Security Engineer

Aussie Broadband

Security Engineer supporting Aussie Broadband's Security Operations team by implementing standards and maintaining core security platforms. Ensuring protections and contributing to security requirements for new systems.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeBrisbane • 🇦🇺 AustraliaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCyber SecurityDNSFirewallsLinuxTCP/IPVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Implement security engineering standards and roadmap
Contribute to security requirements for new systems
Ensure security platform and log source health
Maintain security protection across the organisation

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience with Cyber-attack stages (e.g., reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks).
Cyber intelligence/information collection capabilities and repositories
SOAR Automation Experience
Cyber security and privacy principles and frameworks including ISO27001, NIST, SOCI, ASD Essential 8
Cyber threats and vulnerabilities
Operating Systems (Linux / Windows), networks, firewalls, email security, authentication systems, O365, Azure and AWS, VMware, web, DNS, hypervisors, containers
Logging best practices and configurations
OSI model and underlying network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP), network traffic analysis methods
Network architecture concepts including topology, protocols, and components
Security Platform Management: Ensure security platforms are built according to design. Contribute to security policies and standards. Educate the business on security policies, standards and what good looks like. Ensure the entire environment is protected, gaps are identified, and plans are in place to remediate.
Security Platform Health and Operational Security: Manage security platform health and asset coverage across all security tools including SIEM, vulnerability management tools, threat intelligence platforms and feeds, deception networks and honeypots. Ensure vendor best practice settings are applied and that security policies have been enforced on security tools including sensor updates. Tune sensors. Onboard and maintain log sources.
Automation and Detection Development: Develop automation to automate manual security tasks. Develop SOAR playbooks to enrich security events to reduce manual investigations performed by security analysts. Contribute to the engineering backlog of automation, detection development and continuous improvement.
Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the security engineering roadmap. Develop requirements for new enhancements. Develop remediation plans for known risks. Onboard new assets and log sources into security tools.
Level 1 / 2 Security Alert Investigations / Incident Response: Perform event correlation using information gathered from a variety of sources within the enterprise to gain situational awareness and determine the effectiveness of an observed attack. Triage security alerts based on the threat to the organisation and security policies. Analyse security threats through open-source and paid tools. Perform forensic activities and work with third party incident responders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

26 weeks paid parental leave for both primary and secondary caregivers (in addition to any government-paid leave)
Discounted internet up to the value of $109 per month
20% off our Mobile services
Day to day benefits like flexible working arrangements, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts with big names like Specsavers, HCF and many more
Celebrating you! With monthly rewards and recognition
Internal training and resources for you to continue to learn, grow and achieve your career goals
Yearly allowance for amazing Aussie merch
Fitness Passport for access to multiple gyms and pools across Australia

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Hard Skills & Tools

Cyber-attack stagesCyber intelligenceSOAR AutomationISO27001NISTSOCIASD Essential 8Network traffic analysisSecurity platform managementIncident response

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingAnalytical thinkingAttention to detail