Vulnerability Specialist / Cyber Security Specialist - Tenable, Defender

Salary: Minimum NV1 clearance required!

• Exciting opportunity within a major Federal Government transformation program

• Contract through to 30 June 2027 with a 12-month extension option

• Drive vulnerability management and cyber resilience initiatives across complex enterprise environments

A Federal Government Department is seeking a Vulnerability Management Specialist to support the ongoing enhancement of its Security Operations Centre and Cyber Threat & Vulnerability capability. The successful candidate will play a key role in identifying, assessing, prioritising, and driving the remediation of cyber security vulnerabilities across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a critical cyber security function within a highly secure government environment. The successful Vulnerability Management Specialist will be offered an initial contract through to 30 June 2027 with a 12-month extension option.

The successful Vulnerability Management Specialist will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Managing and optimising vulnerability management platforms, scanners, dashboards, and associated security tooling.

• Conducting vulnerability assessments and analysing findings from vulnerability scans, threat intelligence, and security reviews.

• Driving remediation activities by working closely with system owners, infrastructure teams, and technical stakeholders.

• Investigating emerging vulnerabilities, exploits, and cyber threats to assess potential impacts and risks.

• Developing reports, dashboards, playbooks, and metrics to support risk-based security decision-making and continuous improvement initiatives

The successful Vulnerability Management Specialist will have experience in the following:

• Demonstrated experience in cyber security vulnerability management, vulnerability assessment, or security operations within complex enterprise environments.

• Hands-on experience administering and optimising vulnerability management platforms such as Tenable, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, Qualys or similar technologies.

• Strong understanding of vulnerability lifecycle management, including identification, validation, prioritisation, remediation, and risk acceptance processes.

• Experience analysing vulnerability data and providing risk-based recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders and influence remediation outcomes within secure or highly regulated environments

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in strengthening cyber security resilience and vulnerability management capabilities within a large-scale government environment. If you have the required skills and experience, APPLY NOW JA1375. Please forward your application to [email protected] or visit www.hitechaust.com for additional opportunities.