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Principal Cybersecurity-Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth

Date:  9 Jun 2026
Job Posting End Date: 
Job Country: 

Australia

Job State/Province:  South Australia
Job Location/Region:  Adelaide

About BHP 

 

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

 

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

 

Identity and Access Management is a key technical leadership role responsible for defining, engineering, and governing the enterprise IAM strategy, platforms, and architecture across BHP’s environments. Reporting to the Head of Digital Trust, this role acts as the security subject matter expert for identity and access, ensuring the implementation of Zero Trust principles, policy-driven access control, and secure identity lifecycle management. The role ensures IAM is embedded by design in platforms, services, and transformation initiatives, balancing security, usability, and compliance. This role can be based out of any of our corporate offices in Adelaide, Brisbane or Perth.

 

  • Ensure identity-related controls align with NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CPS 234, GDPR, and internal audit standards. Support evidence gathering and remediation activities for internal/external audits.
  • Partner with cloud and application teams to embed identity-aware security controls into infrastructure-as-code (IaC) pipelines, APIs, and CI/CD platforms.
  • Champion IAM enablement of DevOps and developer access flows.
  • Support threat detection and incident response related to identity abuse, credential theft, MFA fatigue, insider threats, and misconfigured roles. Integrate IAM telemetry with SIEM and SOAR platforms.
  • Collaborate with platform owners, HR, IT, risk, and business leaders to align IAM controls with business needs while ensuring strong security posture. Provide regular updates and briefings to the Head of Digital Trust and Cyber Governance stakeholders.
  • Identifies, implements and evaluates the success of continuous improvement activities/initiatives to improve safety, productivity, cost and revenue outcomes for the business.
  • Conducts presentations and facilitates workshops using storytelling to connect influence and engage the audience, and couches other leaders and direct reports on the same.
  • Applies an understanding of the business context, BOS and the BHP operating model and ways of working to enhance decision-making, productivity and value chain performance.
  • Engages the capabilities of the entire organisation; standardises best practice to drive the function to achieve 100% safety, 100% customer value and 0% waste;Knows our customers and is obsessed with meeting their needs.

About You

 

  • Lead the design and implementation of enterprise IAM and privileged access solutions in complex, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.
  • Architected and delivered IAM integrations across SaaS, PaaS, on-prem systems, and developer platforms using modern authentication and authorisation protocols.
  • Implemented and governed identity lifecycle automation (JML), RBAC, and conditional access policies across workforce and non-human identities.
  • Managed compliance-driven IAM controls aligned to ISO 27001, APRA CPS 234, NIST CSF, or GDPR, and provided evidence for internal/external audits.
  • Delivered IAM capabilities within a Zero Trust architecture model, focusing on identity as the new perimeter.
  • Partnered with security architects, DevOps, HR, and infrastructure teams to embed IAM controls into digital transformation and business-as-usual (BAU) initiatives.
  • Certifications (Preferred): CISSP, CCSP, GIAC GSLC/GIAM, Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator (SC-300), or equivalent IAM-focused certifications.
  • IAM Platforms: Demonstrated experience with enterprise IAM and PAS platforms such as Microsoft Entra (Azure AD), Azure AD, Silverfort, Saviyant, CyberArk, and/or HashiCorp Vault.
  • Authentication and Federation Protocols: Strong knowledge of SAML 2.0, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SCIM, LDAP, Kerberos, and certificate-based authentication.
  • Cloud IAM: Deep expertise in cloud-native IAM constructs in AWS (IAM, STS, IAM Roles), Azure (RBAC, Conditional Access), and GCP (IAM Policies).
  • Security Frameworks: Familiarity with NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001, MITRE ATT&CK (for credential access), Zero Trust Architecture (NIST 800-207).
  • Soft Skills: Strong stakeholder engagement, risk articulation, and the ability to translate technical IAM requirements into business-aligned solutions.
  • Scripting & Automation: Skills in scripting for identity management (e.g., PowerShell, Python, APIs) to drive automation and integration.

 

 

About Our Process 

 

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks. 

 

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Supporting a Diverse Workforce  
 

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.  

 

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

 

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at inclusion@bhp.com.

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