What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Consultant - Cyber Security position at Macquarie Technology Group?
About us
We’re proud to be Australia's #1 Technology Great Place to Work 2025 for the second year running.
Macquarie Cloud Services are the Australian specialists in cloud services for business and government. Locally owned and operated, with an industry-leading customer service model, and the highest NPS in the industry, we’re trusted by our customers to provide the services that enable their business success.
We have made it our challenge to make our people feel good and love the work they do. Because of this, our people are energised and motivated in their work.
We believe that collaboration & team connection is key for success. This role will be based in Sydney with a blended working arrangement of 3 days in our CBD offices & the remaining working from home.
The Opportunity
We’re looking for an experienced and self-driven Principal Consultant with deep Cyber Security expertise to join our Cloud Services business. This is a senior, customer-facing role where you’ll act as a trusted advisor, technical authority, and thought leader across enterprise security engagements.
This is a great opportunity to join our high-performing Cyber Security team and work on cutting‑edge security solutions.
\n- Act as the senior technical interface between customers, sales teams, and delivery.
- Define, design, and position cyber security solutions across cloud and hybrid environments.
- Own and execute the Trusted Advisor program.
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring.
- Collaborate with our Product Teams to drive innovation.
- Stay ahead of Microsoft security technologies.
- Strong cybersecurity consulting background
- Ability to deliver consulting engagements
- Strong experience in contributing to product roadmap work
- Microsoft Security Stack expertise
- IEM, SOAR, and endpoint security experience
- 5 years in cloud security / pre-sales roles for security products involved in defining, designing, and bringing to market
- Experience in Azure, Modern Workplace, Microsoft Sentinel is required
- certifications: CISSP, CISM, AZ-500, MS-500, CCNA/CCNP Security
- Technical-seller focused culture, valuing real expertise.
- We are big believers on growing our people, we’ll genuinely invest in you and support every step of your career journey.
- We have been awarded Australia's #1 Great Place to Work in 2025 and 2024.
- We are the #1 Managed Services Cloud business in the Australian market.
- Highest NPS score in the industry. You’ll be selling into happy, engaged customers.
- You’ll make an impact: Enjoy being part of a driven team with a collaborative culture that values decision-makers and action.
- We Invest in you: Accelerate your career through our learning and development opportunities - think Gallup strengths-based training, defined career pathways and fantastic internal mobility opportunities across the group.
If this excites you, apply now, we'd love to hear from you!