Security Engineering Senior Engineer - Application Security Automation & AI Security

Job Title

Security Engineering Senior Engineer - Application Security Automation & AI Security

Employment Details

Employment Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 25 July :59pm

Job Summary

As a Security Engineering Senior Engineer - Application Security Automation & AI Security, you will drive the evolution of secure software delivery through automation, AI enabled security capabilities, and developer centric security solutions. You will partner with engineering, platform, and cyber security teams to design, build, and operationalise security automation that improves efficiency, reduces risk, and enables secure adoption of AI technologies across the organisation.

Job Description

The role combines Application Security, DevSecOps, Security Automation, AI Security, and Software Engineering disciplines to deliver scalable security outcomes while improving developer experience and accelerating security controls adoption.

What You'll Do

Application Security Automation

• Design and develop security automation solutions that reduce manual effort and improve the scalability of security services.
• Build APIs, workflow integrations, self service onboarding capabilities, and orchestration frameworks across security platforms.
• Automate security controls within CI/CD pipelines, including SAST, SCA, container scanning, secrets management, and policy enforcement.
• Develop reusable automation patterns, infrastructure as code modules, and policy as code frameworks.
• Create integrations between security platforms, developer tooling, cloud services, and governance systems.
• Drive shift left security adoption by embedding security controls into software development workflows.

AI Security Engineering

• Research, evaluate, and implement AI security controls, tooling, and best practices.
• Assess risks associated with AI systems including LLMs, GenAI applications, AI agents, and machine learning platforms.
• Develop security guardrails for AI solutions focusing on prompt injection protection, data leakage prevention, model misuse detection, secure AI development practices, and AI governance and compliance.
• Support AI security capability assessments, proofs of concept, and technology evaluations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define and implement AI security strategy and roadmap initiatives.

Engineering & Development

• Develop software solutions using modern programming languages and automation frameworks.
• Build dashboards, analytics, and reporting capabilities to provide actionable security insights.
• Implement AI enabled security capabilities that improve threat detection, remediation, and operational efficiency.
• Contribute to security platform architecture, design reviews, and engineering standards.
• Perform technical investigations and root cause analysis for complex security challenges.

Stakeholder Management & Leadership

• Partner with product, platform, architecture, and security specialist teams.
• Influence engineering practices through consultation, enablement, and developer advocacy.
• Mentor team members and contribute to capability uplift across Security Engineering.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and promote innovation through experimentation and learning.
• Represent Security Engineering in cross functional programmes and transformation initiatives.

Our Perks & Benefits

• Work life integration with flexibility around where and when you work.
• 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers.
• Professional development program.
• Epic (free) Telstra mobile phone plan.
• Laptop/Device allowance renewed every 2years.
• Annual leave scheme.
• Discounted Telstra products and services.

About You

Required Technical Skills

• Strong software engineering and automation experience.
• Experience developing APIs, integrations, and workflow automation.
• Proficiency in one or more languages such as Python, Go, Java, or JavaScript.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.
• Familiarity with Application Security concepts including Secure SDLC, SAST, SCA, DAST, threat modelling, and vulnerability management.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and Policy as Code technologies.
• Understanding of generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, and AI application architectures.
• Awareness of emerging AI threats and security controls.
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications and AI security frameworks.
• Experience evaluating AI security products or AI enabled security solutions is highly desirable.

Desirable Experience

• AI driven security automation.
• Security analytics and dashboard development.
• Container and Kubernetes security.
• Secrets management platforms.
• Security platform engineering.
• AI governance and compliance frameworks.
• Experience implementing enterprise scale security automation.

Diversity & Inclusion

We know diverse teams deliver better outcomes and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels safe, respected, and supported- regardless of gender, background, or ability. We strongly encourage women and gender diverse people to apply. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind and prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive.

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