Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Alfred Health

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery improvement research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services. On 1 January 2026 Alfred Health will come together with Kooweerup Regional Health Service Peninsula Health Bass Coast Health and Gippsland Southern Health Service to create Bayside Health a newly merged health service with more than 22000 employees caring for a community of over 1.2 million Victorians. The new health service will provide people with the best possible care with services that support them throughout their lives. The merger will also strengthen our workforce providing new training education and career opportunities. Subject to final approval on 1 January 2026 all employees from the five health services will transfer to Bayside Health.

• Ongoing Appointment
• Full Time: 80 hours per fortnight
• Managers and Administrative Workers Grade 5
• Location: Alfred Health

About us

Digital Health is responsible for enabling clinical staff to deliver timely quality care to our patients and carers through innovative use of information technologies and through strategic management of information and data across the organisation.

About the role

TheSeniorCyber Security Engineeris a critical roleresponsible for protectingAlfred Healthsinformation systems and networks from cyber threats and vulnerabilitiesand supportingthesuccessful implementation of Alfred Health Cyber Security Strategy and Action Security Engineerwill be expected to supportthe development maintenance and execution of Alfred Healths Digital Health Cybersecurity strategy and action plan to centralise and automate the security operations technology and process management of permanent and contingent staff contractors partners 3rdparty and patient electronic identities and access to Alfred Healths systems and data.

Thisrole will be responsible in implementing andmaintainingsecurity measures to ensure the confidentiality integrity and availability of digital assets.

Key responsibilities include managing security tools and technologiesparticipatingin incident response activitiesmonitoringand analysing security logs collaborating with IT teams on secure configurations conducting regular securityauditsandstaying current on industry candidate should have a strong background in information security familiarity with security frameworks and standards experience with various security tools and excellent problem-solving and communication role will also include ensuring adequate controls are designed and implemented to ensure that Cyber Security risks are minimised to an acceptable level.

About you

• Tertiary qualification in ITCybersecurityand/orappropriate hand-onindustryexperience.
• Five (5)years of experience incybersecurity with a focus on cyber security engineering.
• Strong knowledge of security principles technologies and best practices including network security encryption authentication and access control.
• Certification and/or relevant experience in SecOpsand Incident Response and other ITon-premiseshosted and cloud-based technologies (IaaS PaaS SaaS).
• Demonstrated experience implementing and using various technology and security solutions and architecture.
• Demonstrated coding experience in SecOps automation and malwareanalysisduring Incident Response investigations.
• Familiarity with security frameworks and standardsInformation Security Manual (ISM) Essential 8ISO27001 NIST CBCF PSPF or CIS Critical Security Controls.
• Solid understanding of network protocols operating systems and web application security.
• Excellent problem-solving analytical and communication skills.

Benefits

• Salary Packaging
• Discount Health Insurance
• Staff Parking (subject to availability)
• Onsite Gym
• Child care services
• 5 Weeks Annual Leave and 13 Accrued Days Off (ADO) per annum

All enquires to Frederick Le at

Applications Close: 11pm AEST Thursday 11th December 2025

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people people with disability and people of all genders sexualities and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process or require an alternative format to any of the application materials please dont hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020 health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the departments risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.

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