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We build smart, seamless technology that empowers schools to focus on what really matters: learning, growing and thriving.\nThat mission has fuelled our growth into a global scale-up, now supporting 5,000+ schools across three countries, backed by a team of 300+ people. Our all-in-one school management platform is redefining how education communities connect, communicate and operate.\nWe're now looking for a Senior Cyber Security Engineer to work closely with our Head of Technology to help build and shape the security roadmap at Compass.\nAbout the Role\nYou'll play a key role in how the organisation approaches risk, and be a trusted voice on platform, infrastructure and application.\nThis is a great opportunity for someone who wants to work closely with senior leadership, help build a security function from the ground up, and make a real difference to the safety of a platform used by schools every day.\nWhat you'll do\nSecurity Strategy & Risk\nWork alongside the Head of Technology to build the security roadmap, set standards and be a trusted voice on security risk and posture.\nBuild and maintain a formal risk register covering vulnerabilities, remediation progress and residual risk.\nAdvise the Head of Technology and senior leadership on security risks, incidents and investment priorities.\nPenetration Testing & Vulnerability Management\nLead and conduct penetration testing across web applications, APIs, infrastructure and cloud, including managing third-party pen test engagements.\nIdentify and remediate security gaps including access control, database security (MongoDB, Redis, SQL), secrets management and cloud IAM.\nCloud & Infrastructure Security\nAssess and improve GCP security configuration including VPC architecture, IAM policies, audit logging and Cloud Security Command Centre.\nWork with DevOps and platform engineers to harden infrastructure and review Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.\nOversee application security including OWASP Top 10, code review involvement and secure SDLC guidance for the development team.\nInvestigations & Data Governance\nOversee and quality-assure security investigations, including school-facing audit and access cases handled by junior team members. \nEnsure investigation processes are documented, consistent and legally defensible under Australian privacy law and, where relevant, UK/EU data protection requirements.\nOwn data access governance - who can access what, under what conditions and with what audit trail.\nIncident Response & Resilience\nLead incident detection and response across the platform.\nDesign, maintain and continually test Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) to ensure rapid restoration of critical services and mitigate operational impact during disruptions. \nDefine, oversee and validate backup rotation strategies, ensuring strict data integrity, retention compliance and reliable restoration procedures. \nTeam Leadership\nManage and mentor junior team members, including setting workload, providing direction and supporting their development.\nRequirements\nAbout You\nYou will bring:\n5+ years of hands-on cyber security experience with depth in both application and infrastructure security.\nStrong penetration testing skills across web applications, APIs, network and cloud, including managing third-party engagements.\nSolid cloud security knowledge, particularly GCP or AWS (IAM, network security, audit logging, secrets management and posture tooling).\nProven ability to identify and remediate vulnerabilities in production environments.\nPractical experience with security risk management - building a risk register, prioritising remediation and communicating risk to non-technical stakeholders.\nFamiliarity with database security across relational and NoSQL systems - access control, encryption and audit logging.\nUnderstanding of Australian SaaS compliance obligations and privacy frameworks.\nClear communication skills - able to translate technical risk for leadership and turn security requirements into practical guidance for engineers.\nExperience managing or mentoring junior security staff.\nHighly regarded:\nRelevant certifications such as OSCP, CISSP, CISM or equivalent.\nFamiliarity with UK/EU data protection requirements including GDPR.\nPrior experience in EdTech, SaaS or a high-growth scale-up environment.\nBenefits\nWhy Join Compass\nYou’ll join a purpose-driven company at a genuinely exciting stage of growth, with the opportunity to make a real impact on education at scale.\nWhat we offer:\nA hybrid working environment, based out of our Melbourne office hub.\nLearning and development opportunities, including a dedicated PD budget.\n24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including face-to-face, phone and live chat support.\nA parental leave program for both primary and secondary carers.\nRegular team events, social budgets and in-office perks help you stay connected, from team lunches to end-of-week socials.\nEmployee Referral Program\nA supportive, inclusive culture where your voice is valued and heard.\nCompass is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.\nPrior to commencing employment, you’ll need:\nA valid Employee Working With Children Check\nA satisfactory National Police Check\nVerification of unrestricted work rights in Australia (e.g. citizenship, passport or birth certificate)\nReady to Apply?\nIf you're excited about helping build our security function and keeping a platform used by thousands of schools safe, we'd love to hear from you.\nFind out more about Compass on our website - www.compass.education.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5809,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":300,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Hybrid work","Parental leave"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Australia","iso":"AU","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Cybersecurity","EdTech Platforms"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-08-30T00:54:59Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":34,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.747,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":52,"expected_fill_days":33,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/compass-education-senior-cyber-security-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/compass-education-senior-cyber-security-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-19T02:30:40Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":1361,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-20T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":60418},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=60418"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcompass-education-senior-cyber-security-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcompass-education-senior-cyber-security-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcompass-education-senior-cyber-security-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/compass-education-senior-cyber-security-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcompass-education-senior-cyber-security-engineer"}]}