Overview
Principal Security Engineer Jobs in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia at Queensland Government
Title: Principal Security Engineer
Company: Queensland Government
Location: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Analyse issues for security risks and co-ordinate investigations relating to security compliance. (SFIA: DGFS 5)
- Co-ordinate information security standards implemented within the Department to comply with the Queensland Government’s Information Architecture Standard on Information Security. (SFIA: INAS 5)
- Ensure Departmental interfaces with external agencies comply with security policy and standards and are in line with industry best practice. (SFIA: SCAD 5)
- Co-ordinate the implementation and monitoring of security measures ensuring that the Department’s information resources, data and network are secure, recoverable and uncorrupted. (SFIA: VUAS 5)
- Provide input into the Department’s ICT Policy and Standards from an information security perspective.
- Monitor new projects to ensure that security issues and impacts are considered.
- Co-ordinate, monitor and review Departmental procedures to ensure security of information management and provide advice on remedial options to ensure effective procedures in relation to information security.
Technical Skills, Abilities And Cultural Capability
- Ability to work well in a demanding, dynamic environment and meet overall objectives.
- Sound knowledge of information security technologies, such as firewalls (Checkpoint, Azure), Secure Web Gateways (NetSkope), Web Application Gateways (Azure Front Door, Azure WAF), SIEM (Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel), DLP, encryption and endpoint security (Microsoft Defender)
- Sound knowledge of modern security architectural design principals and components such as Zero Trust, Authentication / Authorisation, Penetration Testing, User Behaviour Analytics, Vulnerability detection and management
- Experience managing workloads in an ITIL based support environment.
- Sound knowledge and experience (as part of a team) ensuring compliance against Cyber Security frameworks (e.g., Essential 8 (E8), Information Security Manual (ISM), NIST Security Frameworks, and ISO 27001).
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Job Ad Reference: QLD/689049/26
Closing Date: Monday, 1st June 2026
Occupational group IT & Telecommunications
