Job details
| Location: | Sydney |
| Salary: | $800 - $950 per day |
| Job Type: | Contract |
| Discipline: | |
| Reference: | V-129917 |
| Posted: | 15 days ago |
Job description
Cyber Security Vulnerability Specialist12-Month Contract | Sydney-Based | Hybrid (2 Days Onsite)
Join one of Australia’s most recognisable organisations as they strengthen their cyber security capabilities. This is a key contract role for a Cyber Security Vulnerability Specialist to lead vulnerability assessment, application security, and risk analysis activities as part of a wider security team.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Lead and manage the vulnerability management lifecycle – from identification through to remediation and reporting
- Conduct regular vulnerability assessments across applications, networks, infrastructure, and cloud services
- Perform detailed risk analysis and coordinate mitigation plans with technical and business stakeholders
- Drive improvements in application security, ensuring secure coding and software practices are embedded
- Support compliance with security frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST, CIS) and internal governance policies
- Work closely with the network security and broader cyber teams to ensure aligned and effective defences
- Strong experience in cyber security, with a focus on vulnerability management and risk-based prioritisation
- Sound knowledge of application and network security best practices
- Familiarity with tools such as Tenable, Qualys, or Nessus
- Experience interpreting and applying regulatory and compliance frameworks
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Initial 12-month contract with strong likelihood of extension
- Sydney-based hybrid role – approx. 2 days per week in the office
- Work within a supportive, high-performing cyber team
- Daily rate contract, commensurate with experience
- Be part of a high-profile, large-scale cyber uplift project