Knox City Council is looking for a strategic yet hands-on cyber leader to take ownership of our Information Cyber Security Program. You’ll be responsible for infrastructure, platforms, controls, compliance, and policy while driving a program of uplift in maturity, resilience, and education across the organisation.

This is a rare opportunity to step into a well-established, respected cyber function with strong executive support, a clear roadmap, and a growing budget.

Please note, this is a 5 year Senior Executive Office fixed-term contract.

What we trust you to deliver

• Lead the delivery of Knox City Council’s cyber security roadmap.
• Conduct Cyber Security Control maturity assessments and participate in periodic audits and penetration testing.
• Ensure compliance with frameworks including Essential 8, VPDSS, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and NIST CSF.
• Manage and inspire two Cyber Security Analysts, providing clear direction, while mentoring and developing their capability to grow into future cyber leaders.
• Review and validate security and architecture design documentation.
• Strategically manage the cyber security budget to balance investment, innovation, and risk reduction.
• Partner with senior leaders, vendors, and government agencies to ensure resilience, compliance, and best practice.
• Drive cyber awareness and education programs, from phishing simulations to AI readiness training.
• Oversee incident response (CIRT) activities in a 24/7 environment, ensuring critical vulnerabilities are patched and risks managed.
• Translate technical concepts into clear business language, ensuring that cyber is seen as an enabler, not a blocker.

What You’ll Bring

• Senior cyber leadership experience with the ability to operate strategically and roll up your sleeves when required.
• Proven capability in managing SOC and threat detection services
• Strong technical knowledge across Microsoft ecosystems, networking, firewalls, endpoint and cloud security, IAM, and SaaS environments.
• A track record of leading incident response, audits, penetration testing, and maturity assessments.
• The ability to influence at Director level - storytelling, business alignment, and strong negotiation skills are essential.
• Curiosity and vision to assess new technologies like AI and influence their safe adoption to deliver real value to the organisation.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CISA (or equivalent knowledge/experience).
• Experience in government, higher education, or complex corporate environments (council knowledge advantageous).

Why Join Knox?
Discover your future at Knox City Council, where you will deliver meaningful impact, find great opportunities and work with committed people to shape our community.

• Significant investment - a growing budget being invested in cyber.
• Challenging environment - a mix of legacy, private cloud, and SaaS, with a DevOps/agile delivery model maturing across IT.
• Supportive leadership - report directly to the CIO and work alongside experienced technology leaders.

As an employee of Knox, you can enjoy benefits across:

• Work Flexibility
• Health and Wellbeing
• Learning and Development

Learn more about the full range of benefits offered here: https://www.knox.vic.gov.au/our-council/jobs-and-careers/why-work-knox

This is an opportunity to make your mark as the Head of Cyber Security in a council that values innovation, accountability, and resilience. If you’re ready to lead from the front and elevate cyber maturity in a complex, high-profile environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note that the successful candidate will be required to obtain a National Criminal History Check and a Working with Children Check.

How to apply:

We look forward to receiving your application by clicking Apply Now.

Frazer Tremble are partnering exclusively with the City of Casey for the appointment of the Head of Cyber Security. All applications will be assessed and reviewed by Frazer Tremble as such, and any queries can be directed to Jamie Edmundson at Frazer Tremble.

If you have questions about the role, please reach out to Jamie Edmundson from the Frazer Tremble at [email protected] or apply below