Senior Security Automation & Detections Engineer

Blockchain Academics; Australian Capital Territory; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness program

Generous vacation

Parental leave

Professional development

Employee networks

Job summary

CrowdStrike in Australia is seeking a Senior Security Engineer II to design and build automation for Threat Intelligence and Detection Engineering (TIDE). You will partner with Incident Response to deliver scalable security tooling and AI‑driven improvements.

The role focuses on operational resilience, detections, automation, and integration across security platforms, with hands‑on engineering and DevOps practices. Remote-friendly AU work model is available.

Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience investigating and responding to cybersecurity incidents in a SOC/CSIRT/IR team.
• Proficient in Python, Go, or another modern programming language.
• Experience building automation, APIs, or systems integrations.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Understanding of Linux, networking, authentication, and security technologies.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, or IaC.
• Experience with SIEM/EDR/SOAR and telemetry/log analytics.
• Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK, threat hunting, and threat intelligence.
• Experience applying AI/ML to security operations.

Responsibilities

• Identify operational challenges with Incident Response Operations and engineer scalable solutions.
• Automate investigative and response workflows to accelerate incident handling.
• Design detections, enrich data, and streamline analyst workflows.
• Build capabilities to improve visibility and reduce overhead for responders.
• Collaborate with partners to leverage account presence and relationships.
• Develop and maintain detections across diverse technologies and data sources.
• Improve detection fidelity by reducing false positives and increasing alert quality.
• Create and maintain pipelines for detection, enrichment, and response.
• Collaborate with Threat Intelligence to operationalize intel into detections.
• Contribute to engineering standards, docs, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Python

Go

Automation

Cloud platforms

Incident Response

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Threat intelligence

AI/ML in security

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/STEM

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

CrowdStrike in Australia is seeking a Senior Security Engineer II to design and build automation for Threat Intelligence and Detection Engineering (TIDE). You will partner with Incident Response to deliver scalable security tooling and AI‑driven improvements.

The role focuses on operational resilience, detections, automation, and integration across security platforms, with hands‑on engineering and DevOps practices. Remote-friendly AU work model is available.