Security Platform Engineer

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd is seeking a hands-on Security Platform Engineer in Sydney to deliver a new security product across the client environment. You will work with the architect and SME to drive technical implementation, coordinate agent deployments and manage firewall requirements, advancing the product to BAU.

The role emphasizes platform design, integrations with CMDB, ServiceNow and SIEM, and automation of onboarding, scans and asset tagging.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the runZero platform operating model including environments, access, roles, boundaries, sites and tagging.
• Coordinate agent deployments and firewall requirements across client environments.
• Integrate runZero with CMDB, ServiceNow, SIEM and other security tools via API-based patterns.
• Automate platform onboarding, configuration validation, scan scheduling and asset tagging.
• Establish standards for asset classification, lifecycle attributes and safe scanning controls.

Job description

XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd | Contract

Security Platform Engineer

Sydney, Australia | Posted on 10/08/2026

• XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software Services company
  
• XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturingdomains.
  
• We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
  
• XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
  
• We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.
  

Job Description

We arelooking for a hands on Cyber Security Platform Engineer to help deliver a newsecurity product across the Client environment.

Workingclosely with the architect and product/Vendor SME, the successful candidatewill drive the technical implementation, coordinate agent deployments, andmanage firewall requirements, and work with various technology and cyber teamsto implement controls such as SSO, MFA etc. This role requires someone who canwork effectively with stakeholders across Client, taking the product to BAU.

Please seeattached JD.

Note:JD mentions runZero product – will be great if candidate has runZeroexperience, if not we need the candidate to have experience with a comparableproduct.

Platform engineering and configuration

• Design and implement the runZero platformoperating model, including environments, access, roles, boundaries, sites,asset groups, tags and naming standards.
  
• Configure discovery coverage for corporate, datacentre, cloud, remote access, network, IoT and relevant OT environments.
  
• Design appropriate active scanning, passivediscovery and integration patterns for different network zones andoperational risk profiles.
  
• Establish safe scanning standards, approvalgates, maintenance windows and exception processes for sensitive orfragile environments.
  
• Configure asset classification, ownership,business context, criticality and lifecycle attributes.
  
• Define standards for handling transient,ephemeral, duplicate, decommissioned and unmanaged assets.
  
• Develop reusable configuration patterns andtemplates that can be applied consistently across sites and environments.
  
• Maintain a clear separation between productionconfiguration, testing and experimental changes.
  

Integrations and data engineering

• Integrate runZero with CMDB, ServiceNow, Tenable,EDR, NAC, DNS/DHCP, cloud platforms, identity systems, SIEM, SOAR andrelevant infrastructure tools.
  
• Implement API-based ingestion and egress patternsusing secure service identities and least-privilege access.
  
• Automate asset reconciliation, deduplication,enrichment, ownership mapping and data-quality checks.
  
• Ensure downstream systems receive consistent,useful and appropriately scoped data rather than uncontrolled asset oralert noise.
  
• Define integration contracts, schemas, fieldmappings, ownership, error handling, retry behaviour and supportexpectations.
  
• Build mechanisms to detect integration drift,stale credentials, failed synchronisation and unexpected data-volume changes.
  

Automation and workflow engineering

• Automate platform onboarding, configurationvalidation, scan scheduling, asset tagging, reporting and operationalhousekeeping.
  
• Automate the routing of actionable exposures tothe correct security, infrastructure, network, cloud or applicationowners.
  
• Implement event-driven workflows for newlydiscovered assets, exposed services, control gaps, unauthorised devicesand material changes.
  
• Design idempotent automation that can be safelyre-run without creating duplicate records, tickets or configuration drift.
  
• Use APIs, webhooks, scripts and workflowplatforms to reduce manual administration and improve response times.
  
• Introduce approval controls for high-impact orpotentially disruptive actions.
  
• Create automated lifecycle handling for assetsthat are retired, renamed, moved, rebuilt or short-lived.
  

SRE and operations

• Treat runZero configuration and operationalprocesses as code wherever possible.
  
• Establish version control, peer review, automatedtesting, release controls and rollback procedures for platform changes.
  
• Define service-level indicators and objectivesfor discovery coverage, data freshness, integration health, scan success,alert delivery and remediation workflow reliability.
  
• Implement dashboards and alerts that detectplatform degradation before it affects consumers.
  
• Create operational runbooks for common failures,including collector or explorer issues, scan failures, integration errors,data-quality problems and access failures.
  
• Design backup, recovery, disaster-recovery andbusiness-continuity procedures appropriate to the service.
  
• Conduct capacity, performance and scaleassessments as coverage expands across Client environments.
  
• Manage credentials through approved enterprisesecrets-management capabilities; do not embed secrets in scripts,repositories or configuration files.
  
• Implement role-based access control,privileged-access controls, administrative separation and auditable changehistory.
  
• Support security reviews, architecture reviews,privacy assessments, risk assessments and control assurance activities.
  
• Ensure platform data handling, logging,retention, residency and third-party access align with client security andregulatory requirements.