Security Jobs in Australia
There are 1,824 open Security jobs in Australia on freehire right now. 654 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cloud, cybersecurity and automation.
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%
- automation 12%
- ai 12%
- aws 11%
- azure 10%
- siem 9%
- cloud-security 8%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 283 · 16%
- Onsite 169 · 9%
- Remote 58 · 3%
Visa sponsorship offered in 27% of the 171 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 339
- Lead 112
- Principal 100
- C-level 84
- Junior 19
- Staff 13
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 275
- 501-1000 employees 93
- 51-200 employees 31
- 11-50 employees 13
- 201-500 employees 4
Governance Risk Compliance Manager | Manager | Risk and Regulation GRC
Leads governance, risk, and compliance projects for diverse clients across industries, designing frameworks and strategies to ensure regulatory alignment and mitigate risks.
Senior Security Engineer - Product Security
About Us Zepto is building the beating heart of Australia's real-time, account-to-account payments revolution. We're a rapidly-scaling business reimagining how money moves for some of Australia's largest…
Cyber Security Operations Analyst / Engineer
Hands-on Cyber Security Operations Analyst/Engineer at a security services company, working across SIEM, EDR/XDR, firewalls, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS), and vulnerability management to investigate incidents, deploy security controls, and deliver customer security projects.
Aviation IT Architecture & Cybersecurity Leader
Head of IT Architecture and Cybersecurity for a regional aviation hub in Australia, shaping IT strategy, driving cybersecurity maturity programs (NIST, ISO 27001, Essential 8, SOCI), managing incident response, and defining multi-year cloud and technology investment roadmaps.
Cyber Security Analyst
A Cyber Security Analyst monitors, analyzes, and responds to cyber threats and vulnerabilities across the organisation's ICT environment, working with SIEM, firewall/security appliances, and Microsoft enterprise systems.
Senior Product Security Engineer
12-month contract Senior Product Security Engineer leading threat modelling, security architecture reviews, and building reusable security patterns for a high-traffic Australian tech platform, with hands-on incident/vulnerability response and mentoring.
Product Security Engineer
You will embed application security into Bankwest-facing technology teams at CommBank through hands-on code reviews, security testing, and secure-by-design practices across the software development lifecycle.
Multiple Cyber Security Roles - Risk, Architect & Testing
Lead-level contract roles (Security Architect, Risk Assessor, or Security Testing) for a telecom client, focusing on enterprise security architecture, GRC risk assessments, and penetration testing/vulnerability assessments.
Security Engineering Lead
Security & Compliance Lead owning GRC (SOC 2, ISO 27001/42001), automating compliance controls, and growing into hands-on security engineering across AWS at Dovetail's Sydney office.