Senior DevSecOps Engineer - AI & Governance

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

We're partnering with an established organisation looking for an experienced DevSecOps / Application Security professional to help strengthen security governance, automation and engineering practices across a complex technology environment.

This is a unique opportunity sitting at the intersection of DevSecOps, Security Governance and AI, combining hands‑on technical delivery with the opportunity to shape security standards, introduce intelligent automation and improve how security is embedded across software development teams.

Length: Initial 12mths (extensions available)
Rate: $1000-$1100/day + GST
Location: Sydney | 3 days/week in office
Timeframe: Interviews possible this week

What you'll do

• 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.

We're partnering with an established organisation looking for an experienced DevSecOps / Application Security professional to help strengthen security governance, automation and engineering practices across a complex technology environment.

This is a unique opportunity sitting at the intersection of DevSecOps, Security Governance and AI, combining hands‑on technical delivery with the opportunity to shape security standards, introduce intelligent automation and improve how security is embedded across software development teams.

Length: Initial 12mths (extensions available)
Rate: $1000-$1100/day + GST
Location: Sydney | 3 days/week in office
Timeframe: Interviews possible this week

What you'll do

• 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.

What you'll bring

• 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.

Experience implementing AI‑assisted security solutions or governance automation would be particularly valuable.

If you enjoy combining hands‑on security engineering with governance, automation and emerging technologies, we'd be keen to hear from you.