Security Engineer , Region Services

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Security Engineer , Region Services in Australia

Amazon
Full time
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Australia
09/23/2026
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Sydney

Responsibilities

Lead security onboarding and assurance for region-specific cloud services and design scalable mechanisms for operational readiness.
Engineer and automate security-control validation for cloud services and data-transfer pathways.
Review technical designs, architectures, code, configurations, documentation, and structured data schemas.
Translate security requirements into technical baselines, control objectives, implementation patterns, and measurable acceptance criteria aligned with Australian security frameworks.
Develop reusable security tooling, automated evidence collection, and reporting mechanisms for AWS environments.
Investigate security events and non-conformance, determine root causes, and implement durable corrective solutions through automation.
Collaborate with global AWS service teams and customers, maintain security documentation, manage feature requests, and participate in the on-call rotation.

Requirements

Applicants must be Australian citizens and hold or be eligible to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance and successfully complete an Organisational Suitability Assessment.
At least 3 years of IT security experience is required.
Experience with scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language, excluding internship experience.
Experience troubleshooting system issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks with command-line tools, excluding internship experience.
Knowledge of industry and system security vulnerabilities, remediation techniques, penetration testing, and exploit development or equivalent.
Preferred experience includes threat modeling, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, and network security.
Preferred experience includes security activities across the software development lifecycle, such as security design review, threat modeling, secure code review, and security testing.
Preferred programming experience includes Python, Java, or C++.

Benefits

Based in Melbourne with relocation support for candidates moving from other Australian states.

Amazon

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