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Senior Security Engineer (Cloud)Xero • WorkFromHome, West Coast, New Zealand
Senior Security Engineer (Cloud)

Senior Security Engineer (Cloud)

Xero • WorkFromHome, West Coast, New Zealand
4 days ago
Job description

Role and Its Impact

As a Senior Engineer, you will take a hands‑on approach to designing, building, and operating cross‑cloud identity and access controls at scale. You will play a pivotal role in designing secure patterns that serve as guardrails rather than roadblocks, ensuring product teams can ship securely with minimal friction.

Team & How They Connect

The Cloud Platform Access team focuses on cloud‑native identity and access across AWS, GCP, and Azure. We own platform‑native IAM services, Terraform modules, and policy enforcement tooling to provide secure, scalable, and automated access in public cloud environments.

The Team Is Currently Working On

  • Designing and operating cloud‑native IAM and policy frameworks across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
  • Owning and evolving reusable Terraform modules and Service Control Policies to standardise access controls.
  • Building internal tooling and automation bots to provision and revoke access with strong auditability.
  • Designing secure patterns for Workload Identity Federation to remove the need for long‑lived credentials.

Where and How You Can Work

We’re a team split across Wellington and Auckland, and this role can be based anywhere in New Zealand.

What We’re Looking For

  • Experience securing public cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) with a willingness to learn others.
  • Strong understanding of the core concepts of Identity (IAM) and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Proven capability in designing and maintaining reusable Terraform modules that codify IAM controls.
  • Proficiency in at least one scripting language such as Python, alongside an automation‑first mindset.
  • Ability to lead technical design, make sound engineering trade‑offs, and mentor others.
  • Collaborative approach across security, platform, and product teams.
  • Seniority level

    Mid‑Senior level

    Employment type

    Full‑time

    Job function

    Information Technology, Software Development

    Location

    Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand

    Salary

    A$130,000.00 – A$145,000.00

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