Cyber Investigations Manager
Downer
Sydney, New South Wales
The Role
This hands-on leadership position oversees complex cyber investigations and digital forensic activities across the enterprise. Day-to-day responsibilities include scoping and managing escalated security incidents, ensuring defensible evidence handling and chain of custody, translating technical findings into clear conclusions, and delivering reporting to technical and executive stakeholders.
Skills & Experience
Candidates should bring proven experience in cyber investigations, digital forensics or incident response, with hands-on skills across SIEM, EDR/XDR, email security, and forensic or eDiscovery tooling. Sound understanding of forensic principles, evidence documentation, log and artefact analysis, and cloud or SaaS investigation techniques is expected.
Who It Suits
This role suits an experienced cyber investigator or digital forensics professional ready to step into a practical leadership position. Those who have demonstrated technical mentoring or coaching — even without formal people management titles — are encouraged to apply, as is anyone who balances investigative rigour with clear business communication.
Typical advertised salary for Digital Forensics roles in Australia: A$100,000–A$136,000 (median A$128,000 — from 15 recent listings analysed by Forensic Focus).
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