Security Infrastructure Engineer

  • Category: Work from home Jobs
  • Location: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
  • Job Type: Full Time / Part Time
  • Salary: Estimated: $ 20K to 35K
  • Published on: 2025/09/19

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence is home to 4,500 digital, cyber and intelligence experts. We work collaboratively across 10 countries to collect, connect and understand complex data, so that governments, nation states, armed forces and commercial businesses can unlock digital advantage in the most demanding environments.

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic individual with excellent technical and client-facing skills, to act as an security infrastructure engineer who will support the design, configuration and maintenance of a wide range of security tools. This is an ideal early career role, where the individual will be expected to work across a variety of technologies such as Splunk and Sentinel, AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, Security Lake, CloudWatch, Cloud Train, Microsoft XDR and other as appropriate.

The role will range from advising on design, deploying and configuring new solutions, assessing existing deployments and client capabilities to make improvements and improve overall maturity. This role is situated within our National Security & Government Business, based in Canberra, with substantial time on client site. The role will require a government security clearance at NV1 minimum, but candidates will be expected to undergo PV.

The company supports individuals career development and has a wide range of opportunities to develop further into cloud implementation, solution architecture and broader security consulting, depending on the aspirations and skills of the successful candidate


Responsibilities

Support the design and configuration of a range of security tools, such as: Splunk and Sentinel, AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, Security Lake, CloudWatch, Cloud Train, Microsoft XDR.
Support the design and configuration of network security devices, network routers and switches, establishment of VLANs, DNS and identity management capability
Support the integration of security tools with identity management solutions.
Support the creation and establishment of cloud hosting and cloud containers, apply security controls and compliance frameworks.
Develop test procedures to test solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements

Requirements

Technical

Adaptable to new technologies supported by 3+ years of technical expertise
Experience of Cribl and JIRA ITSM work would desirable.
Self-motivated to understand tools that may not have been used before, researching and testing potential solutions
Experience in EC2, S3 and docker deployments
Experience in basic administration of Windows
Experience in configuration of Linux including package managers and scripting
Understand TCP/IP component layers to identify normal and abnormal traffic
Generalist Technical SME to support deployment and configuration of various tools including Jira and Cribl
Key Experience includes:
Adaptable to new technologies supported by 3+ years of technical expertise
Self-motivated to understand tools that may not have been used before, researching and testing potential solutions
Experience in EC2 and docker deployments
Experience in basic administration of Windows
Experience in configuration of Linux including package managers and scripting

Non-technical

Client-side consulting, including stakeholder engagement and the ability to communicate insights and concepts to others (including briefing skills and report writing)
Coaching mindset – help and mentor team
Security process development
Able to understand and adapt to different cultures and hierarchical structures.
Self-starter and capable of independent working
Team player and adept at working in multi-disciplinary and diverse teams
Communication
Ability to write concisely and clearly in simple language.
Ability to speak clearly and accurately in English.
Interpersonal
Ability to build and maintain relationships with the various stakeholders
Ability to talk competently and maintain high standards of behaviour with the client
Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and deal with matters of national security.
Ability to maintain high standards and provide challenging feedback even when it will be perceived negatively.
It is imperative that the individual can complete their tasks with minimal direction.
Collaboration
Ability to work collaboratively
Self-awareness and understanding of your own strengths and weaknesses.
Adaptability
Good time and schedule management
Adaptability to react to rapid changes.
Motivation
Able to motivate groups and individuals all at various levels of knowledge and experience
Self-starter with the ability to maintain self-motivation
Attitude
A Positive attitude, positive outlook and an active team leader/member
Utilising a common sense approach and maintaining a level head when faced with unusual requests
The individual needs to be able to maintain discretion and be highly trustworthy

Learn more about us & our benefits:
https://www.baesystems.com/en/digital/careers/our-locations/asia-pacific/australia
Life at BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

We are embracing Hybrid Working. This means you and your colleagues may be working in different locations, such as from home, another BAE Systems office or client site, some or all of the time, and work might be going on at different times of the day.

By embracing technology, we can interact, collaborate and create together, even when we’re working remotely from one another. Hybrid Working allows for increased flexibility in when and where we work, helping us to balance our work and personal life more effectively, and enhance well-being.

Diversity and inclusion are integral to the success of BAE Systems Digital Intelligence. We are proud to have an organisational culture where employees with varying perspectives, skills, life experiences and backgrounds – the best and brightest minds – can work together to achieve excellence and realise individual and organisational potential.

Division overview: Capabilities

At BAE Systems Digital Intelligence, we pride ourselves in being a leader in the cyber defence industry, and Capabilities is the engine that keeps the business moving forward. It is the largest area of Digital Intelligence, containing our Engineering, Consulting and Project Management teams that design and implement the defence solutions and digital transformation projects that make us a globally recognised brand in both the public and private sector.

As a member of the Capabilities team, you will be creating and managing the solutions that earn us our place in an ever changing digital world. We all have a role to play in defending our clients, and this is yours.


Company Name: BAE Systems

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