Security Solution Consultants is a cyber security advisory firm operating across Australia and New Zealand.
Alongside our consulting practice we build and run our own security software:
GRCLens, a multi tenant governance, risk and compliance platform, and EASMLens, an external attack surface management platform.
Both are live, revenue-generating products used by client organisations in regulated industries.
This role is the part of existing devlopers team.
This role has real ownership and visible impact, and the person in it will shape how our platforms are built and operated rather than inheriting someone else's architecture and maintaining it.
About us
Security Solution Consultants is a cyber security advisory firm operating across Australia and New Zealand.
Alongside our consulting practice we build and run our own security software:
GRCLens, a multi tenant governance, risk and compliance platform, and EASMLens, an external attack surface management platform.
Both are live, revenue-generating products used by client organisations in regulated industries.
This role is the part of existing devlopers team.
This role has real ownership and visible impact, and the person in it will shape how our platforms are built and operated rather than inheriting someone else's architecture and maintaining it.
The role
We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to take ownership of the engineering and operation of our production platforms.
This is a hands on role combining backend development, database engineering, containerised infrastructure and production reliability.
You will write code, run the systems that code runs on, and be the person who makes sure both stay healthy.
What you will do
Build
Develop backend featuresacross FastAPI services, SQLAlchemy data models and PostgreSQL schema design.
Work across the front endin React and Next.js when a feature needs it.
You do not need to be a designer, but you should be comfortable owning a feature end to end.
Design and extendfor multi-tenant data isolation, authentication, authorisation and audit.
Integratewith third party APIs and AI services, including prompt design and output validation where AI assists human decisions.
Run




OwnDocker Swarm and Docker Compose deployments, including rolling updates, health checks, service definitions and overlay networking.
OperatePostgreSQL in production: performance, migrations, backups, restore testing, replication and managed-service migration.
ManageAzure infrastructure: virtual machines, network security groups, managed PostgreSQL, TLS certificates and cost management.
Improvedeployment pipelines so releases are repeatable, verifiable and safe to roll back.
Keep it healthy
Establishmonitoring, alerting and health checks so problems are found before customers find them.
Respond toincidents: diagnose from logs and evidence, fix the cause rather than the symptom, and write it up.
Verifythat backups actually restore.
Regularly, not theoretically.
Maintainrunbooks and architecture documentation that another engineer could follow.
Secure it
Applysecure development practice across authentication, session handling, secrets management and dependency hygiene.
Identifyand remediate vulnerabilities in our own platforms.
We sell security software; ours has to be right.
Workwith the consulting team on customer security questionnaires and assurance evidence about our platforms.
About you
Essential
Five or more years ofcommercial software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead capacity.
StrongPython.
You should be fluent with a modern async web framework (FastAPI, or Django and Flask with a willingness to move), and comfortable with type-annotated Python.
SolidPostgreSQL beyond basic CRUD: schema design, indexing, query performance, transactions, migrations, and understanding what happens when things go wrong.
Practical experience withSQLAlchemy or a comparable ORM, including where an ORM helps and where raw SQL is the right answer.
Real experience runningDocker in production.




Building images, multi stage builds, Compose, and an orchestrator (Swarm, Kubernetes or ECS).
We use Swarm; transferable orchestration experience is fine.
Working competencewith a major cloud platform, ideally Azure.
AWS or GCP experience transfers if you are willing to work in Azure.
EnoughTypeScript and a modern React framework, sufficient to deliver a feature through the UI.
Comfortable withLinux administration, networking fundamentals, reverse proxies and TLS.
Genuine debuggingand diagnostic discipline.
The ability to read a stack trace or a log and find the actual cause rather than guessing.
Clearwritten communication.
You will document systems, write runbooks, and sometimes explain technical risk to non-technical people.
Eligibility to work:Current Zealand or Australian citizenship, residency, or a valid work visa.
Desirable
Asecurity engineering background, or a genuine interest in it.
Familiarity with OWASP, vulnerability management, or security tooling such as Nmap and nuclei.
Experiencewith Celery, Redis, or other distributed task and scheduling systems.
Compliance or GRCexposure.
Understanding what ISO *****, SOC 2 or PCI DSS actually require is a significant advantage in this domain.
Azure-specificexperience: managed database services, backup and point in time recovery, cost optimisation.
Experienceintegrating LLM APIs into products, including the practical problem of validating model output.
Holding,or willingness to undergo, a New Zealand or Australian government security clearance.
What we offer
Genuine ownershipof live, revenue-generating products rather than a small slice of someone else's system.
Direct technicalinfluence.
The architecture decisions in front of us are real and open, and you will make them.
A rolein a growing security consultancy with an established client base across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK and the Gulf.
Flexible workingand remote-friendly arrangements.
Professionaldevelopment support, including certification funding.
Remuneration:Market rate
Security Solution Consultants is an equal opportunity employer.
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📌 Senior Platform Development Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 Security Solution Consultants
📍 Melbourne