Senior DevSecOps & AI Governance with Automation

TheDriveGroup; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 185,000 - 203,000; Part time

Job summary

TheDriveGroup is partnering with an established organisation to hire an experienced DevSecOps / Application Security professional to strengthen security governance, automation and engineering practices across a complex technology environment.

This role sits at the intersection of DevSecOps, Security Governance and AI, combining hands-on delivery with shaping security standards, driving intelligent automation and embedding security across software teams.

Qualifications

• Strong background in DevSecOps, Application Security or Security Engineering.
• Experience establishing security governance frameworks, standards and automated controls.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, security tooling and automation.
• Exposure to AI/LLM technologies, ideally within security or engineering environments.
• Strong scripting and integration skills, ideally Python and APIs.
• Understanding of secure software development, vulnerability management and compliance requirements.
• Ability to translate security requirements into practical engineering solutions.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to influence technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security governance frameworks, technical controls and standards across development environments.
• Introduce AI-driven automation to improve security assessments, policy enforcement and compliance processes.
• Embed security controls and automated checks into CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish practical security guardrails around emerging AI technologies and development practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve application security, vulnerability management and secure software delivery.
• Partner with engineering, architecture and security teams to drive adoption of security standards and automation.

Skills

DevSecOps

Application Security

Security Engineering

CI/CD pipelines

Automation

Python scripting

APIs

AI/LLM exposure

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Security tooling

Job description

TheDriveGroup is partnering with an established organisation to hire an experienced DevSecOps / Application Security professional to strengthen security governance, automation and engineering practices across a complex technology environment.

This role sits at the intersection of DevSecOps, Security Governance and AI, combining hands-on delivery with shaping security standards, driving intelligent automation and embedding security across software teams.