Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refuelling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.
Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific.
At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.
Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Metrea is actively building its presence in Australia as part of a deliberate, globally coordinated expansion into the Asia-Pacific region. Our Asia-Pacific Market Group, headquartered in Brisbane with an additional office in Perth, is the enterprise's dedicated regional interface — connecting Australia's national security community with Metrea's full suite of capabilities across three core domains: Aerospace, Electromagnetic & Cyber, and Digital & Synthetic. Metrea is now bringing that same depth of mission expertise and proven operating model to Australia.
Underpinning these capabilities is a global network of Support Groups spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement — ensuring that as we grow in Australia, we do so with the full weight of an established global enterprise behind us.
Metrea's solutions are built for elegance: effective, efficient, and evolving — enabling our partners to scale capacity and achieve asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.
This is a unique opportunity to help build the Australian Security function. As the organisation’s Security Officer (SO), you will play a critical role in establishing, implementing, and maintaining the company’s protective security framework and DISP obligations across personnel, physical, information, and governance domains.
Working closely with operational leaders, global security teams, and key stakeholders, you will help shape the organisation’s security maturity, support secure facility uplift activities, and act as a security point of contact for Defence and Government-related security matters within Australia.
This role is suited to someone who understands the Australian Defence & Commonwealth security landscapes, can operate pragmatically in fast-paced environments, and enjoys building capability while supporting operational delivery.
- Support the establishment, achievement and ongoing maintenance of the organisation’s Defence Industry Security Program (DISP) membership and associated security obligations
- Support the development and maintain security policies, procedures, governance frameworks, and security registers aligned to the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF), Defence Security Policy Framework (DSPF), and Commonwealth requirements
- Coordinate personnel security activities including security clearances, onboarding, aftercare obligations, security briefings, and separation protocols
- Support physical security uplift activities including access control, visitor management, secure storage, alarms, and security zone requirements
- Assist with secure facility projects including authorisation of Zone 2 and Zone 4 environments and SCEC-aligned physical security requirements
- Conduct security risk assessments and support incident investigations and reporting activities
- Partner with Cyber Security and IT teams to support the protection of sensitive and classified information
- Deliver security awareness and training activities across the employee lifecycle
- Support operational teams, bids, and customer programs with security guidance and compliance advice
- Maintain relationships with Defence stakeholders, AGSVA, DISP administrators, security vendors, consultants, and external partners
- Support audits, inspections, and ongoing security compliance activities across the organisation
- Ideally you will have previous experience working within Defence, Federal Government, aerospace, aviation, intelligence, or another highly regulated industry with a demonstrated understanding of:
- Defence Industry Security Program (DISP)
- Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF)
- Defence Security Policy Framework (DSPF)
- Australian Government security clearance processes
- Personnel, physical, and information security principles
- You will have a practical understanding of SCEC principles and secure facility requirements within Defence or Government environments
- Experience supporting physical security environments including access control systems, alarms, secure storage, or security zones
- Ability to apply security requirements pragmatically in operational business environments
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to work across all levels of the organisation
- High attention to detail and the ability to manage sensitive information with discretion
- Experience supporting security compliance, audits, governance, or incident management activities highly regarded
In addition to the above, any of the following would be beneficial:
- Experience supporting DISP membership or Defence security programs
- Experience working with classified environments or secure facility uplift projects
- Familiarity with Zone 2 / Zone 4 environments and SCEC-endorsed solutions
- Certificate IV in Government (Security), similar qualification or relevant experience
- Defence aviation or operational security experience
- Private Health Insurance
- Generous PTO
- Annual incentive plan
- Paid parental leave
- Life and disability insurance
- Income Protection Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Novated Car Leasing
- Ability to maintain an AGSVA NV1 Security Clearance
- Willingness to participate in ongoing security vetting and compliance obligations
We are committed to building a team that reflects a broad range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and make hiring decisions based on capability, potential and alignment with our values. If you require any adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know.
At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems.
Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.
