AWS Security Engineer

TekFinder; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 81,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Permanent role

ASAP start

Job summary

TekFinder is seeking a hands-on AWS Security Engineer to help secure a large government cloud environment in Australia. The role focuses on configuring cloud security tooling, building controls as code, and ensuring compliance and audit readiness.

Key responsibilities include configuring AWS security services with GuardDuty, writing infrastructure as code, and automating evidence collection, while collaborating with engineering and operations teams in a flexible hybrid setup.

Qualifications

• 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 ISM & Essential 8.
• Australian citizenship and willingness to obtain Baseline clearance.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

AWS security

GuardDuty

Security alerts design

Scripting & automation

ISM & Essential 8

Citizenship & Baseline clearance

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

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

Good to have

• Experience supporting security accreditation or audits
• Government or consulting delivery background

What’s on offer

• Up to $135k total package including super
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Permanent role, starting ASAP (standard notice periods are fine)