The Opportunity At APA, our purpose is to secure Australia’s energy future. We’re not doing it alone. We’re doing it with our customers and communities as Australia’s energy infrastructure partner, a role our unique experience and expertise positions us to play. We now have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cyber Threat and Vulnerability Engineer to join APA in Melbourne, Sydney, or Brisbane on a full‑time, permanent basis. Reporting to Cyber Defence Manager, the role is responsible for proactively identifying, analysing, and mitigating cyber threats and vulnerabilities across APA’s IT and OT environments. By enhancing detection capabilities, leading incident response efforts, and strengthening vulnerability management practices, this role plays a vital part in protecting APA’s critical infrastructure, ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations (such as the SoCI Act), and supporting the organisation’s operational resilience. Key Responsibilities Lead cyber incident response and forensic investigations, providing technical leadership during live incidents, red teaming, and simulation exercises. Enhance detection and visibility by identifying gaps in log coverage, onboarding critical assets to the SOC, and optimising log ingestion across key systems. Design and implement automation tools and workflows to improve the efficiency and responsiveness of security operations. Drive APA’s vulnerability management program, including monitoring high-risk vulnerabilities, supporting remediation planning, and maintaining effective reporting. Collaborate with engineering and project teams to ensure security controls are embedded by design and aligned with APA’s security architecture and standards. Act as delegate to the Cyber Defence Manager, contributing to on-call support and maintaining 24/7 SOC readiness in a critical infrastructure environment. Your background Hold a degree in IT, Cybersecurity, or a related field, with hands-on experience in threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management. Lead cyber incident response activities and apply a robust threat-oriented mindset using frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and the Cyber Kill Chain. Proficient with cybersecurity tools and platforms, including SIEM (e.g., Exabeam), EDR (e.g., CrowdStrike), and vulnerability scanning solutions (e.g., Tenable). Hands-on experience with log aggregation and scripting tools, such as the ELK stack and Python, to enhance threat visibility and response capabilities. Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, able to translate complex risks for both technical and non-technical audiences in high-pressure environments. Demonstrated alignment with risk management frameworks, supporting the development of treatment plans, documentation, and proactive security practices across the enterprise. About the Team Technology underpins everything we do at APA from helping connect millions of Australians to essential energy sources every day to achieving our net zero ambition - and the capability for our people to make this happen. To help APA power ahead, the Technology teams is focused on enhancing APAs technology offering, providing innovative and progressive technology - enabling APA to be world class in energy solutions. This is an exciting time for the team, we need people who are courageous, nimble, and ready to make an impact - change makers and risk takers. Working at APA At APA we’re committed to fostering a safe and inclusive workplace where you can achieve your best. We’ll provide you with access to targeted career development programs, competitive remuneration, employee benefits, flexible working arrangements, and wellbeing programs. We also have an inclusive parental leave policy providing 18 weeks leave including superannuation to support parents at work and in life. We employ more than 2700 people across Australia and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture, where everyone feels safe, valued, and trusted to do their best every day. We are APA APA Group is a leading Australian energy infrastructure business. We proudly own, operate and manage a diverse $26 billion portfolio of gas, electricity, solar and wind assets which deliver essential services to communities and customers across Australia. And we own more than 15,000 kilometres of gas pipelines which deliver energy to households and businesses across every corner of Australia. As the partner of choice in delivering infrastructure solutions for the energy transition, we’re focused on bundled remote grid energy solutions, electricity and gas transmission, and future energy, including hydrogen and carbon capture and storage. Our customer centric approach means we understand our customers and offer them reliable, innovative, and cost-effective energy solutions that support their decarbonisation ambitions. We are committed to securing Australia’s energy future by delivering infrastructure solutions for Australia’s energy transition and supporting the decarbonisation ambitions of our customers and communities. Join our team and be part of securing Australia’s energy future. We’d love to hear from you. APA is an equal opportunity employer. The safety, health and wellbeing our people, community and environment a priority. We embrace diversity in our people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we operate in. Applicants must be eligible to work in Australia to be considered. This vacancy works with critical APA data, systems or infrastructure and candidates are subject to background vetting (including Police checks) before & during employment. Role closes Friday, 11 July 2025. Role Reference Number JR2746 APA Group will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies. We will contact successful candidates after the closing date.