Security Jobs in Australia
There are 1,821 open Security jobs in Australia on freehire right now. 703 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cloud, cybersecurity and ai.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD | year | A$135,073 | A$154,864 | A$177,500 | 35 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- cloud 25%
- cybersecurity 14%
- ai 12%
- automation 12%
- aws 11%
- azure 10%
- siem 9%
- cloud-security 8%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 279 · 15%
- Onsite 166 · 9%
- Remote 57 · 3%
Visa sponsorship offered in 27% of the 171 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 338
- Lead 113
- Principal 100
- C-level 83
- Junior 20
- Staff 13
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 276
- 501-1000 employees 93
- 51-200 employees 31
- 11-50 employees 13
- 201-500 employees 4
B5 Cloud Security Analyst
The B5 Cloud Security Analyst will work within a security operations center to monitor, investigate, and analyze security threats across AWS and Azure cloud environments.
Security Engineer - NV1
This Security Engineer role involves protecting complex on-premises and cloud-based environments through security operations, vulnerability management, and system hardening. The position requires an active NV1 security clearance and experience with Australian government security frameworks.
Cyber Security Manager
Cyber Security Manager leading governance, risk, compliance, security operations, incident response and security engineering for a furniture retailer, with hands-on infrastructure support across cloud, identity, endpoint and network technologies.
Senior Cyber Security Engineer
The Senior Cybersecurity Engineer will design, integrate, and automate security platforms across a large-scale enterprise environment. The role focuses on troubleshooting complex systems and embedding security practices using Python, APIs, and cloud technologies.
Technical Specialist, Network Security
Lead the design and governance of enterprise network security architectures, focusing on firewall platforms (Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point, Cisco), segmentation, SASE, SD-WAN, and Zero Trust for a telecommunications and ICT services provider.
Network Security Engineer (Contract)
Contract Network Security Engineer owning the Akamai platform (WAF/API Security) end-to-end while supporting Zscaler and Proofpoint, acting as technical lead on P1/P2 incidents for an ASX-listed company in Melbourne CBD.