Senior Cyber Security Engineer — Hybrid, Learning Budget

Compass Education; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

PD budget

Employee Assistance Program

Parental leave

Team events

Referral program

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Compass Education, Melbourne-based, is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to partner with the Head of Technology in shaping a security roadmap and risk posture for a school-focused SaaS platform.

You will lead penetration testing, cloud security hardening, and governance across applications and infrastructure, while guiding junior team members and aligning security with business objectives. The role offers a hybrid work setup in Melbourne and growth in a scale-up environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on cyber security experience with depth in both application and infrastructure security.
• Strong penetration testing skills across web applications, APIs, network and cloud, including managing third-party engagements.
• Solid cloud security knowledge, particularly GCP or AWS (IAM, network security, audit logging, secrets management and posture tooling).
• Proven ability to identify and remediate vulnerabilities in production environments.
• Practical experience with security risk management - building a risk register, prioritising remediation and communicating risk to non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with database security across relational and NoSQL systems - access control, encryption and audit logging.
• Understanding of Australian SaaS compliance obligations and privacy frameworks.
• Clear communication skills - able to translate technical risk for leadership and turn security requirements into practical guidance for engineers.
• Experience managing or mentoring junior security staff.

Responsibilities

• Build the security roadmap with senior leadership and establish security risk posture.
• Lead penetration testing across web apps, APIs, infrastructure and cloud; manage third-party engagements.
• Harden cloud and infrastructure security; review Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
• Oversee security investigations, data governance and audit processes under privacy laws.
• Lead incident detection and response; design and test BC/DR plans for rapid restoration.
• Mentor and manage junior security staff.

Skills

Security strategy

Penetration testing

Cloud security

Vulnerability management

Incident response

Leadership

Governance

Australian privacy

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

GCP

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Compass Education, Melbourne-based, is seeking a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to partner with the Head of Technology in shaping a security roadmap and risk posture for a school-focused SaaS platform.

You will lead penetration testing, cloud security hardening, and governance across applications and infrastructure, while guiding junior team members and aligning security with business objectives. The role offers a hybrid work setup in Melbourne and growth in a scale-up environment.