Senior Cloud Security Engineer - Azure & AWS | Hybrid Sydney

Pearson Carter; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 162,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Personal leave

Wellbeing allowance

Parental leave

Professional development

LinkedIn Learning

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Pearson Carter is seeking a Senior Security Engineer in Sydney with hybrid work options. The role focuses on strengthening the organisation's cloud security posture, implementing modern security technologies, and working across Azure and AWS to design, implement, and maintain controls.

The candidate will partner with infrastructure, application and security operations teams, ensuring controls meet ISO 27001, NIST, CIS and Essential Eight standards and supporting continuous improvement in

Qualifications

• Hands-on cloud security experience across Azure and AWS.
• Experience implementing enterprise security tools and platforms.
• Knowledge of IAM, cloud-native security controls and infrastructure hardening.
• Understanding of ISO 27001, NIST, CIS and Essential Eight.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and manage security controls across Azure and AWS environments.
• Implement and maintain security technologies including XDR, Zero Trust, vulnerability management and CSPM platforms.
• Strengthen cloud security through IAM, network security, logging, monitoring and infrastructure hardening.
• Ensure security configurations align with industry frameworks like ISO 27001, NIST, CIS and Essential Eight.
• Conduct security configuration reviews and support penetration testing and remediation activities.
• Work with infrastructure and application teams to embed security best practices.
• Support incident response, vulnerability management and security operations.
• Identify opportunities to improve security automation, tooling and control effectiveness.

Skills

Cloud security engineering

Security operations

Incident response

Threat detection

Security automation

Tools

XDR

CSPM

IAM

Zero Trust

Azure security

AWS security

Job description

Pearson Carter is seeking a Senior Security Engineer in Sydney with hybrid work options. The role focuses on strengthening the organisation's cloud security posture, implementing modern security technologies, and working across Azure and AWS to design, implement, and maintain controls.

The candidate will partner with infrastructure, application and security operations teams, ensuring controls meet ISO 27001, NIST, CIS and Essential Eight standards and supporting continuous improvement in