Cloud Security Engineer

Join a leading critical infrastructure organisation on a 12-month daily rate contract with strong likelihood of extension. You'll work within a growing, highly capable security team, taking hands-on ownership of AWS cloud security uplift across a complex enterprise environment.

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About the Role
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• Take ownership of hands-on cloud security engineering across AWS, including design, implementation and improvement of security controls, guardrails and best-practice patterns
• Partner closely with cloud, infrastructure, platform, architecture and cyber security teams to ensure AWS environments are secure, scalable and aligned to enterprise standards
• Support the uplift of cloud security monitoring, logging, alerting and detection capability across complex AWS environments
• Contribute to security reviews, risk assessments and remediation activities, ensuring cloud services are configured securely and aligned to internal policies
• Work alongside passionate security professionals in a collaborative team where cloud security is a genuine priority

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About You
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• 5+ years of AWS security experience, ideally within enterprise, regulated or critical infrastructure environments
• Strong hands-on knowledge of IAM, security groups, networking, logging, monitoring and cloud-native security services
• Confident designing and implementing AWS security controls that improve visibility, reduce risk and support secure-by-design cloud adoption
• Experience embedding security into technical delivery alongside cloud, infrastructure, DevOps and platform engineering teams
• Strong communication skills — able to explain security risks and trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Melbourne based with Australian or New Zealand Citizenship or Permanent Residency required

Apply now or reach out directly for a confidential discussion.