Senior, Security Engineer

Have a meaningful impact as a Senior, Security Engineer 

Join the largest insurance group in Australia and New Zealand.   

   

YOUR ROLE   

 

Our Network and Security Services Team is looking for a Senior Security Engineer who will relentlessly pursue operational excellence in how we manage our Security Services to ensure they are configured, reliable, performant, and resilient. You will have deep understanding of Zero Trust and the whole stack including networking, cloud, identity, proxy and APIs and you will deeply empathise with our customers both internal and external. You are a pure security practitioner and know how to make security pragmatic and usable. You keep abreast of market trends and know the difference between noise and signal with regards to security. You will have strong opinions and be able to manage your own time and proactively find the best places to focus to improve our security posture.  

 

Some of the key responsibilities of this role will be: - 

 

• Be involved in strategic project work and design security related processes and infrastructure. 

• Identify opportunities to improve Security Services being provided. 

• Perform day to day operational changes as well as project work. 

• Be part of the team on-call roster for out of hours support of incidents impacting Security Services platforms. This may involve attending the Data Centres  

• Work with third parties to organise work to be done for IAG 

• Actively contribute ideas, knowledge, and expertise to meet IAG and cyber security objectives. 

• Monitor, respond to and remediate issues or potential issues with our Security Services technologies. 

• Collaboratively work with internal stakeholders to maximise understanding and optimise the use of Security Services 

• Operational management, maintain agreed service levels, implement controls to ensure operational continuity and maintain software currency. 

 

 

ABOUT YOU  

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We are looking for the right person, with a good attitude who will be a solid team fit with the following skills and experiences: - 

 

• Extensive experience in an security operations roles and security project delivery in large enterprise preferably FSI 

• Experience with one or more of the below core technologies is highly regarded.  

• Zero Trust technologies and concepts 

• Firewalls – Checkpoint / Forcepoint 

• Forward Proxies – Netskope /Symantec 

• Endpoint protection – CrowdStrike 

• DNS hosting – CSC / Akamai 

• Heritage Protection – Illumio  

• FTP Services  

• Hand on experience / working knowledge of AWS / networking. 

• Motivation to maintain and increase technical knowledge. 

• Tertiary qualification in computing or related fields 

• General security certifications (CISSP, SANS, ISACA) 

• Product vendor security certifications (Symantec, Checkpoint) 

 

 

This is a full time, permanent role that is open to people based in Australia ideally Melbourne or Sydney. 

  

Application closes 23 February 2024 

 

ABOUT US    

 

IAG is the largest general insurance group in Australia and New Zealand. We’re also a tech and research facility, a hub for climate change experts and a centre of resilience design. We chat over coffee with customers, advocate for them in the corridors of Parliament and back them up in the community when life’s moments hit hardest. ​   

 

You’ll know our brands – NRMA Insurance, CGU, WFI, ROLLiN’, AMI, NZI, and State Insurance to name a few. Together they turn our IAG purpose of making your world safer into action by helping, supporting ambitions and making insurance accessible.  

 
We celebrate unique viewpoints shaped by life experiences, cultures and passions. We expand careers, genuinely connect with community, lead with a powerful purpose and celebrate what makes you individual.   

We’re also guided by the knowledge and voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, businesses and communities. Collaborating on Indigenous-led solutions that enable growth, develop resilience and create meaningful change.   

 

We're passionate about social issues, walk the talk on sustainability and strive to do more than standard on things that matter, including women in senior leadership, Indigenous empowerment and creating inclusive environments. We're committed to being a safe and supportive workplace for all our employees.  We do this because we’re ready for you.  

 

All this shows up in what we offer:   

 

• Access up to 50% off personal insurance, including home and motor insurance  

• Flexibility through a program called MyFlex - supporting you to live life to the full  

• Be part of a net zero business by 2050.    

 

We’re committed to the reconciliation movement in Australia for First Nations people and focus on providing a safe and supportive work environment for all our employees. You can find our Reconciliation Action Plan on our company website.     
   
We’re ready for you. Apply today.      

 

Learn more about who IAG is here.