System Administrator (Hybrid / DevOps) / Security Engineer

About Red Piranha

Red Piranha is a world leading developer of cybersecurity technology, founded in Australia and is one of Australia’s fastest growing cybersecurity companies in the APAC region. Red Piranha is a leader in security operations technologies and has redefined the industry more than once, with its global multi award winning Crystal Eye Consolidated security platform and XDR technology.

Red Piranha leads the way globally in areas like Cyber Threat Intelligence and Network Detection and Response technologies, actively tracking threats and creating ways to defend against the ever-changing threat landscape. Red Piranha is an official member of Team Defence Australia and is active in protecting Australia’s critical infrastructure across Defence, Space, Finance, Health, and other critical industries.

Red Piranha’s global team are devoted and passionate professionals who are mission driven. Our team gets to work across not just vendor dashboards, but what makes security technologies work under the hood to solve the engineering challenges faced by organisations when dealing with Cyber Threats in today's world.

With your exceptional talent, enthusiasm, and willingness to roll up your sleeves and you want to be part of a rapidly growing team of professionals in pioneering security solutions.

About this Role

The Red Piranha environment is a fast paced, security focused environment, with the System Administrator (Hybrid / DevOps) / Security Engineer role having a strong focus on DevOps and cloud infrastructure, this role has significant impact on our growing enterprise environment. The role involves continuous assessment of priorities across a variety of operational and uplift projects.

Your responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:

• Support – L2 external L3 internal enterprise network

• Vulnerability and risk management – conduct vulnerability assessments and security scans, identify, prioritise and remediate security vulnerabilities

• Security Architecture and implementation – design and implement security controls and solutions for software and infrastructure

• Cloud and infrastructure ecosystems – design virtualize environments and secure cloud platforms and services, implement data protection, encryption and key management across EXSI and Azure infrastructure

• Security Automation and continuous improvement mindset – build and maintain security monitoring and response processes, identify opportunities to strengthen security posture and reduce risk, using Azure, GitHub, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Jenkins/GitLab CI/CD and more

• Projects & Project management – to build our internal services and software, internal and client facing, as required

• Teamwork - collaborate with software developments team to streamline workflows, containerisation (Kubernetes) and operational tooling to embed security best practice

• Documentation - Maintaining accurate documentation of configurations

• Travel - may be a component of this role as needed

You will be able to demonstrate

You will be a dynamic IT Professional who has a passion for technology and thrives on delivering results. You will have:

• Bachelor Degree in IT preferred

• Proven experience in a Security Engineering role supporting the business-critical infrastructure, both internal and external stakeholders

• Proven experience with firewalls, VPNs, Proxy, IPS/IDS, Web content filtering, routing and virilization and containerization

• Experience with Agile Software Development methodologies

• Proven knowledge of Windows and Microsoft 365 solutions (Office, Teams, SharePoint, Intune, Entra ID), O365 Admin

• Strong experience with a wide range of Linux systems

• Experience with VMWare ESXi

• A strong security focus, knowledge of conditional access policies, and familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks

• Familiarity with network protocols, LAN/WAN/VPN technologies, and general network troubleshooting

• The ability to work independently and collaborate with a team as needed

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage with internal stakeholders, end users, and clients

• Strong problem-solving skills

Highly Regarded

• Experience with; Kubernetes, Azure, GitHub, Python, Bash, Powershell and Jenkins

• Experience with: Firewall, VPNs, Proxy, IPS/IDS. Linx servers

• Project management

• Formal Networking Engineering qualifications

• 2 years of experience in similar role

Why Red Piranha?

• Work team of passionate experts in an empowering culture.

• Join a team passionate about cybersecurity and making a real difference for businesses.

• Develop your skills and career in an environment that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

• Choose how you grow. We’ll support you and provide opportunities to develop both deep technical and architectural knowledge

Clearance & Requirements

• Australian Police Clearance or the ability to obtain one and maintain.

• Full Australian working rights (must have)

• Ability to obtain Defence clearance

If you’re ready to channel your passion, expertise, and drive into an exciting role with unlimited growth potential, we want to hear from you!

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Submit your cover letter and resume via SEEK to take the next step in your career with Red Piranha.

Red Piranha reserves the right to close this advertisement if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

We do not require Recruitment Agency assistance for this role.

To find out more about Red Piranha please visit; https://www.redpiranha.net