity with Agile tools including Jira and Confluence
• Strong business acumen and customer-centric approach
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

If you’re driven by innovation, thrive in agile environments, and are committed to delivering customer-centric solutions that make a measurable impact, we invite you to join our team and help shape the future of our enterprise.

Note: While this role is advertised as Cyber Tech Lead for external alignment and attraction purposes, the internal title for this position is Value Stream Principal – Cyber & DevSecOps. The responsibilities and expectations outlined above reflect the full scope of the Value Stream Principal – Cyber & DevSecOps function within our team.

Qualifications

• Qualifications bachelor’s or master’s degree Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, business administration or operations management, or a related technical field (essential).
• Master’s degree and relevant certifications like Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Security Clearance

Applicants are required to be Australian Citizens and be eligible to hold and maintain an Australian Defence Security Clearance. Eligibility requirements can be found at Australian Government Security Vetting Agency.

Benefits working for Consunet

• Be part of a workplace that values innovation, quality, and work-life balance.
• Enjoy a flexible, inclusive, and friendly work environment.
• Access competitive pay and salary packaging options.
• Take advantage of parental leave and our Study Loan Scheme.
• Build your career with training, development, and clear pathways for progression.
• Work with cutting-edge technology, research, and agile project management.
• Career and skills progression through training and development to team members.
• Benefit from mentoring and support by experienced team members.

Why join us?

• Join a sovereign Australian enterprise driving innovation to protect national interests, offering meaningful work, career growth, and a supportive, flexible environment.
• Consunet is headquartered in the Adelaide CBD with operations in Adelaide, Edinburgh (SA) and Canberra.
• We encourage applications from veterans and reservists—your experience is valued here. We support veterans through recruitment, flexible work, reservist leave, a Veterans Policy, dedicated points of contact internally, and an EAP specialising in defence. We invite veterans to voluntarily disclose their prior military service.
• We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• People of all genders, cultures, and backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
• Consunet offers flexible work and an inclusive environment to support our people to thrive, with an EAP service which has specialist defence experience to support wellbeing.