Information Security Engineer

Bring your authentic and passionate self to this exceptional role #careerswithimpact  

Are you an experienced Information Security Engineer ready to make an incredible impact? Join HESTA’s Information Security team in this pivotal role, reporting to the Information Security Engineering Lead and collaborating with teams across our businesses.

Information Security at HESTA is more than a technical challenge—it’s a commitment to trust, integrity, and member protection. You’ll be joining a collaborative team of engineers, analysts and administrators, all working together to deliver real-world impact through secure-by-design solutions.

Working closely with the Information Security Engineering Lead, you’ll help enhance the technical security controls that form the foundation of our information security strategy. If you’re passionate about security engineering, cloud technologies, and continuous improvement, this is your opportunity to shine.

What You’ll Do

• Contribute to the delivery and execution of our Information Security Strategy—focusing on security engineering.
• Identify weaknesses across cloud-hosted systems, conducting risk assessments, and implementing effective technical controls.
• Research and test new tools, technologies, and techniques to enhance detection and prevention capabilities.
• Work closely with the Vulnerability Management Lead to assess, prioritise, and remediate vulnerabilities.
  Perform hands-on security assessments of systems, configurations, and technical platforms to ensure alignment with best practices.
• Recommend and implement process automation and control enforcement mechanisms to uplift operational efficiency.

What You’ll Bring

You’re technically curious, detail-oriented, and driven to make security work better every day. You’ll have:

• Experience in security engineering or systems administration with a focus on cloud platforms and operational support.
• Deep understanding of modern security principles, including OS, network, and application-level security.
• Working knowledge of control design, effectiveness measurement, and continuous monitoring.
• Familiarity with APRA regulatory requirements and industry standards (e.g. NIST CSF, CIS Benchmarks).
• Tertiary qualifications in cybersecurity, information technology or related discipline; certifications in AWS or Azure Security Engineer, Solutions Architect, SANS GIAC are highly desirable.

Benefits that matter and make a difference for our employees  

• Leave for those moments that matter, an additional 6 days of leave at the end of year, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, gender neutral paid parental leave of 20 weeks, Gender Affirmation leave, reproductive health and wellbeing leave, Cultural and Ceremonial leave. Access your LSL after 3 years, take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave (just to name a few!).  
• Your professional development matters, up to $5k per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools.  
• Your health and wellbeing matters, free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7.  
• Your financial wellbeing matters, up to 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options.  

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age. We are proud to be WGEA accredited as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equity.   
 

We want all candidates to feel safe, included and provided with the best opportunity to thrive, if you require reasonable adjustments during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to a member of the Talent team careers@hesta.com.au and we’ll call you to discuss.   

Ready to make your next move meaningful? Apply now and be part of something bigger at HESTA.

Please note: Applications via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position.