Overview
Senior Security Engineer Jobs in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia at UpperGround by Hudson
Title: Senior Security Engineer
Company: UpperGround by Hudson
Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cyber Security Engineer
- 12 Months Contract – excellent extension options!
- Locations – QLD, WA, ACT, VIC, NSW, NT, SA, TAS – Hybrid
- Australian Citizen with Baseline clearance
A large government agency is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Engineer to support in maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of the organisation’s data and information systems.
About the Role:
Join a growing cyber team and play a key role in strengthening the security of our cloud hosted environments. Reporting to the Cyber Security Lead, you’ll design and implement security controls, embed DevSecOps practices, and enhance detection and response capabilities across the organisation.
What you’ll do:
- Engineer and implement security controls across cloud and enterprise platforms (Sentinel, Defender, Entra ID, endpoint security).
- Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and secure the software supply chain.
- Automate security controls using IaC and scripting.
- Develop and tune analytics rules, playbooks and monitoring in Microsoft Sentinel.
- Manage vulnerabilities, dependencies and security tooling.
- Support incident response, root cause analysis and remediation.
- Conduct policy compliance checks and contribute to threat intelligence and threat hunting activities.
Essential Criteria
- Experience in cyber security operations and engineering, including monitoring, incident response and implementing security controls.
- Ability to embed security into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps), including secure design and code scanning tools.
- Strong knowledge of Azure security technologies: Microsoft Sentinel, Defender suite, Entra ID and Intune.
- Proficiency with IaC and automation (Bicep, ARM, Terraform) and scripting (PowerShell/Python).
Role Specifics:
Submission deadline: 21 May 2026
Duration: June start – 12 months contract
Location: Open to all locations – Hybrid
Eligibility: Australian Citizen with Baseline clearance
If this opportunity aligns with your skills and interest, please submit your application now or contact Varsha on [email protected]
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Casual Loading
Please note for all Australian based contract and temporary roles only, the pay rate is inclusive of mandatory 25% casual loading. This excludes permanent and fixed term roles.
