DevSecOps Security Consultant / Engineer - Contract - Sydney

DevSecOps Security Consultant / Engineer - Contract - Sydney

Sydney, Australia Posted on 09/11/2026

Urgentrequirement of DevSecOps Security Consultant / Engineer - Contract - Sydney

Requirements

Experience:

• 8+ relevant experience in Cyber Security, Cloud Security, Application Security, or DevSecOps engineering roles.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct comprehensive DevSecOps security discovery, assessment, and risk evaluation activities across cloud platforms, applications, and development environments.
• Perform security posture reviews using Orca Security and GitHub Advanced Security to identify vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, exposed assets, code security issues, and compliance gaps.
• Analyse cloud workloads, repositories, infrastructure configurations, and application architectures to assess security risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Partner with DevOps, engineering, and application teams to integrate security controls and secure-by-design principles throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Implement and enhance security capabilities within CI/CD pipelines, including automated security testing, code scanning, secret detection, dependency analysis, and policy enforcement.
• Review and validate security findings, prioritize risks based on business impact, and provide actionable remediation guidance to stakeholders.
• Track remediation efforts and security improvements across cloud environments, containerised workloads, and source code repositories.
• Support vulnerability management activities, including identification, reporting, risk assessment, and remediation verification.
• Contribute to the development of DevSecOps standards, security baselines, governance frameworks, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to improve cloud security architecture, compliance readiness, and security monitoring capabilities.
• Prepare assessment reports, security dashboards, executive summaries, and technical recommendations for management and project teams.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Strong hands on experience with Orca Security and GitHub Advanced Security.
• Practical knowledge of DevSecOps methodologies, security automation, and secure software development practices.
• Experience securing CI/CD platforms and integrating security controls into development pipelines.
• Strong understanding of cloud security concepts, including identity and access management, network security, data protection, and workload security.
• Experience with vulnerability management, risk assessment, and remediation tracking.
• Knowledge of application security principles, code security testing, and software supply chain security.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Understanding of container security, Kubernetes security, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security practices.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant cloud security or cybersecurity certifications.
• Experience working in enterprise scale DevSecOps and cloud transformation programs.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance frameworks and industry security standards.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Security, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

Duration: 03 Monthsandpossible extension

Eligibility: Australian/NZCitizens/PR Holders only