Security Platform Engineer

Job summary

This hands-on security engineering role maintains the backend platforms that support security operations across customer environments, ensuring they remain stable, available, patched, and effective. The work includes troubleshooting log ingestion and integrations, maintaining SIEM and monitoring tools such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Tenable, and LogicMonitor, supporting incidents and log-source onboarding, and contributing to automation across Windows, Linux, and cloud-connected environments.

Benefits

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or another SIEM platform.
• Exposure to security engineering, SOC operations, platform support, systems administration, or infrastructure engineering.
• Understanding of log ingestion, forwarders, collectors, data onboarding, or integrations.
• Troubleshooting skills across applications, infrastructure, or security platforms.
• Familiarity with Windows or Linux environments.
• Exposure to patching, upgrades, change management, or production systems maintenance.
• Interest in scripting and automation; Python, PowerShell, or API experience is beneficial but not essential.
• Tenable or LogicMonitor experience is advantageous.
• Willingness to learn and develop across multiple security technologies.
• Ability to work across customer environments and collaborate with SOC, engineering, and infrastructure teams.
• Australian citizenship and ability to hold an Australian Government Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain backend security platforms used by SOC and security operations teams.
• Troubleshoot log ingestion, forwarders, collectors, integrations, and platform availability.
• Perform platform patching, upgrades, and routine maintenance.
• Support customer incidents involving degraded or unavailable SIEM and security tools or failed data ingestion.
• Onboard and maintain log sources across customer environments.
• Collaborate with SOC analysts and security engineers to maintain platform health and data quality.
• Complete scheduled changes and contribute to service improvements.
• Maintain platforms across Windows, Linux, and cloud-connected environments.
• Contribute to scripting and automation for reporting, health checks, and routine operational tasks.

Skills

Industry

Security clearance

Relocation