Security Engineer: Azure, SIEM & Compliance

CAE Defence & Security – Indo-Pacific; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CAE Defence & Security in Sydney seeks a skilled security professional to design, implement, and manage security solutions across on-prem and Azure environments, ensuring robust protection and regulatory alignment. You will lead incident response, risk assessments, IAM controls, SIEM tooling, and security audits, collaborating with IT, DevOps, and business units while staying ahead of emerging threats.

This temporary fixed-term role offers hands-on impact and growth within a purpose-driven

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage security solutions across on-prem and Azure environments.
• Develop and enforce security policies, standards, and frameworks as per regulatory requirements.
• Monitor and respond to security incidents, vulnerabilities, and threats.
• Conduct regular risk assessments and vulnerability scans.
• Manage identity and access controls (Azure AD, RBAC, MFA).
• Implement and maintain SIEM solutions (e.g., Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk).
• Ensure compliance with standards & frameworks such as DSPF, ISM, ISO 27001 and NIST,
• Collaborate with IT, DevOps, and business units to embed security into operations.
• Perform forensic analysis and root cause investigations when needed.
• Stay current with emerging threats, technologies, and best practices
• Perform regular security audits
• Identify cyber security risks and implement security controls.
• Vulnerability Management and Threat Detection
• Develop and maintain Cyber Security Assessment and Authorisation (Accreditation) documentation suite.
• Assess security control effectiveness.

Job description

CAE Defence & Security in Sydney seeks a skilled security professional to design, implement, and manage security solutions across on-prem and Azure environments, ensuring robust protection and regulatory alignment. You will lead incident response, risk assessments, IAM controls, SIEM tooling, and security audits, collaborating with IT, DevOps, and business units while staying ahead of emerging threats.

This temporary fixed-term role offers hands-on impact and growth within a purpose-driven