At Water Corporation we're shifting our focus to the next phase of our strategic plan - building on strong foundations to strengthen capabilities, modernise systems, and accelerate innovation across the business. This phase is about elevating how we deliver technology services: making them faster, more responsive, and more closely aligned to the needs of our people, our operations, and our customers. To support this evolution, we're recruiting for key roles that will be pivotal in strategically shaping a modern, collaborative, and customer‑centric Information & Technology Group. If you're excited about leading innovation, finding smarter ways of working, and making a meaningful impact, now is the perfect time to join us.
About the role
Water Corporation is seeking an experienced cyber security leader to lead our Identity function and shape the future of Identity and Access Management across the organisation. As Manager, Cyber Security Identity, you will provide strategic direction, governance, operational oversight and delivery leadership for our identity services and technologies. You will lead a team of seven and work closely with senior leaders, technology teams, business stakeholders, managed service providers and strategic vendors.
This is an opportunity to influence enterprise-wide security outcomes, strengthen operational resilience and deliver identity capabilities that support our people, customers and critical services.
Reporting to the Manager, Cyber Security, you will be responsible for the strategy, delivery, operation and continuous improvement of Water Corporation’s Identity and Access Management capabilities.
You will establish a clear identity roadmap, oversee the delivery and operationalisation of identity services, and ensure these services align with cyber security priorities, regulatory obligations and broader technology strategies.
You will also act as a trusted adviser and the primary point of contact for identity-related priorities, risks, investments and outcomes.
Real benefits that matter
- Real flexibility with options to work from home or negotiate flexible work hours
- An additional 2 well-being days each year
- Access to long service leave pro rata after 3 years of service
- Generous co-contribution superannuation scheme, which offers up to 16%. This includes an 12% standard employer contribution, plus an additional 2% employer co-contribution that matches your own 2% contribution
- Purchase additional leave of up to 12 weeks or work 4 years at a reduced salary and take the fifth year off as paid leave
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What the role will involve:
Identity strategy and governance
- Define and maintain the strategic roadmap for Water Corporation’s identity capabilities and services.
- Align identity initiatives with organisational objectives, cyber security priorities and technology roadmaps.
- Establish effective governance for delivery risks, issues, dependencies and escalations.
- Define measurable objectives, business requirements and success measures for identity programs and services.
- Influence stakeholders, manage competing priorities and negotiate outcomes that maximise business value.
- Coordinate delivery across internal teams, project resources, managed service providers and technology vendors.
Identity operations and service management
- Lead the operationalisation of identity capabilities, including service design, support models, operating procedures and transition into operations.
- Ensure identity solutions meet established security, operational and service-management standards.
- Monitor service performance, availability, risk and continuous-improvement activities.
- Establish and monitor performance indicators covering areas such as:
- Identity provisioning and deprovisioning accuracy
- Access review completion
- Privileged access governance
- Conditional access
- Zero Trust principles
- Audit and remediation performance
- Act as product owner and organisational champion for designated identity products and services.
- Manage the full lifecycle of identity services to achieve customer, security, operational and financial objectives.
People leadership
- Lead, engage and develop a multidisciplinary team of identity professionals.
- Create an inclusive, accountable and high-performing team environment.
- Coach and mentor team members and support their ongoing professional development.
- Embed a safety-first approach and model Water Corporation’s values, integrity and ethical expectations.
- Work across organisational boundaries to improve collaboration, integration and enterprise-wide outcomes.
- Contribute to the development and execution of broader cyber security and business strategies.
Key skills and experience:
You are an experienced Identity and Access Management leader who can balance strategic direction with operational delivery. You are comfortable working in a large, complex environment and can translate technical identity risks and requirements into clear business priorities.
You will bring strong stakeholder management, commercial awareness and people leadership skills, together with broad experience across the IAM capability landscape.
To be successful, you will have:
- A degree-level qualification in Information and Communications Technology, project management, business, or another relevant discipline.
- Substantial experience leading Identity and Access Management functions, programs or services within a large and complex enterprise.
- Broad experience across IAM capabilities, including:
- Identity Governance and Administration
- Privileged Access Management
- Identity and access lifecycle management
- Authentication and authorisation
- Directory services
- Identity federation
- Access certification and reviews
- Conditional access and identity-related security controls
- Considerable experience delivering and operationalising enterprise IAM technologies.
- Experience developing identity strategies, roadmaps, operating models and service-management arrangements.
- The ability to identify and manage identity-related risks, maintain security controls and support compliance, audit and remediation activities.
- Substantial broader IT experience, which may include business planning, systems analysis, application development, infrastructure, or Governance, Risk and Compliance.
- Experience in cyber security disciplines beyond identity.
- Considerable experience leading multidisciplinary teams and complex stakeholder groups.
- Demonstrated success managing technology vendors, service providers and delivery partners.
- Excellent communication, negotiation and relationship-management skills.
- A proactive and forward-thinking approach, with a strong focus on accountability and delivering results.
Desirable qualifications
Relevant professional certifications will be highly regarded, including:
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional, or CISSP
- Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, or CISSP-ISSAP
- Certified Ethical Hacker, or CEH
- Certified SCADA Security Architect, or CSSA
- GIAC certifications such as GSEC, GCIH or GCIA
Apply: If you are interested in the above opportunity, please submit a covering letter and resume that best demonstrates your ability to meet the requirements of the role.
As part of the recruitment process, you may be required to complete pre-employment screening which may include a medical, qualification check, police clearance and Australian working rights check.
Applications close Thursday 19th November 2026
Our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace
Diversity and inclusion are more than words. They guide us on building a thriving workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and our community.
We encourage applications from every background, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, women, youth, LGBTQIA+ folks and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
We are committed to ensuring an accessible and inclusive work environment to enable people with disability to participate fully in all aspects of employment.
Applicants with disability who require adjustments during the recruitment process including an alternative format of the application form, can contact a Recruitment Officer at recruitment@watercorporation.com.auor 08 9420 2000.
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