Platform Security Engineer - Kubernetes & SIEM

NEP Europe; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary continuance insurance

NEP Days – additional 5 days of leave

Travel benefits & discounts (Qantas)

Discounts via Employment Hero

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

NEP Australia is seeking a Security Engineer – NEP Platform to secure and optimize the platform infrastructure supporting next-generation media and broadcast services. You will implement security measures, automate controls, and collaborate with the IT Security team to align with global policies.

The role focuses on SIEM, microsegmentation, IaC automation, and Kubernetes security, with responsibilities spanning audits, remediation, and governance.

Qualifications

• Design and operate SIEM solutions for real-time threat detection.
• Implement microsegmentation to isolate workloads in Kubernetes.
• Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and IaC workflows.
• Configure Kubernetes security controls including RBAC and admission controls.
• Collaborate on audits and compliance activities.
• Automate security scripting with Bash/Python/Go.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement SIEM solutions to monitor, detect, and respond to security threats across platform infrastructure.
• Develop and enforce microsegmentation policies to enhance workload isolation in Kubernetes and hybrid environments.
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines, container build processes, and IaC workflows using Terraform.
• Automate vulnerability and compliance scanning for infrastructure.
• Implement Kubernetes-native security mechanisms, including RBAC, OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno, and network policies.
• Manage secret management systems (e.g., 1Password) within platform automation workflows.
• Enhance platform observability by integrating logging, tracing, metrics, and alerting tools to support security monitoring and incident response.
• Collaborate with NEP IT Security and TSC SME group on IT Security to align platform infrastructure with global security policies and compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC2).
• Lead remediation efforts for platform infrastructure following security audits and penetration tests, ensuring timely and effective resolution.
• Represent the Platform team in internal IT security meetings, external conferences, and audits, disseminating learnings and driving improvements.
• Define and enforce access controls across Kubernetes, GitHub, cloud resources, and internal tools to ensure least privilege principles.
• Work with Site Reliability Engineers (SRE) to maintain platform reliability, observability, and security under load and during failure conditions.

Skills

Platform security

DevSecOps

Kubernetes

CI/CD integration

IAM security

SRE principles

Threat detection

Tools

Terraform

1Password

Kyverno

OPA

Gatekeeper

Kubernetes RBAC

Job description

NEP Australia is seeking a Security Engineer – NEP Platform to secure and optimize the platform infrastructure supporting next-generation media and broadcast services. You will implement security measures, automate controls, and collaborate with the IT Security team to align with global policies.

The role focuses on SIEM, microsegmentation, IaC automation, and Kubernetes security, with responsibilities spanning audits, remediation, and governance.