Lead Application Security Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 2, 2026.
About Us
At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.
About the Role
You'll provide technical leadership on complex application security initiatives, establish security engineering standards, influence security outcomes across multiple engineering domains, and mentor other security professionals. This is an opportunity to work at enterprise scale, helping shape the future of application security within one of Australia's leading financial institutions.
Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.
Role Type: Permanent
Role Location: Melbourne or Brisbane
Work Hours: Full-Time
What will your day look like?
As a Lead Engineer, you will:
- Act as a senior subject matter expert for application security across ANZ.
- Lead application security reviews, threat modelling exercises, and secure design assessments for critical initiatives.
- Define and maintain secure coding standards, security patterns, and engineering guidance.
- Drive adoption of Secure by Design principles across engineering teams.
- Perform advanced secure code reviews and application security assessments.
- Lead security automation initiatives and integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines.
- Establish enterprise approaches for SAST, SCA, secrets management, and application security tooling.
- Partner with engineering teams to strengthen security outcomes and enable secure software delivery.
- Coach and mentor Application Security Engineers, supporting capability development and knowledge sharing.
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation, including the adoption of AI-powered application security technologies.
What will you bring?
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Deep expertise in application security principles, practices, and secure software development.
- Significant experience conducting complex secure code reviews and application security assessments.
- Strong knowledge of common software vulnerabilities, exploit techniques, and remediation strategies.
- Expertise across frameworks and standards such as OWASP Top 10, ASVS, SAMM, and NIST SSDF.
- Strong understanding of DevSecOps practices and CI/CD security.
- Experience securing cloud-native applications, APIs, and modern software architectures.
- Advanced scripting and automation skills.
- Proven ability to influence technical decisions and drive security outcomes across multiple teams.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted code review and vulnerability detection tools to improve software security.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring capabilities.
Highly regarded:
- Container and Kubernetes security experience.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security expertise.
- Security architecture experience.
- Threat intelligence or offensive security knowledge.
- Experience securing AI-enabled applications.
- Industry certifications such as CSSLP, CISSP, GWAPT, OSWE, GWEB, or equivalent
So why join us?
From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.
But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.
We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.
At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.
To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 120562 .
Job Posting End Date
19/10/2026, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)