Senior Security Engineer - DevSecOps

What you’ll be doing

As a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, you'll embed security automation into our infrastructure and CICD pipelines to secure our build and run. As a technical SME, you will play a hands-on role in shifting security left and in empowering engineering teams with secure components and patterns. 

• Standardize security practice through Infrastructure-as-code and services orchestration in AWS.
• Secure CI/D pipelines and deployment practices.
• Automate VulnOps and secure dependencies management.
• Build observability and monitoring capabilities on agentic systems with OTEL.
• Contribute to incident response efforts.

What we’re looking for

• Demonstrated experience in software engineering/platform engineering and security engineering.
• Experience implementing end-to-end orchestration and secure patterns in AWS.
• Experience designing and maintaining CICD gates across the build, release and run phases. Exposure to secure dependency management best practices.
• Exposure to vulnerabilities remediation at run time.
• Hands-on practical use of AI for security, high degree of curiosity for novel threats and agentic systems.
• Team player with ability to influence and multiply what good looks like across technical teams.

• We know not everyone will meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If you’re excited about the role and believe you can make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
• A few other things we want you to know...

• As an equal opportunity employer, carsales welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds, identities, abilities, and life experiences. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.
• If you have a disability or require adjustments to participate fully in the recruitment process, please let us know - we’re here to support you.
• We understand the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements, including part-time options. If you’d like to explore this, just ask during the process.
• We’re also a proud Circle Back Initiative employer, which means we commit to responding to every applicant.
• Successful candidates joining the carsales team will need to complete a National Police Record check and must have full-time Australian working rights.

So come join us - because every role plays a vital part in our journey toward something big!