Senior Architect - Security

Job Description

How will I help?

This position will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of robust security architectures to safeguard the organization's digital assets while aligning with business objectives.

Your key responsibilities include:

• Understanding the business strategy and priorities. Participating in market analysis and due diligence exercises to recommend optimal solution components and partners.
• Analysing industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise architecture.
• Developing end-to-end solution architectures to address business opportunities and threats, balancing both functional and non-functional requirements and risks.
• Performing architectural and design oversight of technical implementation.
• Socialising and presenting solutions and option recommendations to the architectural and design governance forums.
• Ensuring material decisions are suitably socialised with relevant stakeholders.
• Working with Control Owners and Service Owners to ensure strategic alignment of change delivery.
• Collaborating with Business Owners and Risk Management to understand the solution's risk profile.
• Supporting, coaching, and mentoring the team where required.

What's in it for me?

You will play an important and significant part in the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our vision is to become one of the world's great service companies. So, we will back you in the development of your career, with internal career prospects and flexible working. You will also be backed by a fantastic team of people in a can-do, supportive structure.

Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements.

What do I need?

The successful candidate will have:

• Extensive experience in solution architecture within a security context, preferably in financial services.
• Proficiency with security frameworks and standards (e.g., TOGAF, SABSA, NIST, ISO 27001).
• Strong understanding of cloud security architectures and risk assessment methodologies.
• Experience in the implementation of architecture in large organizations to ensure balanced solutions.
• Proven results in delivering business solutions into production with multiple stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architect disciplines and frameworks (e.g., TOGAF, SABSA).
• Applied knowledge of data management and cloud computing platforms.
• Working experience with enterprise Risk Management.
• Working experience with Agile and DevOps methodologies.

What is it like to work there?

As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family means you will get some of the best banking, wealth, and insurance benefits in the market.

We back our employees by helping them work towards industry-recognised qualifications, using online learning, training modules and career planning tools for you to grow with us. We will even pay you to do volunteer or community work.

We aim to provide one big, supportive team to help us achieve our purpose of creating better futures together. As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family means you will have access to banking, wealth, and insurance benefits. #LI-Hybrid.

How do I apply?

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At Westpac we are committed to providing a supportive culture and creating diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplaces, branches, products and services for our customers, employees, and community. This role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au.

Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?

We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please call 1800 655 592 Option 2.3 or email talentacquisition@westpac.com.au