Cloud Security Engineer

Position Overview

Provides senior-level technical support for security testing services across infrastructure, systems, and applications. This role is responsible for strengthening cloud security posture through automation, tooling, and cross-functional collaboration.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain CSPM tooling, automation pipelines, and integrations to support vulnerability identification, prioritization, and remediation across cloud environments

• Engineer and operationalize cloud security posture controls, including preventative policies, build enforcement rules, and automated remediation workflows

• Build and maintain integrations between security platforms and enterprise systems (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, reporting tools) to enable self-service capabilities and streamline exception management

• Configure and tune cloud security policies to ensure accurate and reliable assessment outcomes

• Analyze vulnerability and misconfiguration data to enhance risk scoring by incorporating exploit intelligence, environmental context, and threat signals

• Partner with Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, and application teams to implement shift-left security practices and drive adoption of security tooling

• Contribute to Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) reviews, ensuring security controls are embedded, version-controlled, and enforced at deployment

• Support special projects, including AI-assisted security tooling initiatives

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Ruby)

• Hands-on experience with a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)

• Familiarity with CSPM or cloud security tooling

• Understanding of API design, systems integration, and event-driven architectures

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in cloud security, vulnerability management, or security engineering

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Special Factors

Sponsorship

About Vanguard

At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission—we're on a mission.

To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.

How We Work

Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.