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Enterprise Architect – Security Jobs in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Decipher Bureau
Title: Enterprise Architect – Security
Company: Decipher Bureau
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Howdy, Security Enterprise Architects. Fancy leading a team of architects and genuinely shaping a security architecture function from the ground up?
- The function is yours to shape. No inheriting someone else's mess.
- Hands-on, not hands-off. Lead architects who actually build things.
- Dotted line to the CISO from day one. Real seat at the table. Lead people.
Want real CISO-level visibility without the politics of a fully-baked, set-in-stone practice? If you've got serious security EA runs on the board and you're ready to put your stamp on something – keep reading.
Before the nitty gritty, here's what's in it for you:
– $270k inc. super | Flexibility available for the right person
– Permanent, full-time role based in Melbourne
– Access to a dedicated employee health and wellbeing platform – clinical services, psychology, nutrition, all from your phone
– 35% subsidy on private health insurance
– A Good Health Day each year – a day off, no questions asked, just for you
– 8 hours of community leave per year, plus employer-matched donations up to $1,000
– Flexible working approach – it's about outcomes, not where you sit
– Salary packaging options including motor vehicle
– Employee discounts across a broad range of retail, travel, and lifestyle partners
– A genuinely inclusive workplace – multiple employee networks, real commitment to diversity
So, what are you actually walking into?
This is a replacement role sitting inside a growing security architecture function within a significant, complex Australian organisation. You'll report into the Architecture Squad Lead with a dotted line to the CISO – that's real visibility, not a token reporting line.
The function is still maturing. That's the honest truth, and it's also the opportunity. You won't be inheriting someone else's half-baked decisions – you'll be the one making the calls, setting the roadmap, and building the practice the right way. You'll lead a team of lead and solution architects and be genuinely across what they're producing, not just rubber-stamping it from above.
Day to day, think along the lines of:
– Owning and evolving the security architecture roadmap
– Reviewing solutions and feeding architectural guidance directly to the CISO
– Finding practical, workable solutions to breached controls
– Balancing competing priorities across security and customer-facing programs – this one comes up a lot, so you'll need a strong answer for it
– Building strong relationships horizontally across other security streams
– Driving governance aligned to NIST, ISO 27001, and APRA CPS 230/231
– Developing architecture standards, patterns, and guardrails
– Engaging and influencing senior stakeholders up to executive level
This is not a role for someone walking into enterprise architecture for the first time. They need a proven Security EA – someone who has been here before and knows how to lead, not just contribute.
To be seriously considered, you'll need:
– Proven EA experience in security – cannot be your first EA role
– 7+ years in security architecture within a corporate environment
– Experience leading architecture teams (lead and/or solution architects)
– Strong across the security stack: IAM, cloud, AppSec, SIEM, network/endpoint, incident response
– Demonstrated application of NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and APRA CPS 230/231
– A solid technical background in cyber security
– Comfortable operating at senior and executive stakeholder level
– Financial services or health sector experience highly regarded
– TOGAF or SAFe familiarity
– CISSP or CISM desirable
– Melbourne-based | Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident only
If any of this has landed, there's plenty more context – technical and otherwise – that can be shared confidentially once we've had a chat.
Reach out to Kris Rosentreter at Decipher Bureau:
– 0452 564 644
