Head of Cyber Engineering & Operations

As BaptistCare continues its national transformation journey, we are seeking an experienced Head of Cyber Engineering & Operations to lead and mature our enterprise cyber security capability.

Reporting to the GM Cyber & IT Risk , this role is responsible for leading cyber engineering, security operations, cyber incident response, vulnerability management and resilience initiatives across the organisation. You will translate cyber strategy into practical security outcomes, ensuring BaptistCare's people, information, technology and critical services remain secure, resilient and trusted.

This is an opportunity to lead a national cyber function within a complex and highly regulated environment while making a meaningful impact on the communities we support.

The Head of Cyber Engineering & Operations will lead the delivery and continuous improvement of BaptistCare's cyber defence capabilities, ensuring security controls, technologies and operational practices effectively protect the organisation.

You will be responsible for driving security operations, threat detection, incident response, cyber resilience, vulnerability management and security technology strategy while partnering closely with Information & Digital leaders, business stakeholders and strategic technology partners.

You will lead a specialist team of approximately four direct reports and manage external assurance and advisory providers.

You are a senior cyber security leader with extensive experience managing enterprise-scale security operations and engineering functions within a large and complex environment.

You'll bring:

Significant leadership experience in Cyber Security Engineering, Security Operations or Technology Operations.

Proven success leading enterprise cyber operations, security programs and major cyber incident response activities.

Deep knowledge of modern cyber security technologies and architectures across cloud, network, identity, endpoint and data protection domains.

Experience developing and implementing security operating models, controls and governance practices.

Strong vendor, commercial and financial management capability.

Demonstrated experience leading geographically dispersed, multidisciplinary teams.

Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, including the ability to support executive decision-making during high-risk situations.

A passion for building resilient, secure and trusted digital services.

CISSP, CCSP, GIAC or equivalent cyber security certifications.

Experience within aged care, healthcare, community services, disability, housing, government or other regulated industries.

Experience with Microsoft security technologies, cloud security and security automation platforms.

Exposure to cyber resilience, disaster recovery, service management, program delivery and operational transformation initiatives.