Cybersecurity Advisor Wellington

Our Why
Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help them to use the power of tech to innovate and grow.
About the Role (Your Why)
As a Cybersecurity Advisor, you’ll play a key role in ensuring compliance with our information security policies and helping teams feel confident in the security measures in place. You’ll work across departments to identify risks, recommend solutions, and support the implementation of security technologies.
What You’ll Do
- Identify and raise cyber risk in accordance with the clients Risk Management Framework.
- Advise business and IT units on information security compliance and risk mitigation.
- Evaluate vulnerabilities identified or reported and manage the remediation or mitigation of vulnerabilities throughout the vulnerability management process.
- Implement security technologies under the direction of the Cybersecurity Manager.
- Develop, deploy, and maintain security policies, standards and procedures.
- Support and deliver security awareness training programs across the organisation.
- Investigate, respond to, and report on security incidents as directed.
- Liaise with business units to identify controls and prepare reports on security incidents for management.
- Monitor and stay up to date with emerging cybersecurity technologies, threats, and trends.
- Collaborate with teams to align technical security solutions with business goals and objectives.

What You’ll Bring
- High-level expertise or specialisation in several of the above areas.
- A strong work ethic, can do attitude and a willingness to learn.
- Specialised knowledge in IS Governance, Risk Management, or Technical Services.
- Familiarity with IT security frameworks and methodologies, including ITIL.
- 3-5 years of experience in IT or cybersecurity with proven background in information security, risk management, audit, or related disciplines.
- Familiarity with common cybersecurity related tools such as MS Defender, Crowdstrike, Rapid7, etc
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Proven relationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Positive team spirit.
- Effective presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Ability to align technical solutions with business goals and objectives.

Why Join Us Here at Datacom?
Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.
We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment. We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.
We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.