Security Architect | Secure by Design
Additional office locations
Sydney
Job ID
Date
27-Aug-2026
Permanent - Full time, Senior
Technology - Security
Join our Banking and Financial Services Security and Fraud Prevention team to defend Macquarie’s retail banking and financial services business. Our team ensures confidentiality, integrity and availability of Macquarie’s systems and information.
We are a global financial services group operating in 30 markets with 57 years of unbroken profitability. At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that is fulfilling and creates value. You will bring your insights and expertise to the task at hand and feel supported as you make your own kind of impact for a better future.
What role will you play?
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In this role as a Security Architect, you will collaborate with internal and external teams to provide security advice and define security architectures for business initiatives and projects. Partnering with technical delivery teams, you will work with technologies including but not limited to cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), container orchestration and automation tools and help drive the secure evolution of the organisation. You will also review Macquarie’s security capabilities and provide recommendations to uplift our security capability landscape.
What you offer
10+ years experience in technical design and architecture roles and 7+ years security experience in large enterprises
Current or previous experience in configuring, operating, designing and architecting security solutions for business and technology initiatives
Familiarity and experience in formal security architecture aspects, including logical and physical security architecture/design
Familiarity with SABSA, NIST 800-53, Open FAIR, MITRE ATT&CK/D3FEND, threat modelling and related methodologies or frameworks
Demonstrable experience working with public cloud (AWS and/or GCP), containers, Kubernetes and related technologies
Experience with security engineering, API security, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, automation, and application development valuable
Familiarity working within an Agile environment
Sound understanding of vendor technologies and roadmaps, and remains current with key IT industry themes and emerging trends.
We love hearing from anyone inspired to build a better future with us, if you're excited about the role or working at Macquarie we encourage you to apply.
At Macquarie, you’re empowered to shape a career that’s rewarding in all the ways that matter most to you. Macquarie employees can access a wide range of benefits which, depending on employment type, include:
1 wellbeing leave day per year
Up to 5 additional service bonus leave days per year
Up to 20 weeks’ paid parental leave for primary caregivers along with 12 days of transition leave upon return to work, and 6 weeks’ paid leave for non-primary caregivers
2 days of paid volunteer leave and donation matching
Up to 12 months’ gender affirmation leave, including 6 weeks’ paid leave
Access to Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing benefits including skin and health checks, and flu vaccinations
Access to a wide range of salary packaging options
Access to a wide range of learning and development opportunities, including reimbursement for professional membership or subscription
Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, dependent on role
Reimbursement for work from home equipment
About Technology
Technology enables every aspect of Macquarie, for our people, our customers and our communities. We’re a global team that is passionate about accelerating the digital enterprise, connecting people and data, building platforms and applications and designing tomorrow’s technology solutions.
Inclusion at Macquarie
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We provide reasonable adjustments to individuals who may need support during the recruitment process and employment. If you require an adjustment, please let us know during the application process.
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