Staff Product Security Architect

Airwallex; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking a Staff Product Security Engineer to join the Information Security team in a global capacity. You will design, implement, and operate security controls across networks, endpoints, and cloud environments to protect products and services at scale.

You will collaborate closely with Infrastructure, Product, and Engineering to embed security into all stages of development, respond to incidents, and drive continuous improvement in a fast-growing fintech environment.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Create and build security controls that strengthen Airwallex’s ability to scale securely.
• Design and deliver security improvements across applications, software, and services.
• Develop and operationalise detection strategies and response workflows that improve the speed and effectiveness of incident response.
• Build and enhance secure systems through strong integration, testing, operations, and maintenance practices.
• Leverage and analyse endpoint, network, and cloud telemetry to identify, investigate, and mitigate threats.
• Design, implement, and maintain cybersecurity infrastructure that improves resilience across the Airwallex environment.
• Investigate, contain, and respond to cybersecurity incidents to reduce risk and strengthen defensive capability.
• Assess and improve system and network security by identifying vulnerabilities, configuration issues, and remediation opportunities.
• Collect and analyse threat intelligence and forensic evidence to better understand, track, and disrupt threats.
• Conduct and support defensive operations, tactical forensics, and threat hunting to strengthen security outcomes.
• Partner with teams across Airwallex to embed security into new and existing applications, software, and services and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud platforms

CI/CD tooling

Incident response

Threat detection

Security analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity

Certifications (OSCP/GIAC/CEH)

Tools

Splunk

Kubernetes

GCP

Okta

GSuite

Cloud VPN

Python

Java/Kotlin

Job description

Airwallex is seeking a Staff Product Security Engineer to join the Information Security team in a global capacity. You will design, implement, and operate security controls across networks, endpoints, and cloud environments to protect products and services at scale.

You will collaborate closely with Infrastructure, Product, and Engineering to embed security into all stages of development, respond to incidents, and drive continuous improvement in a fast-growing fintech environment.