Security Jobs in Australia
There are 1,849 open Security jobs in Australia on freehire right now. 668 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 15%
- ai 12%
- automation 12%
- aws 11%
- azure 11%
- siem 9%
- cloud-security 9%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 291 · 16%
- Onsite 176 · 10%
- Remote 60 · 3%
Visa sponsorship offered in 27% of the 172 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 346
- Lead 113
- Principal 102
- C-level 85
- 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
Enterprise Application Security Lead
Lead the design and maintenance of application security authorizations for enterprise platforms, ensuring governance and segregation of duties in a hybrid Brisbane-based role.
Senior Security Audit Lead – AI & Tech Risk
Lead security audits for a major bank’s AI and agentic AI systems, ensuring compliance with APRA, ISO, and NIST standards while coaching a small audit team.
Senior Identity Architect – Cloud IAM & CIAM
Design and govern secure cloud-based identity and access management solutions for government digital services, setting standards and collaborating with teams to ensure scalable, secure implementations.
Director of Azure Cloud Security Engineering
Lead Azure cloud security initiatives, architect enterprise landing zones, and mentor teams to implement secure, well-architected Microsoft platforms for clients.
Azure Cloud Architect: Migration & Security Leader
Design secure, scalable Azure cloud solutions and lead migration efforts for a major Australian government agency’s ICT transformation program.
DevSecOps SME
Senior DevSecOps engineer modernizing a bank’s CI/CD pipeline, embedding security automation, and exploring AI-driven developer productivity tools.
Head of Identity and Access Management
Lead the strategy, architecture, and delivery of Downer’s enterprise Identity & Access Management platforms, modernizing identity services and enforcing Zero Trust across 33,000+ users in Australia and New Zealand.
Senior Consultant - OpenShift and Container Security
Senior Consultant strengthens OpenShift container security for a government agency in Canberra, advising on security policy and operations.