Title: Senior Security Consultant

Location:

Chadstone, Victoria, AU

About us

At Officeworks we make bigger things happen. Our customers, our team, and our community are our heart and soul. And if our brilliant people have taught us anything, it is that we can do all kinds of incredible things, each and every day.

Fast paced. Innovative. Inspiring. With close to 10000 team members and a national footprint of more than 168 retail stores Australia wide – we’re focused on delivering a wide range, low price and great service. We’re about inspiring new ideas and thinking outside the box. We’re about kicking goals, having a laugh and pushing each other. We are about being rewarded and supported. We’re about teaching a customer something new and supporting the community. We’re about making a difference.

About the role

As a Senior Security Consultant, you'll be a vital part of our security architecture team, ensuring the security and integrity of our applications across their lifecycle. This role involves general security consulting with project and development teams, embedding secure design principles, managing vulnerabilities, and supporting secure coding practices. Strategically, you’ll contribute to policies, standards, and guidelines to enhance security architecture and application security capabilities across Officeworks. This role is based out of our Chadstone Support Office in Victoria in a hybrid manner, 2 days a week.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Expertise: Conduct security architecture reviews, risk assessments, and identify key security controls. Guide best practices in application security, secure coding, and vulnerability management. Guide the use of security tooling for CI/CD pipelines and ensure compliance with API and Cloud security standards.
Strategic Support: Improve security architecture team processes, foster secure coding culture, guide third-party vendors, and contribute to policy development to align with Officeworks’ security goals.
Project Engagement: Collaborate with project teams to embed security architectural design as well as in the SDLC, support secure solution design, and lead threat modelling initiatives.
Performance and Quality Assurance: Track security metrics, maintain industry knowledge, ensure compliance with regulatory standards, and measure the effectiveness of security controls.
Technical Leadership: Research emerging security trends, set technical standards, and lead the adoption of new security solutions across development teams.

About you

What you’ll bring:

Skills and Experience

Education: Relevant tertiary qualifications with preferred certifications (e.g. Cloud Security, ISO 27001 lead auditor, SABSA).

Experience: Minimum of 3 years in security consulting for projects and development teams, with expertise in security standards,and understanding of SDLC and Agile/DevOps practices.

Knowledge: Familiarity with one or more security control frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO 27002, OWASP Top 10, Cloud Security, and CI/CD processes.

Attributes: Strong people, organisational and communication skills, integrity, and a proactive approach to security and customer service.

Our culture

It’s all in a day’s work when you’re part of the Officeworks community – where you’re not defined by who you are, but what you can do. We celebrate our teams’ uniqueness by offering the below to the Officeworks family:

An inclusive, diverse, and supportive environment.
Flexible working arrangements to best support your individual needs.
A key focus on wellbeing and safety.
Generous discounts at Officeworks, Geeks 2 U, Bunnings, Kmart, Target and Catch.
Ongoing training and development opportunities to progress your career.
Industry leading Growing Families policy.

At Officeworks, we operate best when our team represents the communities we serve. We proudly commit to providing a safe and supportive work environment for everyone. We actively encourage applications from all candidates, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people with disabilities.

Officeworks is a ‘Circle Back Initiative’ employer – we commit to respond to every applicant. #LI-MS and #LI-Hybrid