Cloud Security Engineer

Lead AWS security, application security, and DevSecOps initiatives across its autonomous mobility platform, ensuring secure cloud infrastructure and software delivery practices. The role combines hands-on AWS security ownership, threat management, CI/CD security integration, and collaboration with engineering teams developing next-generation driverless vehicle technologies.

Client Details

A pioneering Australian technology company developing software-defined, autonomous transport solutions for commercial mobility applications. Their focus is on creating safety-rated digital vehicle control systems and autonomous-ready platforms that enable smarter, more efficient, and sustainable transportation through advanced cloud, connectivity, and vehicle software technologies.

Description

Location: Scoresby, VIC

Working Arrangement: 5 days onsite (full-time office-based role)

• Design, implement, and maintain security guardrails, policies, and compliance controls across multi-account AWS environments.
• Own and mature our AWS security stack, including Identity Center, Security Hub, GuardDuty, WAF, Cognito, IAM, and SCPs.
• Conduct security assessments, threat modelling, and vulnerability analysis across cloud and application environments.
• Partner with software engineering teams to embed application security practices into the SDLC, including secure code review and remediation guidance.
• Support secure AWS IoT Core integration for edge device communication and data flows.
• Review and contribute to network security architecture (VPC, Transit Gateway, VPN, Route53) to ensure secure connectivity.
• Implement security controls as code using CloudFormation and/or SAM.
• Integrate security scanning and gates (SAST/DAST, dependency and container scanning) into CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive DevSecOps practices and security awareness across engineering teams.
• Manage identity and access strategy, including Cognito-based authentication and authorisation for applications.
• Lead or support incident response, security investigations, and remediation efforts.
• Monitor emerging threats and continuously improve our security posture and detection capabilities.
• Support secure data workflows involving ingestion, transformation, and storage across cloud systems.
• Stay up to date with AWS security services, emerging threats, and industry best practices.
• Contribute to security documentation, standards, and knowledge sharing within the team.

Profile

• 5+ years' experience in Cloud Security, Application Security, or DevSecOps

• Strong hands-on AWS security expertise including:

  • IAM
  • Identity Center
  • Security Hub
  • GuardDuty
  • WAF
  • Cognito
  • AWS Organizations & SCPs
  • Inspector

• Application Security experience, including:

  • OWASP Top 10
  • Secure code reviews
  • Threat modelling
  • Vulnerability management
  • SAST/DAST tools

• Experience securing AWS multi-account environments

• Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation and/or AWS SAM

• Security integration within GitHub Actions and/or GitLab CI pipelines

• Programming experience in Python, Golang, or Rust

• Knowledge of networking security including VPCs, VPNs, Transit Gateway, and Route53

• AWS IoT Core security experience highly desirable

• AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, OSCP, or similar certifications advantageous

Job Offer

• Join a company building the future of autonomous and connected transport technology.
• Own and influence cloud security, AppSec, and DevSecOps strategy across a highly innovative engineering environment.

If you're ready to take on this Cloud Security Engineer role in the industrial and manufacturing sector, we encourage you to apply.

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