Cyber Security Architect (ANZSCO 262117)

On the Core Skills Occupation List

From the official Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, as at 2026-08-12. Lists change at each government update — always confirm on the official page before acting.

Which lists is Cyber Security Architect on?

CSOL — Core Skills Occupation List. The employer-sponsorship list — occupations on the CSOL can be nominated for the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and the Employer Nomination Scheme 186.

Visas this occupation can access

Being on a list makes the occupation nominatable for these visas — each visa still has its own requirements (points, age, English, a positive skills assessment, and for sponsored visas a willing employer or state).

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Cyber Security Architect comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

ACS assesses Cyber Security Architect through the standard qualification-or-RPL structure, with project reports expected to demonstrate design and strategic work — building and maintaining security architecture and controls across systems and networks — rather than day-to-day analyst tasks. This is typically the more senior of the three 2025-introduced cyber security codes, and RPL applicants should expect the bar for demonstrated seniority and design authority to sit higher accordingly.

Where these applications come unstuck

Applicants sometimes submit project reports describing a security architecture their team implemented without being clear about which design decisions were personally theirs — the same first-person-ownership problem that trips up CDR-style assessments elsewhere. Confusing this code with the more hands-on Cyber Security Analyst code is the other recurring issue.

An honest read on this pathway

A genuinely open pathway for applicants with real design-authority experience, but as one of the newest ICT codes it has the least track record of any occupation in this set — confirm current requirements directly with ACS before relying on third-party guides.

Assembling an ACS application? ACS wants employment evidence that lines up exactly with the dates and duties you claim elsewhere. The Skilled Visa EOI Organiser keeps your claims consistent across the skills assessment, EOI and Form 80 — inconsistencies between them are a common cause of delay.

Talk it through with a registered agent

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