Security Testing - Chapter Lead

Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

12 June 2026 11:59pm

Job Title

Security Testing - Chapter Lead

Job Summary

Job Description

It includes people leadership responsibilities such as capability development, coaching and performance reviews, while also contributing to strategic initiatives across both the Cyber Assurance sub-group and Security Enablement Chapter Area. The role works collaboratively across business units to ensure chapter team members are utilised effectively into both short- and long-term flow to work missions.

This role comprises approximately 30% people leadership and 70% flow to work in a technical security testing mission.

Our Perks & Benefits:

• Work-life integration - we understand life happens when you're busy making other plans, so we offer flexibility around where, and when you work

• 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers

• Professional development program

• An epic (free) Telstra mobile phone plan

• Laptop/Device allowance renewed every 2 years

• Purchased Annual Leave scheme

• Discounted Telstra products and services

What You’ll Do

Leadership:

• People Leadership for a team of 8-12 highly skilled Penetration Testers

• Contractor management and engagement

• Overall team planning and resource management/allocation against the function priorities and engagements

• Ensure that the team applies the Telstra Cyber Assurance processes and frameworks

• Contribute to the wider Cyber Assurance and Security Enablement processes, frameworks and standards

Technical:

• Conduct penetration testing, vulnerability assessments and source code reviews, including identifying vulnerability exploit paths and vectors into systems

• Act as a technical lead/expert in security testing and secure source code development

• Work collaboratively with the Security Testing Product Owner to continuously improve security testing strategies and methodologies

• Drive automation and continuous improvement into the Security Testing domain

• Engage and lead conversations around security testing outputs -both with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Other:

• HSE Responsibility: Take reasonable care for your own safety and the safety of others, comply with and implement any reasonable Telstra HSE instruction, policy, standard, minimum requirement or procedure, and support Telstra to meet its duties under the relevant safety and environmental legislation.

Essential

• People leadership experience

• Experience in training and developing technical people

• Commercial acumen and engagement with external suppliers

• Minimum of 5 years of Security Testing experience – either in penetration testing or application security/source code review

• Significant experience in performing complex security assessments across a range of domain areas in a large corporate environment

• Exceptional working knowledge of Security Assessment toolsets, such as Vulnerability Scanners, Static Code Analysis and Software Composition Analysis tools.

• Strong understanding of security architecture principles and how these apply to security testing

• Demonstratable technical skillset that meets or exceeds that expected of a person holding OSWE, OSCE or CREST(Certified) qualifications

Desired

• Prior experience as a developer is a significant advantage

• Experience in developing security policy, standards or development guidelines

• Domain experience in other areas of Cyber Security – such as Architecture, Risk, Vulnerability Management etc.

• Strong understanding of adjacent security dependencies (such as endpoints, application platforms, databases, network security technologies, development frameworks)

• Demonstratable history of zero-day discovery or CVE attribution

• Current industry certification including (but not limited to)

• Offensive Security – OSCP, OSCE3, OSWE

• CREST – Certified Level certification (CCT, CCSC, CCSAS, CCSAM)

• SANS – GPEN, GAWN, GWAPT, GXPN

• HTB – CWEE, CAPE

If this opportunity sounds like a perfect fit for you, we'd encourage you to apply!

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