AWS Security Engineer

Accenture Australia; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks parental leave

Career breaks

Structured career development program

Global career opportunities

Family inclusive workplace

Flexible work arrangements

Diversity & Inclusion recognition

Job summary

Accenture Australia is seeking an AWS security engineer to configure cloud-native security tooling, implement infrastructure as code, and uplift security posture across delivery teams.

You will develop and tune alerts for SecOps, collaborate with operations, and document evidence for accreditation and policy compliance. Flexible work arrangements are offered, with opportunities to contribute to security engineering forums.

Qualifications

• Experience configuring AWS security tooling such as Sec Hub and GuardDuty.
• Ability to design and tune alerts for security operations.
• Experience building and maintaining infrastructure as code for security controls.
• Familiarity with DI accreditation, PSPF, ISM and Essential 8 frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive AWS security tooling configurations (Sec Hub, GuardDuty, etc.).
• Design and tune alerts for use by the DIS SecOps team.
• Build and maintain infrastructure as code for security controls.
• Raise work items through ADO and ServiceNow for automation and control hardening.
• Collaborate with delivery and operations teams to uplift security practices.
• Report on compliance evidence for DI accreditation, including ATO IT Security baselines and policy compliance.

Skills

AWS security engineering

Security tooling configuration

Infrastructure as code

Cloud security monitoring

Tools

Sec Hub

GuardDuty

ADO

ServiceNow

Job description

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Find out more about us at

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Find out more about us at www.accenture.com.

Summary

This role focuses on AWS security engineering, responsible for configuring cloud-native security tools, building infrastructure as code, and collaborating with delivery teams to uplift security posture and incident response capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and drive AWS security tooling configurations (Sec Hub, GuardDuty, etc.).


• Design and tune alerts for use by the DIS SecOps team.


• Build and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) for security controls.


• Raise work items through ADO and ServiceNow for automation and control hardening.


• Collaborate with delivery and operations teams to uplift security practices.


• Report on compliance evidence for DI accreditation, including ATO IT Security baselines and policy compliance in line with PSPF, ISM and Essential 8


• Work independently while contributing visibly to security engineering forums.

SFIA Alignment

• Primary SFIA Role: Systems Design (DESN)


• Level: Level 4 - Enable


• Justification: This role enables secure system design and implementation, contributes to the design of security controls, and works independently while collaborating with others. Level 4 reflects autonomy with accountability and technical contribution

Expected Deliverables/KPIs of the security engineer role are:

• Code


• Development of technical solutions primarily defined through infrastructure as code or configuration as code


• Ability to automate information gathering activities across a range of Cloud Platforms, ITSM tools and other APIs


• Documentation


• Producing solution specific documentation


• E.g. A feature definition document that describes a monitoring use case and related AWS alert configuration. Expected to describes who, what, when, why, how


• Contributor to the technical sections of:


• Audit Logging Plans


• Continuous Monitoring Plans


• System Security Plans


• Response playbooks


• Standard Operating Procedures


• Evidence gathering template (for audits)


• Supporting deployments


• Submission and management of change requests in ITSM tools (e.g. change description, backout plan, test results)


• Ability to submit and justify work requests to others (e.g. business value, urgency, risk mitigation of proposed work)

Security Clearance

• Current Baseline Security Clearance

Benefits of working at Accenture:

• 18 weeks paid parental leave


• Long & short-term career break opportunities


• Structured career development program


• Local and international career opportunities.


• Certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace


• Flexible Work Arrangements - centered around Accenture's Truly Human ethos and our commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing of our people.


• We are proud to be in the top 3 of last year's Diversity & Inclusion Index!

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