AWS Security Engineer

Brisbane, Canberra or Melbourne | Permanent | Up to $135k package incl. super A well-established technology services organisation needs a hands-on AWS Security Engineer to help secure a large government cloud environment.

The focus is practical: getting cloud-native security tooling configured properly, building controls as code, and making sure the environment stays compliant and audit-ready.

The role

- Configure and manage AWS security services, with GuardDuty at the core

- Build and tune detection rules and alerts that the security operations team actually uses

- Write infrastructure as code to deploy and harden security controls

- Automate evidence collection and reporting

- Contribute to security documentation, monitoring plans and incident playbooks

- Work closely with engineering and operations teams, with plenty of autonomy

What you’ll bring





- Hands-on AWS security experience, including GuardDuty

- Experience designing and tuning security alerts

- Infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation or similar)

- Scripting and automation skills

- Understanding of Australian Government security frameworks such as the ISM and Essential 8

- Australian citizenship and willingness to obtain Baseline clearance

Valuable to have

- Current Baseline clearance

- Experience supporting security accreditation or audits

- Government or consulting delivery background

What’s on offer

- Up to $135k total package including super

- Versatile and hybrid working

- Permanent role, starting ASAP (standard notice periods are fine)

- Brisbane, Canberra or Melbourne

📌 AWS Security Engineer (Melbourne)
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