Axiomatics Senior Developer (Authorisation Platform)

Accenture Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

18 weeks parental leave

Career development program

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Job summary

Accenture Australia is seeking a Senior Developer to deliver policy‑driven authorisation using Axiomatics. You will work with the Technical Lead to implement, test, and integrate ABAC policies across applications and services.

The role requires 4–6+ years in security engineering or IAM and 3+ years with Axiomatics/XACML, with strong understanding of policy evaluation models. Onsite work five days a week is required.

Qualifications

• 4–6+ years’ experience in security engineering, IAM, or backend platform roles.
• 3+ years’ hands‑on experience with Axiomatics, XACML, or ABAC frameworks.
• Strong understanding of policy evaluation models and attribute‑based decisions.
• Experience integrating authorisation engines with applications or APIs.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain policy‑driven authorisation using ALFA/XACML.
• Collaborate with Technical Lead to implement and test ABAC policies.
• Integrate Axiomatics PDPs with PEPs across applications and services.
• Design attribute resolution via PIPs and integrate with APIs/gateways.
• Implement automated policy testing, tracing, and validation.
• Support CI/CD pipelines for policy deployment.
• Peer review policy code and configuration; optimize policy evaluation.

Skills

Security engineering

IAM

Backend platforms

Axiomatics

XACML

ABAC frameworks

Job description

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise, bringing together the talent of our approximately 786,000 people, our proprietary assets and platforms, and deep ecosystem relationships. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients. Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity, and we measure our success by the 360° value we create for all our stakeholders. Visit us at www.accenture.com. Join Accenture and help transform leading organisations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. Choose Accenture and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career.

About The Role

As an Axiomatics Senior Developer, you will be a senior technical contributor delivering policy‑driven authorisation using Axiomatics. You will work closely with the Technical Lead to implement, test, and integrate ABAC policies across applications and services.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Developing and maintaining authorisation policies using ALFA and/or XACML.
• Implementing and configuring Axiomatics PDPs and integrating them with PEPs.
• Designing and implementing attribute resolution via PIPs.
• Integrating Axiomatics with applications, APIs, and gateways.
• Implementing automated policy testing, tracing, and validation.
• Supporting CI/CD pipelines for policy deployment.
• Performing peer reviews of policy code and configuration.
• Supporting defect triage and optimisation of policy evaluation.

What We’re Looking For

• 4–6+ years’ experience in security engineering, IAM, or backend platform roles.
• 3+ years’ hands‑on experience with Axiomatics, XACML, or ABAC frameworks.
• Strong understanding of policy evaluation models and attribute‑based decisions.
• Experience integrating authorisation engines with applications or APIs.

Security Clearance

• Current NV2 Security Clearance

Must be willing to work onsite 5 days a week

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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