Southern Rural Water (SRW) is a Victorian water corporation with nearly 170 staff, managing major dams, weirs, water licencing and more from Mallacoota through to the South Australian border. At SRW, we believe that diversity makes us stronger, and we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to thrive and contribute to collective success. Through providing a flexible, always safe workplace and promoting employee development, we empower employees to contribute to our strategy of great value for customers and community through excellence in rural water management.
How We Support You
At Southern Rural Water, we recognise and prioritise the wellbeing and fulfillment of our staff members. Here's what we offer to ensure a balanced and rewarding work experience:
Embrace flexibility: We support various working arrangements including WFH, 9-day fortnights, tailor your work schedule to accommodate for school drop off and pick up hours.
Generous leave provisions: 15 days sick leave and 14 weeks paid parental leave to support you during life’s important moments!
Health and Wellbeing: Yearly reimbursement of up to $150 per financial year to support you in physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Professional development: We support your growth through a range of internal and external training initiatives and offer study assistance programs to empower you to reach your full potential.
Employee Assistance Program: Receive comprehensive support for yourself and your family through our employee assistance program.
Salary Sacrifice: Salary Sacrifice options for vehicles, equipment, and superannuation to enhance your financial benefits.
Southern Rural Water (SRW) are looking for a Senior Security Architect to join our team on a temporary 12-month basis. The Senior Security Architect will provide security architecture leadership for SRW's Digital Transformation and ERP Program, with a primary focus on embedding cyber security within solution design, vendor engagement, delivery planning, and operational readiness. The Senior Security Architect will work across multiple business units and programs to support the development, refinement and implementation of SRW’s Cyber Security Strategy and Security Risk Management Plan.
As the Senior Security Architect, some of your responsibilities will include:
Lead security architecture across SRW’s Digital Transformation Program, defining and maintaining target-state security architecture, security-by-design principles, reusable patterns and practical guidance across ERP, cloud, Microsoft platforms, data, integration, AI, SaaS, legacy systems and OT-related interfaces.
Develop and support implementation of SRW’s Cyber Security Strategy and Security Risk Management Plan, translating strategic priorities and risk appetite into security roadmaps, control requirements, treatment plans, assurance activities, governance reporting and continuous improvement initiatives.
Define and review security controls covering identity and access management, privileged access, data protection, privacy, secure migration, logging, monitoring, operational resilience, AI security, IT/OT segmentation, vendor access and secure operational support models.
Provide end-to-end security assurance across procurement, discovery, design, build, testing and implementation by conducting risk assessments, threat modelling, solution and vendor reviews, security testing guidance, design validation and decision-ready reporting in collaboration with internal teams, vendors and governance forums.
Desired Skills and Experience
About you
The successful candidate for this position will be able to demonstrate some of the desired experience and abilities below:
Degree qualified in Computer Science or equivalent.
10+ years’ experience as a Security Architect, Cyber Security Architect or similar senior security role on complex enterprise transformation programs, preferably in regulated or critical infrastructure environments.
Strong experience developing, refining or implementing cyber security strategies, roadmaps and security uplift programs.
Demonstrated experience developing or supporting Security Risk Management Plans, including risk identification, control mapping, treatment planning, accountability, assurance and reporting.
Experience working in utilities, water, local government, public sector or critical infrastructure environments is desirable.
How to Apply
Applications should be made online by clicking 'Apply' before midnight Sunday 26 July 2026 or by visiting our website: www.srw.com.au
Please take the time to describe how your knowledge, skills and abilities would make you a suitable candidate for this role as part of your cover letter.
A Position Description for this position can be obtained from this link.
Southern Rural Water is committed to diversity and inclusion in employment and is proud to encourage applications from people of different backgrounds, abilities, ages, genders, gender identities and/or sexual orientations.
Southern Rural Water acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters we work with and within, and pay respects to Elders past and present.
We welcome applications from people with disability and aim to provide an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you need any help with the application process or would like to discuss your reasonable adjustments during interviews, please contact: peopleandculture@srw.com.au
