Security Architect - DevSecOps & Engineering (Hybrid)

Lime Recruitment; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Lime Recruitment is seeking a Security Architect to embed security across discovery, design, build, release, and operation in Queensland government initiatives. You will translate threats into practical designs, reusable controls, and automated assurance.

You will drive secure-by-design, threat modelling, and risk assessments, advising on IAM, PAM, encryption, and cloud security. A strong background in Azure/AWS and industry frameworks is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering security architecture in complex enterprise or digital transformation programs.
• Strong knowledge of security frameworks, risk assessments, threat modelling, and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution and platform security architecture across prioritised delivery initiatives.
• Define and guide security patterns, reference implementations, and control frameworks across cloud, infrastructure, applications, networks, data, and identity services.
• Integrate secure-by-design principles into project discovery and refinement phases to define security requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Lead collaborative threat modelling and conduct security risk assessments to mitigate risks.
• Review designs for compliance with security policies, enterprise standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Provide guidance across IAM, PAM, endpoint security, encryption, network security, and cloud security.
• Support security maturity uplift initiatives, including CI/CD security and software supply chain protection.
• Participate in architecture governance and design reviews.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modelling

CI/CD security

Cloud security

Identity & Access Management

Zero Trust

Regulatory frameworks

Enterprise architecture

Education

CISSP

TOGAF

CCSP

Tools

Azure

AWS

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Lime Recruitment is seeking a Security Architect to embed security across discovery, design, build, release, and operation in Queensland government initiatives. You will translate threats into practical designs, reusable controls, and automated assurance.

You will drive secure-by-design, threat modelling, and risk assessments, advising on IAM, PAM, encryption, and cloud security. A strong background in Azure/AWS and industry frameworks is essential.