Senior Security Engineering Lead

• Fast growing, global fintech, Melbourne based
• AWS cloud only, from scratch environment, rare and unique
• Seeking exceptional business focused AWS Security Engineering skills

The Security Engineering Team Lead will oversee the protection of a fast growing, recognisable, global fintech organisation, focusing on AWS security tools and vulnerability management. This role will be responsible to build a mature infrastructure security from scratch, includes leading a growing team and managing security incidents flagged by external the external SOC.

The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to integrate security measures into daily operational processes, enhancing the organisation's overall security posture. You will report to the global CISO.

About the role:

• Lead and manage the infrastructure security and monitoring function to protect both cloud and on-premises environments.
• Secure cloud workloads, particularly within AWS, using AWS native security tools like Security Hub, Inspector, GuardDuty, and Detective.
• Lead vulnerability management programs for cloud and endpoint security, ensuring continuous monitoring and protection.
• Manage security incident response, ensuring timely detection, investigation, and resolution of security incidents.
• Implement and maintain endpoint security across all devices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the integration of security requirements into operational processes.

About you:

• At least 6 years of strong experience in a similar security engineering role. Team leadership is desired but not a must.
• Strong expertise in AWS security tools and practices, including Security Hub, Inspector, GuardDuty, and Detective.
• Proven experience with security incident response, vulnerability management, and runtime security.
• Practical knowledge of endpoint security solutions (e.g., MDM, EDR), with experience in Crowdstrike and Intune being a plus.
• Strong scripting, automation, and infrastructure-as-code skills, particularly with CloudFormation and Terraform.

If this sounds like you, please apply!