DevSecOps Security Consultant / Engineer - Contract - Sydney

Sydney, Australia | Posted on 09/11/2026

Urgentrequirement of DevSecOps Security Consultant / Engineer - Contract - Sydney

Requirements

Experience:

- 8+ relevant experience in Cyber Security, Cloud Security, Application Security, or DevSecOps engineering roles.

Key Responsibilities:

- Conduct comprehensive DevSecOps security discovery, assessment, and risk evaluation activities across cloud platforms, applications, and development environments.
- Perform security posture reviews using Orca Security and GitHub Advanced Security to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, exposed assets, code security issues, and compliance gaps.
- Analyse cloud workloads, repositories, infrastructure configurations, and application architectures to assess security risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
- Partner with DevOps, engineering, and application teams to integrate security controls and secure-by-design principles throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
- Implement and enhance security capabilities within CI/CD pipelines, including automated security testing, code scanning, secret detection, dependency analysis, and policy enforcement.
- Review and validate security findings, prioritize risks based on business impact, and provide actionable remediation guidance to stakeholders.
- Track remediation efforts and security improvements across cloud environments, containerised workloads, and source code repositories.
- Support vulnerability management activities, including identification, reporting, risk assessment, and remediation verification.
- Contribute to the development of DevSecOps standards, security baselines, governance frameworks, and operational procedures.




- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to improve cloud security architecture, compliance readiness, and security monitoring capabilities.
- Prepare assessment reports, security dashboards, executive summaries, and technical recommendations for management and project teams.

Required Skills and Experience:

- Solid hands‑on experience with Orca Security and GitHub Advanced Security.
- Practical knowledge of DevSecOps methodologies, security automation, and secure software development practices.
- Experience securing CI/CD platforms and integrating security controls into development pipelines.
- Strong understanding of cloud security concepts, including identity and access management, network security, data protection, and workload security.
- Experience with vulnerability management, risk assessment, and remediation tracking.
- Knowledge of application security principles, code security testing, and software supply chain security.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Understanding of container security, Kubernetes security, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security practices.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem‑solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Relevant cloud security or cybersecurity certifications.
- Experience working in enterprise‑scale DevSecOps and cloud transformation programs.
- Knowledge of regulatory compliance frameworks and industry security standards.

Education:

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

Duration: 03 Months andpossible extension

Eligibility: Australian/NZCitizens/PR Holders only

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