Senior Cloud & App Security Engineer - DevSecOps Leader

Telstra; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility around where/when you work

16 weeks paid parental leave

Professional development program

Telstra mobile phone plan

Laptop/Device allowance

Purchased Annual Leave

Discounted Telstra products

Job summary

Telstra is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to advance cloud and application security within the Application and Cloud Security team. You will drive security tooling, CI/CD integration, and secure-by-design development across Telstra platforms.

You will lead design and implementation efforts, mentor engineers, and collaborate with architects, product owners, and cyber stakeholders to deliver scalable security capabilities and strategic outcomes.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in Cloud Security and platform security engineering.
• Hands-on experience implementing and integrating security tooling into CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with GitLab, Wiz, Wiz Code, SAST, SCA, container security and DevSecOps capabilities.
• Software engineering or automation background with strong scripting and development skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of cloud and application security capabilities across Telstra platforms.
• Translate high-level architecture and security requirements into designs and implementation patterns.
• Drive deployment and integration of security tooling within CI/CD pipelines, including GitLab, Wiz, Wiz Code, SAST, SCA, and other DevSecOps controls.
• Partner with platform and engineering teams to embed security controls into cloud-native solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and capability uplift across the team.

Skills

Cloud security

Automation

DevSecOps

Scripting

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

GitLab

Wiz

Wiz Code

SAST

SCA

Kubernetes

Container security

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Telstra is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to advance cloud and application security within the Application and Cloud Security team. You will drive security tooling, CI/CD integration, and secure-by-design development across Telstra platforms.

You will lead design and implementation efforts, mentor engineers, and collaborate with architects, product owners, and cyber stakeholders to deliver scalable security capabilities and strategic outcomes.