Principal Cyber Security Engineer

Well known, growing and top tooling financial services firm

Ownership to drive security engineering in an Azure heavy environment

Melbourne based, 3 days office, reporting to CISO, $180k-$200k + Super

About the role As the Principal Cyber Security Engineer, you will act as the technical authority for security engineering in collaboration with the cloud and infrastructure team. This is not a role where you are told what to do but asked for your expertise and the business will everything they can to support you.

This business is a well known Australian business and can make someones career. Where others backfill a role, this one will be a crucial pillar within the business!

Key responsibilities:

Leading the response to complex and high-impact cyber security incidents across the organisation

Defining and driving cyber security strategy, standards, policies, and best practices aligned with regulatory and business requirements

Immimplement, and continuously improve security controls across systems, networks, and applications

Acting as the highest technical escalation point for cyber security engineering matters

Driving organisation-wide uplift in cyber security maturity through assessments, audits, training, and advanced security technologies

About you

7+ years' experience in senior cyber security roles, ideally within a regulated or financial services environment

Strong hands-on experience in Cloud Security (Azure preferred), Active Directory, Linux/UNIX, networking, and PowerShell scripting

Expertise with SIEM platforms (Splunk preferred), PAM solutions, firewalls/WAF, and some application security

Infra as code experience is a must

Proven capability leading incident response and managing multiple priorities in high-pressure scenarios

Excellent communication skills, a strong customer-service mindset, and the ability to engage effectively with non-technical stakeholders

Only PR holders or Aus citizens Melbourne based will be considered for this role. No sponsorship will be provided.

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