About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Security Engineer to help design, build, and maintain the security posture of Mable's platform and infrastructure. This is a senior individual contributor role that sits at the intersection of engineering and security, embedding security thinking directly into how systems are built and operated.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement security controls across Mable's platform, applications, and infrastructure, including access controls, encryption, network segmentation, and endpoint protection.
- Embed security into the software development lifecycle by participating in design reviews, threat modelling sessions, and code reviews.
- Lead vulnerability assessments and coordinate remediation efforts across engineering teams, prioritizing based on risk and business impact.
- Monitor systems and infrastructure for suspicious activity and support incident response, including investigation, containment, and post-incident analysis.
- Define and maintain security standards, guidelines, and sensible defaults for engineering teams.
- Partner with Engineering Team Leads and engineers to build security literacy across squads, providing advice and guidance on secure coding practices and tooling.
- Contribute to the assessment and adoption of security tooling, including SIEM, vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and intrusion detection.
- Support compliance and risk management obligations relevant to Mable's operating environment (e.g., Australian Privacy Act, ISO 27001 alignment, Essential Eight).
- Monitor the external threat landscape and emerging attack vectors, translating findings into practical recommendations for the business.
- Collaborate with Infrastructure Engineers on secure cloud architecture, CI/CD pipeline security, and secrets management practices.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in a security engineering, application security, or systems security role.
- Strong understanding of secure software design principles, common vulnerability classes (OWASP Top 10, CWE), and how to remediate them in a modern cloud-native environment.
- Hands-on experience with cloud security, AWS preferred, including IAM, network security groups, secrets management, and secure infrastructure configuration.
- Experience with security tooling across at least several of: SIEM, vulnerability scanners, DAST/SAST, intrusion detection, endpoint protection, and secrets management.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct threat modelling and security design reviews.
- Working knowledge of relevant compliance frameworks and privacy obligations applicable in Australia (Privacy Act, Essential Eight, ISO 27001).
Skills
- Security Engineering
- Application Security
- Systems Security
- Secure Software Design Principles
- OWASP Top 10
- CWE
- Cloud Security
- AWS
- IAM
- Network Security Groups
- Secrets Management
- Secure Infrastructure Configuration
- SIEM
- Vulnerability Scanners
- DAST/SAST
- Intrusion Detection
- Endpoint Protection
- Threat Modelling
- Security Design Reviews
- Australian Privacy Act
- Essential Eight
- ISO 27001
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 8+ years of experience
- Senior
Benefits
- Learn from industry experts, experienced leaders, and on-the-job opportunities.
- 14 weeks of paid parental leave for primary carers and 6 weeks for secondary carers plus superannuation.
- Hybrid workplace model.
- One extra paid leave day per quarter.
- A floating public holiday to acknowledge a significant day.
- Reward and Recognition program.
About the Company
- HomeMade, Mable, Leap in! and Mable Direct are entities under the Attain Healthtech Group of companies.
- Mable is one of Australia's leading and fastest-growing healthtech platforms.
- Mable is a purpose-driven company where thousands of people with disability and older Australians have connected with independent support workers.
- Mable has facilitated over 25 million hours of support since 2014.
- Mable has been recognised on the AFR's Top 100, Deloitte Tech Fast 50, and was previously awarded Australian Growth & Technology Growth Company of the Year.
- Working at Mable means joining a high productivity and dynamic team environment, leading to meaningful change in Australia's care and support sectors.
Equal Opportunity
- As an organisation, we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people, regardless of their family responsibilities, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
- If this role has stood out to you but you don’t feel like you ‘tick all the boxes,’ we strongly encourage you to apply nonetheless. We value diversity in experience, and you might just bring something we are looking for to our organisation!
