Senior Security Engineer - DevSecOps

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Standardize security practices through infrastructure as code and service orchestration in AWS.
• Secure CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices.
• Automate vulnerability operations and secure dependency management.
• Build observability and monitoring capabilities for agentic systems using OpenTelemetry.
• Contribute to incident response efforts.
• Design, implement, and mature security solutions across complex environments.
• Help engineering teams adopt secure components and patterns and automate cloud application delivery at scale.

What we are 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 CI/CD gates across build, release, and run phases.
• Exposure to secure dependency management best practices and runtime vulnerability remediation.
• Hands-on practical use of AI for security and curiosity about novel threats and agentic systems.
• Ability to influence technical teams and multiply effective security practices.

Workplace and eligibility

• The company embraces hybrid working that combines remote work with in-person collaboration.
• Successful candidates must complete a National Police Record check and have full-time Australian working rights.

About carsales

Benefits

• The company offers paid parental leave, gender-affirming care leave, hackathons, learning opportunities, and wellbeing initiatives.
• carsales is described as a Best Workplace, Family Friendly Workplace, and WORK180-endorsed employer.