Commonwealth Bank

Financial Services

SeniorSecurityEngineer

A$155–210k ~AI est. Australia FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Senior Security Engineer at Commonwealth Bank. Skills: Security engineering, Security architecture, Threat modelling, Devsecops. Provide security architecture guidance. Provide security design guidance”

What You'll Achieve.

Drive secure outcomes end-to-end

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Problem solver

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Security engineering experience, Security design experience, Technical risk expertise, Experience in security architecture, Experience in threat modelling, Experience in secure design, Experience in large-scale environments, Experience in distributed environments, Experience influencing secure solutions, Experience delivering secure solutions, Experience in modern engineering ecosystems

Nice to Have

AWS knowledge, Azure knowledge

What You'll Do.

Provide security architecture guidance

Provide security design guidance

Ensure secure outcomes by design

Lead threat modelling

Lead security design reviews

Lead technical risk assessments

Identify mitigation strategies

Embed security into Devsecops

Embed security into CI/CD pipelines

Enable teams to build secure services

Enable teams to run secure services

Develop security patterns

Promote security patterns

Develop security guardrails

Promote security guardrails

Develop reusable controls

Promote reusable controls

Partner with engineering teams

Partner with architecture teams

Partner with product teams

Uplift security maturity

Influence design decisions

Ensure solutions align with policies

Ensure solutions align with standards

Ensure solutions align with obligations

Design control effectiveness

Ensure control effectiveness

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Engineering squads; Architecture teams; Product teams

Full Job Description

**Senior Security Engineer:** **About the role:** You are a problem solver with deep expertise in cyber security engineering, security design, and technical risk. You bring a strong ability to translate complex threats into practical, scalable security controls embedded directly into engineering delivery. At Commonwealth Bank, our Cyber Security team is one of the most advanced in Australia, operating at scale across cloud, payments, and digital banking platforms. Together, we protect the Group, its customers, and the broader community. **Your business:** Cyber Security plays a critical role in protecting the Group from evolving cyber threats by embedding security into the design, build, and operation of all technology services. This is achieved by integrating security engineering into the full software development lifecycle and aligning to Group policies, standards, and regulatory obligations. **Your team:** You will be part of the Security Engineering team, operating within a Secure by Design and Devsecops model, where security is embedded early and continuously across delivery. **The team:** * Partners closely with engineering squads, architecture, and product teams * Drives security design, threat modelling, and control implementation * Enables scalable security through patterns, guardrails, and automation * Uplifts engineering capability and security maturity across domains **Your impact & contribution:** As a Senior Security Engineer , you will operate as a hands-on security practitioner embedded within delivery domains (e.g. Retail Banking), accountable for driving secure outcomes end-to-end. **Do Work that matters:** * Provide security architecture and design guidance across the full SDLC, ensuring secure outcomes by design * Lead threat modelling, security design reviews, and technical risk assessments, identifying threats, controls, and mitigation strategies * Embed security into Devsecops and CI/CD pipelines, enabling teams to build and run secure service

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