Cloud Security Engineer - CTEM

Job Description

• Work in an inclusive and purpose-led organisation helping Australians achieve a better retirement
• Strengthen security across Rest's AWS cloud platforms and services
• 12 Month Fixed Term Contract - Sydney CBD Located with hybrid working 

At Rest, we help more than 2 million Australians to build a better financial future. With around $112 billion in funds under management, we focus on delivering strong long-term outcomes for our members — from their first job through to retirement*. Your best at Rest means focusing on what matters, being trusted to get on with it, and knowing your work genuinely makes a difference. That’s how we operate every day, guided by our values: Be Daring, Keep It Simple, Take Action and Have Grit.

Join us as an Cloud Security Engineer - CTEM on a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract. This is your opportunity to make a real contribution to the financial wellbeing of millions of Australians.

About the Role 

You will provide domain-aligned cloud security support across AWS platforms and workload teams, prioritised by security risk, remediation demand and delivery priorities. Own and deliver remediation of cloud security findings while identifying recurring risks and defining preventative controls, guardrails and secure platform patterns to reduce future exposure.

Accountabilities/Responsibilities

• Deliver hands-on remediation of prioritised cloud vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, identity risks and control gaps identified through security tooling and the vulnerability management process.
• Coordinate remediation changes with Cloud Platform Services and workload owners, validating implementation and effective closure in line with risk and delivery priorities.
• Automate repeatable remediation and control validation, and strengthen cloud infrastructure CI/CD through secure pipeline templates, CloudFormation validation, secrets protection, approval controls and security quality gates.
• Identify systemic risks and define new or enhanced controls, guardrails and secure platform patterns, documenting requirements, implementation options and expected risk reduction.
• Support effective cloud security operations through relevant telemetry, incident response, standards, playbooks and audit evidence.
• Lead cloud security risk exemptions by assessing residual risk, documenting business justification and compensating controls, coordinating approvals, and monitoring exemptions through review or expiry.

Qualifications

Experience, skills and qualifications

• Strong AWS engineering and security expertise across IAM, network security, encryption, secrets management, logging and workload protection.
• Demonstrated Python scripting capability using AWS APIs to automate remediation and control validation.
• Practical experience with Git, CNAPP/CSPM, AWS Control Tower or equivalent, SIEM integration and vulnerability management.
• Experience engineering secure CI/CD pipelines for cloud infrastructure, including GitHub Actions or equivalent workflow controls, automated testing, secrets management, approval controls and deployment guardrails.
• Mandatory CloudFormation experience; experience with Sceptre, GCP and Azure is desirable.
• Practical knowledge of NIST, ISO 27001, ASD Essential Eight and APRA CPS 234; a relevant AWS security certification is desirable.

Additional Information

.What you'll find at Rest

• Hybrid working
• 5 Rest Days (wellbeing days) each year in addition to annual leave
• Eligible employees are entitled to 22 weeks paid parental leave (gender neutral)
• Continued super contributions during parental leave
• Learning and development opportunities, including AI & Data Academy, leadership programs, LinkedIn Learning, study assistance and professional memberships
• Income Protection Insurance
• Option to purchase additional leave
• Recognition through our Rest Excellence Awards

If you share our values and this sounds like the kind of place you’d do your best work, we’d like to hear from you.Apply now.

Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion - where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.

We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.

We welcome applications from all candidates. To be considered, you will need the right to work in Australia.

*Funds under management as at 30 June 2026. Rest is recognised as a superannuation leader across a range of areas including performance, responsible investment and member value. Find out more at https://rest.com.au/why-rest/awards.