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Cryptanalysts at the Australian Signals Directorate

Cryptanalysts at the Australian Signals Directorate

Closing date: 20 October 2024
Positions: Cryptanalysts, ASD 6
Division: Australian Signals Directorate
Government: Defence

The Cryptology section is expanding and seeking to fill multiple Cryptanalyst positions. In a strong team environment, you will work alongside equally talented colleagues supported by technical and non-technical leadership. You will play a crucial role in ensuring ASD’s cryptologic capabilities are fit-for-purpose and responsive to sensitive and time-critical mission requirements.

As an ASD 6 Cryptanalyst, your duties may include any of the following::

  • analysing cryptographic data
  • looking for underlying meaning in unfamiliar data and protocols
  • evaluating cryptographic products
  • informing requirements for Australian government cryptographic security
  • working with some of the most powerful supercomputers in the Southern Hemisphere
  • providing cryptographic expertise in support of state and federal government agencies
  • conducting cryptographic research
  • performing reverse engineering and vulnerability research
  • liaising with industry and international standards forums
  • cooperating with partner agencies.

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