Security Engineer

Q-CTRL; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Q-CTRL is seeking a Senior Security Engineer in Sydney to design, implement, and maintain secure infrastructure for our quantum software platform. This role focuses on building resilient security controls, zero-trust networking, and incident response within a fast-paced engineering environment.

You will work across Kubernetes clusters, cloud networking, and security tooling to uphold compliance, improve alerting, and advance AI-assisted security practices.

Qualifications

• Senior security engineer with cloud and Kubernetes security experience.
• Experience applying security best practices and compliance controls.
• Ability to design and implement secure infrastructure and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on role to ensure highest security standards for products and infrastructure.
• Strengthen platform security including Kubernetes, cloud networking, ZTNA, and firewalls.
• Maintain compliance through access control, data management, and security guardrails.
• Apply forensics and incident response to triage incidents and improve alerting.
• Refine vulnerability management to improve security metrics.
• Take on other duties within your skills and training.

Skills

Security engineering

DevSecOps

Kubernetes security

Zero Trust networks

Incident response

Tools

Splunk

Microsoft Sentinel

Firewalls

Job description

Security Engineer at Q-CTRL, Sydney. A mid-level full time position in the Computing Engineering team, listed under software engineering.

About the team

At Q-CTRL, Quantum Computing Engineering is a global team of software engineers and infrastructure experts, combining deep technical expertise with a startup mindset to deliver real impact through software innovation. Our work is underpinned by robust standards , and by embracing the three virtues . Our team excels in areas across back-end, front-end, machine learning, and platform engineering.

We transform Q-CTRL’s world-leading technological breakthroughs into commercial software products with applications across defense, research, and industry. We work closely with Product, Design, and Research teams to accelerate the path to quantum advantage worldwide.

About the Role

The Q-CTRL Infrastructure team is part of the backbone of our software platform and hardware initiatives. Guided by our vision to make the right way the easy way, our mission is to build reliable, secure and maintainable infrastructure that enables Q-CTRL to scale its revolutionary quantum technology.

Q-CTRL faces a dynamic security landscape shaped by industry, customer and compliance requirements, which is now evolving in a post-Mythos era. The Infrastructure team is expanding to bring on a Senior Security Engineer with a focus on designing, implementing, and maintaining systems to fulfil the Q-CTRL Security Objectives, as well as identifying practical ways to leverage AI within our security engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Engineering Manager for Infrastructure, you’ll play a hands-on role in ensuring we deliver the highest security standards for Q-CTRL products and maintain the trust our customers place in us.
• Strengthening the security of the Q-CTRL platform through contribution to key systems such as Kubernetes clusters, cloud networking, Zero Trust network architectures and firewalls.
• Consistently upholding compliance with security frameworks through the improvement of systems and processes. This includes access control mechanisms, data management and security guardrails.
• Applying knowledge in forensics and incident response to triage incidents and applying expertise to improve alerting.
• Refining and maturing our vulnerability management systems in order to improve key security metrics for Q-CTRL.
• Other duties within the Employee's skills and experience, or with reasonable training.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience in DevSecOps or DevOps with a dedicated security engineering focus.
• Cloud networking and Kubernetes experience, including knowledge of ZTNA and secure network access.
• Experience with firewall technologies, at both the cloud (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and application levels.
• Experience working with SIEM/SOC tooling such as Splunk or Microsoft Sentinel to identify and triage security alerts.
• xperience maintaining a vulnerability management system, including running threat modelling sessions and maintaining risk registers.
• Experience with Kubernetes runtime security tooling such as Falco or Sysdig.
• Relevant security or Kubernetes certifications, such as Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) or Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP).
• Experience with AI-assisted security scanning or penetration testing.