Job Description

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Decipher Bureau is proud to be partnering exclusively with a fast-scaling technology company backed by hundreds of millions in funding, as they continue to build out their technology and security function for their next phase of growth.

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We’ve already partnered with the business to appoint their first Senior Security Engineer and Head of IT/Cyber Security. Now, we’re looking for a Senior Cyber Security Engineer / Security Specialist with deep Kubernetes security expertise to play a key role in building and scaling their platform security capability.

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This is a genuine ground-floor chance to define how security is approached across a modern, high-performance computing environment, with significant ownership, technical influence and the opportunity to build rather than simply maintain.

What You'll Be Doing n

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- Lead platform security initiatives across cloud and on-premises environments, including risk assessment, infrastructure hardening and secure access.
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- Own and define the security standard for a Managed Kubernetes Service supporting high-performance computing workloads.
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- Apply Kubernetes security best practices.
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- Build and strengthen Kubernetes supply chain security, including image signing, vulnerability scanning and policy enforcement.
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- Embed security into infrastructure-as-code pipelines.
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- Evaluate and introduce AI/ML-powered security tooling.
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- Partner across engineering and technology teams.
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What You'll Bring nn
- 5+ years’ experience across Platform Security, DevSecOps,



SRE or a closely related discipline.
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- Strong hands‑on expertise securing Kubernetes environments.
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- Experience with Kubernetes supply chain security: tools such as Cosign, Trivy and/or Kyverno.
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- Experience implementing IaC security and automated scanning, with tools such as Checkov or Snyk.
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- Understanding of secrets management and identity security.
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- Familiar with security standards, frameworks and secure engineering principles.
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- Competent scripting or programming ability.
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- Fundamentals across Linux, networking and distributed systems.
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- A hands‑on mindset with the ability to operate strategically.
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experience working within a high-growth technology or startup environment.

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Bottom line, if you have strong Kubernetes experience and a solid understanding of secure engineering principles, I’d love to hear from you.

Why Apply? n

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- Build, don't inherit shape the security foundations of a growing technology platform.
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- Technical challenge: work deeply across Kubernetes, cloud, infrastructure and distributed systems.
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- Influence: define security standards and engineering practices across a critical platform.
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- Career growth: join a heavily funded technology business entering an exciting phase of expansion.
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Hybrid: 2 days per week in the office

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$200–240K base + super (roughly)

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2–3 stage interview process, including a technical assignment

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📌 Senior Security Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 Decipher Bureau
📍 Sydney