Information Security Manager

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Information Security Manager. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Located 2 mins walk from Sydney's Central Station
• Friendly, well-established, not-for-profit employer
• 6 weeks’ annual leave!

Teachers Health have an exciting permanent full-time opportunity for an experienced Information Security Manager (ISM) who is interested in joining a well-established organisation as we continue to grow.

The successful applicant will be responsible designing, leading and implementing the Information Security Management System (ISMS), supporting the day to day operations for the information security team.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Defining, enhancing, developing and implementing the ISMS to continue to meet the requirements of the organisation, APRA, Australian Standards and Australian Privacy Principles
• Manage team members in the day to day activities ensuring we meet our standards, controls, procedure and risk management requirements
• To routinely assess and modify the standards, policies and procedures to ensure their effectiveness and appropriateness for THF and communicate this throughout the business as necessary
• Being up-to-date with information security good practice, current industry trends for vulnerabilities and security solutions and standards including the communication and recommended actions to the rest of the organisation
• To manage the engagement, communication, actions and reporting with the ISMF (Information Security Management Forum) ensuring that they have the necessary information and reports provided
• To manage the compliance to the standards and processes prescribed in the ISMS and associated policy and procedures for Information Security related matters within the IS team as well as the broader organisation
• Participate in defining controls and treatment of risks identified and ensure they are captured in the organisations risk management framework and actions are followed up and reported accordingly
• To provide leadership and pragmatism in communicating the reasons for the standards and seek to elevate the understand of the business units as risks for information security pertain to their activities and how they contribute to our information security profile
• To engage with vendors to seek to enhance our knowledge and for specialised scenarios provide thought leadership to assist us in achieving our preferred security posture
• Manage projects and deliverables relation to the Information Security plan as well as NIST assessments as required to allow tracking of maturity over time
• Participate and lead the Information Security team in our agile workplace

Skills and Experience

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:

• Degree qualified in Information Technology
• Expertise in IT Security disciplines, frameworks and methodologies
• Demonstrated understanding of risk management methodology and compliance
• Understanding of secure networking principles and best architecture practices
• Knowledge of Information Security, Operational Risk & Compliance, TOGAF, COBIT, ISO and Project Risk frameworks
• Detailed knowledge of networking, application and operating system concepts, across a variety of platforms and environments
• Knowledge of vulnerability identification and exploitation
• Understanding of malware and propagation techniques
• Understanding of penetration testing concepts and methodology
• Experience with CISSP and CISM is Desirable

Culture & Benefits

We feel strongly that a positive workplace culture will help us create a positive experience for each and every member. We have some really great employee benefits to offer:

• Amazing leave benefits – we offer six weeks of annual leave a year! We want our employees to be well-rested and feeling fun, fit & happy while they’re in work, and so offering more annual leave than most other employers helps us achieve that goal
• Professional development opportunities – we want to help our employees be the best that they can be, so we help them on that journey with financial and leave incentives
• As proud winners of WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality in for seven straight years, you get to work with a great bunch of diverse colleagues
• Excellent work/life balance

Additional information

We encourage people with a disability to apply for roles at Teachers Health and to request any support or reasonable adjustments that may be required to fully participate in the recruitment process.

To be considered for this role, interested candidates must provide an up-to-date resume and an application letter addressing the selection criteria.

About us

We’re for teachers.

Teachers Health is the only private health insurance fund exclusively for the education community and their families.

Established over 60 years ago, we’ve grown to become Australia’s largest-industry based health fund, covering the lives of over 320,000 people.

And we’re continuing to grow. It’s an exciting time at Teachers Health as we explore new and innovative ways of caring for and supporting our members.

We’re looking for the thinkers, innovators, doers, leaders, listeners and team players to contribute to, and be part of, the Teachers Health team.

Teachers Health provides more than just health insurance to our members. We own and operate a number of Teachers Health Centres, offering state-of-the-art dental, optical and allied health facilities to members and the community.

A few facts about Teachers Health:

• Not-for-profit organisation
• Australia's largest industry-based health fund
• A member of Members Own Health Funds
• An Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (Workplace Gender Equality Agency)
• Award winner of Private Health Insurer of Year (Roy Morgan Research Customer Satisfaction Awards)