Join a leading innovation and venture business that builds and supports a portfolio of digital ventures across a range of industries including financial services, payments, digital identity, property and consumer technology.Working within a small, highly capable Security team, you'll play a key role in protecting modern cloud-based environments while partnering closely with engineering and product teams to embed security into the way technology is designed, built and operated.
Your new role
As a Senior Security Engineer, you'll be responsible for improving security capabilities across cloud platforms, security operations, identity and DevSecOps practices.This is a hands-on technical role where you'll work across multiple ventures, helping teams strengthen their security posture while balancing speed, innovation and risk.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supporting and enhancing Microsoft security capabilities including Defender, Sentinel and Entra ID
- Designing and implementing cloud security controls across AWS and Azure environments
- Improving threat detection, monitoring and security operations processes
- Supporting incident response, vulnerability management and remediation activities
- Building security automation using Python, PowerShell and cloud-native tooling
- Working with engineering teams to embed security within CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines
- Supporting identity and access management initiatives, including Conditional Access and privileged access controls
- Leveraging Infrastructure as Code practices using tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation
- Providing security guidance across multiple product and engineering teams
- Demonstrated experience as a Security Engineer, Cloud Security Engineer or similar
- Strong experience with the Microsoft Security Suite, including:
- Microsoft Defender
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Hands-on AWS security experience
- Background in Security Operations, SOC, Incident Response or Detection Engineering
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Strong scripting and automation capabilities using Python and/or PowerShell
- Experience working within DevSecOps environments
- Exposure to cloud security platforms such as Wiz will be highly regarded
- Ability to operate autonomously and manage competing priorities within a fast-paced environment
- Previous experience within financial services, fintech or highly regulated environments is advantageous
- Initial 6-month contract with strong extension potential
- Hybrid working model with 50% office attendance
- Opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of innovative ventures
- Exposure to modern cloud, security and DevSecOps technologies
- Collaborative and supportive security team environment
- Sydney CBD location
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
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About us
At Hays, we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. You are at the heart of everything we do. With over 50 years’ experience and a workforce of more than 10,000 people across 32 countries, we collectively put our customers, at the heart of everything we do.
Drawing on knowledge that’s unique to our scale, our commitment to understanding your needs and our ability to meaningfully innovate we are more than just a specialist recruitment business. By providing advice, insights and expertise on issues you face in today’s fast paced world of work, we’ll help you make the right decisions for tomorrow.
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At Hays we know that finding the right role at the right time takes careful consideration. As your lifelong career partners, we’re by your side, every step of the way.
Whether you’re seeking a new opportunity or support in navigating a career change, we bring the expertise and the connections to partner with you to help you realise your ambition.
Providing an unmatched breadth of jobs across industries and professions whilst leveraging our knowledge, employer relationships, learning opportunities and support, we can offer you roles that challenge and excite you.
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