The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) is the national agency responsible for administering the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (National Scheme) in partnership with 15 National Boards for the regulated health professions.
This is a full-time opportunity based in Melbourne working a hybrid (2 office days) arrangement.
About the Role
Are you ready to take the lead in securing critical infrastructure that supports Australia's healthcare regulation? At Ahpra, we're on a mission to protect and strengthen our digital environment—and we need an Infrastructure Security Specialist with vision and expertise to help us get there.
In this exciting and impactful role, you’ll develop and implement infrastructure security strategies across both on-premises and cloud environments. You'll be at the forefront of ensuring the performance, reliability, and security of our networks, systems, and services.
You will play a pivotal role towards ensuring continued cyber and information security posturing, by identifying risks and vulnerabilities and proposing recommendations to respond to potential threats. Your work will directly contribute to maintaining the integrity of healthcare regulation in Australia.
Key Accountabilities include:
- Review and assess Ahpra’s enterprise and security solution architecture/design to identify security risks and provide recommendations for compliance with Ahpra Cybersecurity Strategy, Policies, Standards, and best practices, and assist in implementation.
- Work closely with the IT Service Management and operations teams to audit on-premise infrastructure / Azure tenant and make / implement recommendations
- Improve vulnerability management across all infrastructure technologies
- Design and implement ZTNA / network segmentation in conjunction with Infrastructure specialists based on MPLS / SD Wan
- Contribute specialist capabilities to the solutioning and implementation of initiatives including, but not limited to:
- Securing Ahpra’s SOE (servers and end user devices)
- Configuring and managing security software, such as EDR and endpoint protection
- Define Cryptographic Standard and align TLS configuration across all systems
- DNS design including Https
- Support MFA design and implementation for AVD, SaaS, On-premise applications and core Infrastructure services
- Data loss prevention
- Saas based security tooling including, SASE, WAF, Salesforce,
- Support design and solutions for hardening systems to minimise potential vulnerabilities.
- Contribute to and support configuration of IT infrastructure, including firewalls, routers, switches, and intrusion detection / prevention systems (IDS / IPS / EDR / xDR / Canary tokens)
- Govern infrastructure configuration and as-built against design and policies
Key technologies:
- Microsoft AD / EntraID / Intune / SCCM / M365 / Purview / AVD / PAW
- Microsoft Azure cloud
- Windows desktop 10/11
- Palo Alto
- Global Connect
- Juniper Wireless /
- F5 / CloudFlare
- Darktrace , MS Defender, Crowdstrike
- MS Sentinel / Purview
- Lets Encrypt / Key Management / secrets management / PAM
About you
You will have a wealth of professional experience within security engineering, architecture, technical implementations and a strong background in certification, accreditation, and the implementation of robust security frameworks within complex ICT environments. You will bring deep expertise in Australian Government information assurance requirements, including the Information Security Manual (ISM), NIST CSF2.0 and Essential 8 ML2, and have played a key role in securing critical systems across large-scale government and enterprise projects.
Your technical expertise spans systems and enterprise architecture, systems engineering, software and ICT engineering, and interface protocols. You have contributed to the success of large and complex ICT projects, applying your deep technical knowledge and strategic thinking to deliver robust, secure, and scalable solutions.
You can review more in the attached role description:
What we offer: 
RD - Infrastructure Security Specialist.pdf
- A friendly and supportive working culture with an active social club
- Discounted health insurance with Medibank Private
- Great work/life balance
- Sophisticated open plan workspaces in a 5-star rated building in a central location
- Attractive salary of $155,869 plus Superannuation
To apply:
- Click ‘Apply for this job’ to submit your application. Email applications will not be accepted.
- Your application must include a cover letter, current resume and maximum 2 page document addressing the ‘Experience’ section of the Role Description
- Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process
- Offer of employment will be subject to successful background (pre-employment screening) and Criminal History checks.
- For any queries or a confidential discussion regarding this position, please contact Recruitment team via email at recruitment@ahpra.gov.au
- Applications Close: 11.30pm AEDT Sunday 6 July 2025
Ahpra requires all employees to comply with Ahpra policies, including the Flexible working policy.
We will be shortlisting throughout the advertising period and should we identify suitable applicants, we may cease advertising early.
Offer of employment is subject to successful background (pre-employment screening) and Criminal History checks.
Ahpra is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage people of all abilities to apply, particularly people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, and those who may experience diversity or disability related barriers in securing employment. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application.
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