Management Consultant - Cyber Security Advisory

What you’ll be doing

Are you a driven consultant passionate about making real impact through strategic transformation? Join our growing, collaborative team where innovation meets purpose. We’re a consulting firm that delivers tailored solutions across people, processes, technology, and data and we’re looking for professionals who want to grow with us.

We’re currently hiring a Management Consultant with deep expertise in Cyber Security Governance to help our clients achieve transformational success, while also remaining flexible to stretch your knowledge across other transformation areas. In this role, you’ll operate at the intersection of business and technology, advising senior leaders, shaping operating models, and embedding change that sticks. You will partner with organisations across Australia in uplifting their cyber posture, aligning strategy with risk tolerance, and embedding security into the heart of digital transformation.

•    Lead Strategic Engagements: Partner with senior client stakeholders to design and deliver actionable strategies in your domain of expertise. Define roadmaps, perform maturity assessments, and align transformation initiatives to business goals.
•    Bridge Business and Technology: Translate strategic vision into practical solutions that enable enterprise-wide transformation across data, technology, and operations.
•    Embed Best Practices: Drive the adoption of governance, quality, or performance frameworks that support long-term success and continuous improvement.
•    Deliver Client Impact: Shape high-value outcomes across a range of transformation programs whether advising on operating models, enterprise architecture, defining roles and responsibilities, or implementing agile methodologies.
•    Client Engagement and Thought Leadership: Facilitate workshops, author deliverables, and present recommendations to senior stakeholders. Contribute to practice development through knowledge sharing and mentoring.
•    Project Oversight: Manage and deliver client projects on time and within scope, ensuring high standards of delivery and stakeholder satisfaction.
•    Champion Change: Facilitate engaging workshops, craft compelling deliverables, and influence decision-makers with thought leadership and insight.
•    Lead Security Strategy Engagements: Collaborate with client executives to design cyber security strategies aligned to business objectives and risk appetites. Drive roadmap development for security uplift and transformation.
•    Assess & Uplift Security Maturity: Conduct detailed security maturity assessments aligned with industry frameworks such as the Essential Eight Maturity Model, ACSC ISM, and NIST CSF. Provide actionable insights and prioritised improvement plans.
•    Develop Robust Security Policies: Design and operationalise security policies, standards, and guidelines tailored to the unique needs of Australian organisations. Ensure alignment with legal and regulatory obligations including the Privacy Act, CPS 234, and Critical Infrastructure Act.
•    Advise on Risk and Compliance: Support clients in understanding and meeting obligations under frameworks such as ISO 27001, APRA CPS 234, and Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF).
•    Embed Governance Best Practices: Define security roles and responsibilities, establish governance structures, and facilitate stakeholder engagement to ensure effective oversight and accountability.
•    Enable Business through Security: Provide strategic advice on integrating security into digital initiatives, cloud transformations, and operational models — balancing protection with enablement.
•    Drive Cultural Change: Facilitate cyber awareness, executive engagement, and uplift in security-conscious behaviour across all levels of client organisations

Working Conditions:
•    [Employment Type] – Permanent Full Time / Contractual
•    [Work Arrangement] – Onsite
•    [Office Location] – Canberra
•    [Travel Opportunities] – Occasional Interstate business travel

What will make you successful in this role? 
•    A strong track record in delivering transformation initiatives in complex environments.
•    Outstanding stakeholder engagement and advisory skills from C-suite to delivery teams.
•    Must hold an active NV1 Security Clearance. 
•    Strong business acumen and the ability to perform strategic analysis aligned with corporate objectives.
•    A passion for shaping meaningful change through strategy, structure, and scalable solutions.
•    Demonstrated experience in driving strategic cyber governance, risk management, or compliance consulting services.
•    Strong understanding of Australian cyber security frameworks, including ACSC’s Essential Eight, ISM, and PSPF.
•    Ability to advise senior executives on cyber strategy and risk trade-offs.
•    Familiarity with enterprise and cloud security models (e.g., Zero Trust, shared responsibility models).
•    Experience engaging with audit, risk, and compliance stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications
•    Exceptional communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
•    Tertiary qualifications in Information Management, Business or a related field.
•    Experience across diverse industry sectors such as Federal, State and Local government; finance; health; or utilities.
•    Relevant Certifications are highly regarded (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CRISC, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer, IRAP Assessor).
•    Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks relevant to security (e.g., APRA CPS 234, Australian Privacy Act, Essential 8).

Why is this an exciting opportunity?

Atturra is one of the fastest growing ASX-listed advisory and IT solutions companies in Australia, giving you a strong foundation to fulfil your career ambitions. 

We currently have 1100+ professionals working across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong who are using innovation to lead the way. 

The Advisory arm of Atturra prides itself on delivering unique, impactful, and lasting client-centric solutions across Government, Defence, National Security, Emergency Management, and the Resource sectors. We achieve this through a tailored approach that addresses the core of each challenge, providing practical advice that drives positive outcomes and enduring results.

This is your chance to make an impact. Come and join our talented and creative team of change makers to redefine the future through technology. 

What our people say: 
“We are working towards a very bright future.”
“It's a company with vision and a promising future.”

Why you’ll love working here 

Culture of possibility 
At Atturra we embrace innovation within our teams, fostering an environment of possibility and growth. We believe in creating a supportive and welcoming culture, where everyone is encouraged to achieve success through collaboration, continuous learning, and smart work practices. 

A strong set of company values 
Our culture is reflected by our employees who demonstrate camaraderie, innovation, dedication, respect and excellence in everything they do. These traits have become integral to the way we do business and are the values we strive for. 

Valuable employee benefits 
•    Employee benefits, recognition, and wellbeing platform
•    Career growth via succession planning, internal promotions, and mentorship opportunities
•    Ongoing investment in professional development through industry and technology certifications, and study assistance
•    Mental health support through our Employee Assistance Program
•    Support for family and caring responsibilities, including paid parental leave
•    Employee referral program, with monetary incentives offered  

Commitment to supporting Australia’s veterans  
Atturra is proud to be recognised as a Veteran Friendly Employer by the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Veteran Employment Commitment (VEC) and is committed to supporting Australia’s veteran community. We aim to enhance the employment experience for veterans by improving recruitment, support, retention, and leadership opportunities to ensure they have a meaningful and impactful career with us. 

What our people say: 
“Atturra has a great working environment and management are very supportive of their staff. We celebrate success and have fun while working hard.”

How to apply 

Careers | Atturra
https://atturra.com/au-en/careers

Recruitment Agencies/Headhunters:
We got this covered. Our Talent Acquisition team is working on our hiring demands and will reach out should we need extra support. Atturra only accepts referrals from agencies on our official supplier list via Agency Portal. Agencies are required to go through our procurement process, have an approved fee agreement, and be invited to participate in hiring for a job opening by the Atturra Talent Acquisition team. Any profiles or referrals submitted outside of this process will be deemed invalid. We request that you do not contact Atturra employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team for any hiring-related queries. To become an official supplier, send an expression of interest via talentacquisition@atturra.com.  

Atturra is committed to addressing the digital skills gap and advocating for diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of Veteran or service status, gender, LGBTQI+ identity, ethnicity, religion, physical ability, or age.

This document is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. It is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all responsibilities, key accountabilities, and skills of persons so classified.  Management reserves the right to add or change the job and relevant percentage of accountabilities as required, in its sole discretion