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The team is responsible for vulnerability management, security posture management, compliance assessment, secure configuration governance, exposure management, and the continual reduction of cyber risk across the Bank's technology environment.\nReporting to the Manager, Vulnerability & Posture Management, you will provide specialist vulnerability management and security hardening expertise as part of the team's Business as Usual (BAU) operations. These three two-year fixed-term positions are being recruited to backfill existing project roles and maintain the team's operational capability.\nWorking closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, Identity, Security Architecture, Cyber Operations, and Technology teams, you will support vulnerability remediation, security hardening, and compliance initiatives across the Bank. You will also contribute to improving vulnerability metrics, reporting, and automated compliance assessments, ensuring security controls remain effective, sustainable, and aligned with the Bank's risk appetite and regulatory obligations.\nAbout the Role\nAs a Senior Cyber Security Analyst, you will play a key role within the Vulnerability & Posture Management (VPM) function, supporting Business as Usual operations that reduce cyber risk and strengthen organisational resilience.\nWorking closely with Cyber Security, Infrastructure, Cloud, Identity, End User Computing, and Technology teams, you will drive vulnerability remediation, security hardening, and exposure reduction activities across enterprise technology environments. You will contribute to the assessment and prioritisation of vulnerabilities, coordinate operational responses, develop and enhance security metrics and reporting, and improve compliance with the Bank's security standards and risk appetite.\nThis role provides an opportunity to influence enterprise-wide cyber resilience outcomes while supporting the ongoing delivery and continuous improvement of the Bank's vulnerability management, security hardening, and compliance capabilities.\nKey responsibilities include:\nSupport the Bank's vulnerability management and security posture management capabilities, including vulnerability identification, assessment, prioritisation, remediation governance, and reporting.\nCoordinate responses to significant exposure events, including critical vulnerabilities, large-scale exploitation campaigns, and emerging threats.\nContribute to the continuous improvement of vulnerability management, compliance assessment, and exposure management processes across enterprise technology environments.\nProvide subject matter expertise for vulnerability and posture management platforms, including Tenable and related security assessment technologies.\nSupport and enhance vulnerability management workflows within ServiceNow Security Operations (SecOps), including vulnerability response, remediation tracking, exception management, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.\nSupport remediation activities through risk-based prioritisation, considering exploitability, asset criticality, threat intelligence, and business impact.\nCollaborate closely with Infrastructure, Cloud, End User Services, Identity, Security Architecture, Service Owners, and Asset Owners to deliver effective cyber risk reduction outcomes.\nPartner with business, technology, and cyber security teams to promote secure configuration standards and vulnerability management practices across the enterprise.\nDevelop, maintain, and enhance security standards, operational procedures, metrics, and reporting that support cyber risk management objectives.\nSupport operational threat advisory and vulnerability response activities by assessing exposure, coordinating remediation efforts, and tracking risk reduction outcomes.\nContribute to ongoing Business as Usual vulnerability remediation, security hardening, compliance uplift, and continuous improvement activities across the Bank's technology environment.\nAbout You\nYou are a cyber security professional with experience in vulnerability management, security posture management, and cyber risk reduction within complex enterprise environments.\nTo be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:\nExperience with vulnerability management platforms such as Tenable, including integration with ServiceNow SecOps or comparable remediation and workflow platforms.\nStrong knowledge of vulnerability management, secure configuration standards, and system hardening practices.\nExperience with exposure management, attack surface management, or risk-based vulnerability management approaches.\nExperience with ServiceNow Security Operations (SecOps), including Vulnerability Response, Configuration Management Database (CMDB) integration, remediation workflow management, and reporting.\nStrong understanding of cyber security frameworks, including the Essential Eight, ASD ISM, NIST CSF, and CIS Benchmarks.\nExperience applying risk-based prioritisation methodologies using factors such as exploitability, asset criticality, and threat intelligence.\nStrong analytical, reporting, and stakeholder engagement skills.\nExperience supporting audits, compliance activities, and cyber risk management initiatives.\nThe ability to communicate technical risks and recommendations effectively to both technical and business stakeholders.\nHighly Regarded\nExperience with Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, or equivalent enterprise security platforms.\nExperience administering or supporting ServiceNow SecOps, Vulnerability Response, and related cyber security workflow automation capabilities.\nProfessional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, GIAC, or equivalent.\nTertiary qualifications in Cyber Security, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline.\nBe More\nWorking for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drives the RBA forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.\nWhy RBA?\nThe RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people.\nMade up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go.\nOur people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts.\nWe know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward. Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.\nThe Reserve Bank of Australia iscommitted to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives.We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, includingAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community.We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.\nApplication Close :\nOctober 19, 2026.","description_format":"text","description_chars":8298,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Australia","iso":"AU","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cybersecurity","Information Security","Central Banks & Financial Regulators"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-27T14:04:04Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":46,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.828,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":30,"expected_fill_days":26,"reasons":["conf:23","velocity","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-22T06:10:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/the-conditions-for-using-ab-senior-cyber-security-analyst","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/the-conditions-for-using-ab-senior-cyber-security-analyst.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-22T10:56:14Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":8468,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-23T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1757008},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1757008"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fthe-conditions-for-using-ab-senior-cyber-security-analyst"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fthe-conditions-for-using-ab-senior-cyber-security-analyst"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fthe-conditions-for-using-ab-senior-cyber-security-analyst"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/the-conditions-for-using-ab-senior-cyber-security-analyst\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fthe-conditions-for-using-ab-senior-cyber-security-analyst"}]}