Senior Kubernetes Security Architect

Decipher Bureau; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 200,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Decipher Bureau is partnering with a fast-scaling technology company to recruit a Senior Cyber Security Engineer who will own platform security for Kubernetes and cloud environments. This ground-floor role offers significant ownership and the chance to shape security across a high-performance computing platform.

You will lead risk assessments, implement secure IaC pipelines, and collaborate with engineering teams to embed best practices, with exposure to AI/ML-powered tooling and a modern

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in platform security or related field.
• Hands-on Kubernetes security expertise is required.
• Experience with IaC scanning and image signing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform security initiatives across cloud and on‑prem environments.
• Own and define the security standard for a Managed Kubernetes Service.
• Apply Kubernetes security best practices.
• Build and strengthen Kubernetes supply chain security (signing, scanning, policy enforcement).
• Embed security into infrastructure-as-code pipelines.
• Evaluate and introduce AI/ML-powered security tooling.
• Partner across engineering and technology teams.

Skills

Kubernetes security

DevSecOps

SRE

Cloud security

IaC security

Secrets management

Scripting

Linux fundamentals

Networking

Distributed systems

Tools

Cosign

Trivy

Kyverno

Checkov

Snyk

Job description

Decipher Bureau is partnering with a fast-scaling technology company to recruit a Senior Cyber Security Engineer who will own platform security for Kubernetes and cloud environments. This ground-floor role offers significant ownership and the chance to shape security across a high-performance computing platform.

You will lead risk assessments, implement secure IaC pipelines, and collaborate with engineering teams to embed best practices, with exposure to AI/ML-powered tooling and a modern