Platform Security Engineer - Kubernetes & SIEM Expert

NEP Group; City of Melbourne; On-site; 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 through Employment Hero Work

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

NEP Australia is seeking a Security Engineer – NEP Platform to secure and optimize the infrastructure that supports next‑generation media and broadcast services. You will implement SIEM, microsegmentation, and access controls, and integrate security into platform workflows.

Work with IT Security and the TSC SME group, automate security across Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines and Terraform, and manage secrets while driving observability and resilience across hybrid environments.

Qualifications

• Proven platform security experience in DevSecOps/SRE roles.
• Hands-on SIEM design, deployment, and incident response.
• Experience with Kubernetes security controls and workload isolation.
• Automate security in CI/CD pipelines and IaC workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement SIEM solutions to monitor and respond to threats.
• Develop microsegmentation policies for Kubernetes and hybrid environments.
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and IaC workflows using Terraform.
• Automate vulnerability and compliance scanning for infrastructure.
• Enforce Kubernetes security mechanisms (RBAC, OPA/Kyverno, Gatekeeper).
• Collaborate on IT Security and TSC SME to align platform security with policy.
• Lead remediation after audits and penetration tests.

Skills

Platform security

DevSecOps

SRE

SIEM

Kubernetes security

CI/CD security

Linux scripting

IAM

Cloud security

Tools

Terraform

1Password

OPA/Gatekeeper

Kyverno

Kubernetes

Job description

NEP Australia is seeking a Security Engineer – NEP Platform to secure and optimize the infrastructure that supports next‑generation media and broadcast services. You will implement SIEM, microsegmentation, and access controls, and integrate security into platform workflows.

Work with IT Security and the TSC SME group, automate security across Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines and Terraform, and manage secrets while driving observability and resilience across hybrid environments.