Platform Security Engineer – Kubernetes & SIEM Expert

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

Benefits offered by this job

Salary continuance insurance

NEP Days - additional 5 days of leave

NEP Travel benefits & discounts

Discounts via Employment Hero

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

NEP Australia is seeking a Security Engineer to secure and optimise the platform that supports NEP's media and broadcast services. You will focus on SIEM, microsegmentation, access controls, and secure Kubernetes-based workflows, while aligning with global IT security policies.

You will collaborate with the TSC SME group, implement security controls across CI/CD pipelines, and drive platform reliability and observability in hybrid infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience in platform security within containerized/Kubernetes environments.
• Hands-on with SIEM design for real-time threat detection and incident response.
• Experience implementing microsegmentation in Kubernetes or hybrid cloud environments.
• Ability to integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and IaC workflows.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes security practices: RBAC, admission controllers, PSPs/OPA/Kyverno.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement SIEM solutions across platform infrastructure.
• Develop and enforce microsegmentation policies for Kubernetes and hybrid environments.
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and Terraform workflows.
• Automate vulnerability and compliance scanning across infrastructure.
• Lead remediation after security audits and tests.
• Collaborate with IT Security and Platform teams on security strategy and policy alignment.

Skills

Platform security

DevSecOps

SRE

Kubernetes security

RBAC/OPA/Kyverno

IaC security

Bash/Python/Go

IAM & cloud security

Tools

Terraform

Job description

NEP Australia is seeking a Security Engineer to secure and optimise the platform that supports NEP's media and broadcast services. You will focus on SIEM, microsegmentation, access controls, and secure Kubernetes-based workflows, while aligning with global IT security policies.

You will collaborate with the TSC SME group, implement security controls across CI/CD pipelines, and drive platform reliability and observability in hybrid infrastructure.