About the Cyber role profiles
The Queensland Government Cyber Skills Framework identifies a range of potential cyber role profiles that may exist within an agency, including key SFIA skills and common job titles. Role profiles can assist individuals for career development and agencies for workforce planning. In addition, they form the basis for framing possible career pathways in key Queensland Government role profiles.
These 15 role profiles were initially derived from those listed in the Executive Cyber Council Australian cyber workforce program report 2024. Some minor amendments have been made to suit the Queensland Government context during consultation on the development of this framework.
An agency may not have all the role profiles below in place for several reasons including organisational remit (e.g. risk profile and choice of controls), budget and staffing, size (e.g. more fluid approaches are required in smaller agencies) and sourcing strategies (e.g. some role profiles / functions may be provided externally). So a role or even a career pathway may form part of alternative role profiles and job titles which incorporate additional responsibilities.
These role profiles however provide a way to think about the cyber capabilities and role profiles for both individuals and organisations for career progression and workforce management.
The SFIA professional skills and role profile provides a useful matrix to understand the key skills required for each role profile and commonalities across them. This can be used to identify opportunities to mobilise talent towards a role profile or address capability gaps via uplift programs.