Security Awareness and Analytics Specialist

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband and digital solutions.

As a Security Awareness & Analytics Specialist, you will work closely with the AssociateDirectorCyber Culture & Capability, Security Operations Centre (SOC), Threat Intelligence team, and key partners across Optus. Your goal is to improve cyber, physical, and protective security culture using data-driven insights, targeted actions, and meaningful capability building throughout theorganisation.

WhatYou'llDo

• Own and coordinate the enterprise security awareness platform, including training campaigns, phishing simulations, real-time mentoring capabilities, user management, and platformoptimisation.
• Build, complete, andanalysephishing, vishing, and smishing simulation campaigns toidentifybehaviouraltrends and drive targeted remediation activities.
• Apply data,analyticsand security telemetry to develop meaningful human risk insights,dashboardsand reporting that support leadership decision-making and governance outcomes.
• Partnerwith SOC and Threat Intelligence teams toidentifyemerging attack campaigns and translate threat intelligence intotimely, people-focused awareness interventions.
• Develop andmaintainhuman risk registers,behaviouralriskmodelsand reporting frameworks to helpprioritisesecurity risks across the workforce.
• Contribute to awareness andcapabilityroadmaps, helping build security culture initiatives across cyber security, physicalsecurityand broader risk awareness programs.
• Support post-incident reviews byidentifyinghuman factors and translating lessons learned into practical awareness andbehaviouralchange initiatives.
• Collaborate with Security, Risk,HRand Communications teams to ensure awareness campaigns are relevant,impactfuland aligned to business priorities.
• Champion a culture of continuous learning, security-mindeddecision-makingand proactive risk management across Optus.

What You Bring

• Relevant experience in cyber security, security awareness, IT operations, human risk management, ora relatedtechnical field.
• Hands-on experience coordinating enterprise security awareness platforms and managing awareness campaigns within a large or complexorganisation.
• Demonstrated ability to build, complete, andanalysephishing simulations and translate findings into targeted actions and measurable outcomes.
• Strong analytical skills with experience building dashboards, reportingframeworksand risk metrics that drive business decisions.
• Ability to collaborate with security operations, threat intelligence, and security telemetry data to detect and addressbehaviouralrisk trends.
• Excellent communication and collaborator engagement skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into meaningful business insights.
• Strongorganisationalskills and the ability toprioritisevarious tasks across platform operations, awarenesscampaignsand analytics activities.
• Relevant qualifications in Cyber Security, Information Technology, DataAnalyticsor a related field, with industry certifications such as Security+, CISSP or CISM highly regarded.
• Experience with SIEM platforms, threat intelligence feeds,behaviouranalyticanalytics or human risk quantification tools will be highly regarded.

The good stuff .

• Competitiveremunerationand colleague discounts. Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products andoutstanding shoppingdiscounts with our retail partners.
• Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office, two days remote or home.
• Vibrant and collaborative office campus that includes cafes, conveniencestore, chill out zones, GP, post office,gymand on-site childcarecentre.
• Competitive leave policies, includingadditional'Connected'daysto focus on culture, family, health, community, orwhatever'simportant to you.
• We support growing families with inclusive, carer-neutral paid Parental Leave of up to16 weeks.
• Build meaningful connections through colleague-led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).
• Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 - in-person, by phone, SMS, or video.
• Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon.

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying 'yes'to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support toparticipatefairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email or call .

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