12 Month FTC | WFH Hybrid | Sydney CBD

About the Company
Well-established Australian financial services organisation serving millions of customers.
Technology-led environment embracing cloud, DevSecOps, and modern engineering practices.
Robust culture of innovation, flexibility, and continuous learning.

About the Role This is a highly technical, engineering-focused security position responsible for owning and executing security remediation across application code, dependencies, repositories, and CI/CD settings. You'll work closely with platform and engineering teams to improve security guardrails, reduce recurring vulnerabilities, and embed security into the software delivery lifecycle.

About You
Proven experience remediating security vulnerabilities across modern application and API settings.
Robust development and scripting capability using Node.js, TypeScript, and Python.
Hands-on experience with SAST, DAST, SCA, and secure code remediation practices.
Strong GitHub security administration and repository governance experience.
Experience working with cloud-native technologies, containers, serverless platforms, and infrastructure-as-code.




Practical knowledge of CI/CD security engineering, automated security testing, and DevSecOps best practices.

Key Responsibilities
Remediate application security findings identified through automated scanning and security assessments.
Resolve vulnerable open-source and third-party dependency risks through upgrades, replacement, or removal strategies.
Enhance GitHub and CI/CD security controls, including repository baselines, secrets protection, and security automation.
Partner with engineering, product, and platform teams to coordinate and validate remediation activities.
Develop security guardrails, engineering standards, playbooks, and governance artefacts that reduce recurring risk.

Benefits
Opportunity to work on contemporary cloud, API, and platform technologies at scale.
Flexible hybrid working arrangement with strong emphasis on employee wellbeing.
Join a security team where you can directly influence engineering standards, tooling, and secure development practices.

📌 Platform Security Engineer Sydney
🏢 Talenza
📍 Sydney