Senior Security Engineer | CrowdStrike Falcon | Melbourne | Contract

The Missing Link; Melbourne; Sur place; AUD 140 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Missing Link is seeking a Senior Security Engineer specializing in CrowdStrike Falcon for a contract engagement in Melbourne, Australia. You will own Falcon in production, build and tune detections, and extend coverage into cloud workloads using Terraform, Python, and Java integrations.

Collaborating with SOC and cloud teams, you will automate deployments, improve detection and response, and deliver repeatable configurations and integrations across endpoint and cloud security platforms.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with CrowdStrike Falcon in production.
• Automation and integration work using Python and Falcon APIs.

Responsabilités

• Deploy, configure and maintain Falcon sensors, policies, exclusions and health.
• Extend Falcon coverage across GCP compute and Kubernetes workloads.
• Build Terraform modules and deployment pipelines for repeatable configurations and cloud integrations.
• Develop Python automation and Java integrations using Falcon APIs and event streams.
• Integrate Falcon data with Google SecOps, ServiceNow and other approved platforms.
• Tune detections with SOC teams and improve response workflows.
• Troubleshoot coverage gaps and document runbooks and handover materials.

Connaissances

CrowdStrike Falcon

Python

Falcon API

Terraform

GCP

Kubernetes

Java

Cloud security

Description du poste

About The Missing Link

The Missing Link brings together IT, cloud and cybersecurity expertise to support clients across complex technology environments.

About the Contract

The Missing Link is seeking a Senior Security Engineer specialising in CrowdStrike Falcon for a contract engagement supporting a client’s endpoint and cloud security platforms.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building, deploying and improving Falcon capabilities, with a strong emphasis on GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform and automation. You’ll work alongside security operations and cloud teams to strengthen platform coverage, integrations and detection and response outcomes.

About You

You’re an experienced security engineer with practical ownership of CrowdStrike Falcon in production. You combine platform engineering expertise with cloud-native development skills and can take solutions from build and testing through to deployment, operational support and knowledge transfer.

Key Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure and maintain Falcon sensors, host groups, security policies, exclusions, access controls and platform health.
• Extend Falcon coverage across GCP compute and Kubernetes workloads.
• Build and maintain Terraform modules and deployment pipelines for repeatable configurations and cloud integrations.
• Develop Python automation and Java integrations using Falcon APIs, SDKs and event streams.
• Integrate Falcon data and workflows with Google SecOps, ServiceNow and other approved platforms.
• Partner with SOC teams to tune detections, improve response workflows and assess AI-assisted capabilities with appropriate controls.
• Troubleshoot coverage gaps and integration failures, maintaining clear documentation, runbooks and handover materials.

Requirements

• Hands-on production experience engineering and supporting CrowdStrike Falcon.
• Strong Python and Falcon API experience for automation and workflow integration.
• Practical Terraform expertise, including modules, state management, testing, pipelines and drift management.
• Working knowledge of GCP, including IAM, service accounts, compute and networking.
• Experience with Kubernetes, containers and workload security.
• Experience building or maintaining cloud-native integrations using Python and Java.
• Understanding of endpoint and cloud threat detection, policy tuning, incident response and SOC handover.

Desirable

• Falcon Cloud Security, Fusion SOAR, Foundry or Charlotte AI experience.
• CrowdStrike Terraform provider and Kubernetes deployment module experience.
• Google SecOps, ServiceNow, CI/CD or enterprise identity integrations.
• Experience supporting regulated financial services environments.

The Opportunity

• A contract position focused on hands-on security engineering.
• Delivery across endpoint protection, cloud security, infrastructure as code and automation.
• Collaboration with specialist security operations, cloud and platform teams.