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Cyber Security Architect resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what cyber security architects actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most cyber security architects should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Cyber Security Architect with experience designing security controls across cloud, network and on-premises environments. I translate regulatory obligations and risk appetite into reference architectures, patterns and assurance processes that project teams can follow. I work closely with engineering and executive stakeholders to balance security with delivery needs.
Key skills
- Cyber security
- Cloud infrastructure
- Networks and systems administration
- Risk and internal controls
- Regulatory compliance
- Business requirements analysis
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- Palo Alto Networks Prisma Cloud
- Tenable
- AWS Security Hub
- Stakeholder management
- Problem solving
Experience: example bullet points
- Designed and implemented security architecture for a multi-cloud environment, cutting critical findings in penetration tests from 12 to 3 across two release cycles.
- Defined security standards and reference architectures for a government agency, reducing design review turnaround from four weeks to ten days.
- Led risk assessments for new applications and data flows, resulting in the remediation of over 40 high-risk issues before production.
- Advised executive stakeholders on security trade-offs during a major digital transformation, ensuring alignment with Essential Eight maturity targets.
Education
Bachelor degree in information technology, computer science or a related field, often with postgraduate study or certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or cloud security certifications.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Cyber Security Architect
- Essential Eight
- Information Security Manual (ISM)
- Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)
- ASD
- SOCI Act
- Privacy Act 1988
- Notifiable Data Breaches
- APRA CPS 234
- ISO 27001
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- Security architecture
- Reference architecture
- Risk assessment
- Security assurance
- Cloud security
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Splunk
- Prisma Cloud
- Tenable
- AWS Security Hub
- Stakeholder management
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.