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About the Role

Join one of the most significant technology programs in Australia, building and operating a dedicated cloud for the national security community. You will make architectural decisions shaping the future of national security operations for the next decade.

Responsibilities

Lead security onboarding and assurance for region-specific cloud services, designing scalable mechanisms for operational readiness.
Engineer and automate security-control validation for cloud services and data-transfer pathways, including reviews of technical designs, architectures, code, configurations, and documentation.
Partner with service teams and customers to translate security requirements into technical baselines, control objectives, implementation patterns, and measurable acceptance criteria aligned with Australian security frameworks.
Develop reusable security tooling, automated evidence collection, and reporting mechanisms to reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
Investigate security events and non-conformance, determine root causes, implement corrective solutions through automation, and participate in the on-call rotation.

Requirements

Must be an Australian citizen.
Must hold or be eligible to obtain an Australian Government Security Clearance.
Must be able to successfully complete an Organisational Suitability Assessment.
Knowledge of industry-based security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques.
Experience in scripting, programming, and security code reviewing in a common programming language.
Experience in troubleshooting systems issues, analyzing logs, or automating basic tasks using command line tools.
Knowledge of system security vulnerabilities and remediation techniques, including penetration testing and the development of exploits or equivalent.
3+ years of IT Security experience.
2+ years of any combination of threat modeling experience, secure coding, identity management and authentication, software development, cryptography, system administration, and network security experience.
Knowledge of command line tools to troubleshoot protocols, analyze log outputs, or automate basic tasks.
Experience in scripting, programming, or security code reviewing in a common language, such as Python, Java, or C++.
Experience performing security activities across one or more phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Skills

Security risk assessment (SRA)
Cloud-native technologies
Software development
Enterprise gateways
Data-transfer solutions
Structured data schemas (JSON, JSON Schema, XML, XSD, XSLT, XPath)
Australian security frameworks (ISM, PSPF, DSPF)
Python
Java
C++

Location

Melbourne
Relocation support for candidates moving other states

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

3+ years of IT Security experience
2+ years of combined experience in threat modeling, secure coding, identity management, software development, cryptography, system administration, and network security

About the Company

AWS Region Services delivers innovations ranging from foundational services, such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), to new products and features that distinguish AWS in the industry.
Our Region Services team redefines how AWS designs, builds and operates AWS Regions, enabling new cloud infrastructure and service offerings for customers of all sizes across every industry, including start-ups, enterprises and public sector organisations.
Our Region Services security team is responsible for ensuring that every AWS service onboarded into Australia's dedicated sovereign cloud meets the security bar required by the national security community.
We work across more than 100 AWS commercial service teams globally, giving you exposure to a breadth of cloud technologies and security challenges that few teams can match.
Our engineers build automated assurance tooling, define security baselines against Australian government frameworks and act as trusted advisors to both internal builders and external customers.
We are a collaborative, technically driven group that values clear documentation, peer review and continuous improvement.
As the programme scales, you will help shape our security engineering practices and contribute to the long-term vision of secure, reliable cloud infrastructure for Australia's most critical missions.

Equal Opportunity

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.
If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.