Senior Platform Engineer Lead
2026-06-05T12:37:32+00:00
Macquarie Group Limited
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FULL_TIME
Sydney
Sydney NSW
2000
Australia
Finance
Computer & IT, Science & Engineering, Management
2026-06-19T17:00:00+00:00
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Background information about the job or company
Join our diverse and global Cyber Threat and Incident Response (CTIR) team as a Senior Platform Engineer Lead. In this crucial role, you will be instrumental in enhancing our team’s capabilities to detect, investigate and contain cyber threats.
At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 31 markets and with 56 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.
Responsibilities or duties
The mission of the CTIR team is to enable Macquarie to operate safely within a challenging digital environment by detecting, investigating and responding to advanced cyber threats. CTIR is made up of functional teams including cyber threat defence analysts, cyber threat intelligence analysts, detection engineers and incident responders, among others. We are looking for a Senior Engineer to lead our global Telemetry and Analytics Practice. You will sit within our Technology and Innovation team and act as a platform and product owner for our TIP, SIEM and UEBA platforms. You will be a strong leader with a desire to be hands on – leading infrastructure engineers and application developers to manage, design, integrate and develop these platforms. You will also be working closely with threat intelligence analysts, threat detection engineers, and incident respondents in CTIR.
Qualifications or requirements
10+ years’ experience developing, integrating, configuring, and managing platforms (ideally TIP, SIEM and / or UEBA). This includes monitoring and addressing system performance, capacity, availability, serviceability, and recoverability challenges
Experience leading highly skilled engineers
Experience developing and deploying infrastructure-as-code and configuration management solutions, such as CloudFormation, Terraform, Puppet, or Ansible, to automate operational tasks and improve platform reliability
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines that integrate security controls and support continuous delivery of detection and response capabilities
Experience administering containerisation technologies, such as Docker or Kubernetes, in production environments
Proficient in at least one scripting / programming languages, such as Python or Shell
Hands-on expertise in DevOps, incident management, root cause analysis, and production support, preferably working with Linux-based systems
Ability to plan and deliver to challenging timelines, managing stakeholder expectations in the process and experience working in an Agile environment is valuable
Excellent listening and influencing skills, and flexibility to develop strong relationships with a complex set of global stakeholders from working with users and analysts, to managing vendors.
Any other provided details
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.
What we offer
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
* Lead our global Telemetry and Analytics Practice. * Act as a platform and product owner for our TIP, SIEM and UEBA platforms. * Lead infrastructure engineers and application developers to manage, design, integrate and develop these platforms. * Work closely with threat intelligence analysts, threat detection engineers, and incident respondents in CTIR. * Monitor and address system performance, capacity, availability, serviceability, and recoverability challenges. * Develop and deploy infrastructure-as-code and configuration management solutions. * Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that integrate security controls and support continuous delivery of detection and response capabilities. * Administer containerisation technologies in production environments. * Perform DevOps, incident management, root cause analysis, and production support. * Plan and deliver to challenging timelines. * Manage stakeholder expectations. * Develop strong relationships with a complex set of global stakeholders.
* Platform development, integration, configuration, and management (TIP, SIEM, UEBA) * Leading highly skilled engineers * Infrastructure-as-code and configuration management (CloudFormation, Terraform, Puppet, Ansible) * CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance * Containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) * Scripting/programming languages (Python, Shell) * DevOps * Incident management * Root cause analysis * Production support * Linux-based systems * Agile environment * Listening and influencing skills * Relationship building
* 10+ years’ experience developing, integrating, configuring, and managing platforms (ideally TIP, SIEM and / or UEBA). * Experience leading highly skilled engineers. * Experience developing and deploying infrastructure-as-code and configuration management solutions. * Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. * Experience administering containerisation technologies in production environments. * Proficient in at least one scripting / programming languages, such as Python or Shell. * Hands-on expertise in DevOps, incident management, root cause analysis, and production support, preferably working with Linux-based systems. * Ability to plan and deliver to challenging timelines, managing stakeholder expectations in the process. * Experience working in an Agile environment is valuable. * Excellent listening and influencing skills. * Flexibility to develop strong relationships with a complex set of global stakeholders.
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Vacancy title:
Senior Platform Engineer Lead
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Finance, Category: Computer & IT, Science & Engineering, Management]
Jobs at:
Macquarie Group Limited
Deadline of this Job:
Friday, June 19 2026
Duty Station:
Sydney | Sydney NSW
Summary
Date Posted: Friday, June 5 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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Background information about the job or company
Join our diverse and global Cyber Threat and Incident Response (CTIR) team as a Senior Platform Engineer Lead. In this crucial role, you will be instrumental in enhancing our team’s capabilities to detect, investigate and contain cyber threats.
At Macquarie, our advantage is bringing together diverse people and empowering them to shape all kinds of possibilities. We are a global financial services group operating in 31 markets and with 56 years of unbroken profitability. You’ll be part of a friendly and supportive team where everyone - no matter what role - contributes ideas and drives outcomes.
Responsibilities or duties
The mission of the CTIR team is to enable Macquarie to operate safely within a challenging digital environment by detecting, investigating and responding to advanced cyber threats. CTIR is made up of functional teams including cyber threat defence analysts, cyber threat intelligence analysts, detection engineers and incident responders, among others. We are looking for a Senior Engineer to lead our global Telemetry and Analytics Practice. You will sit within our Technology and Innovation team and act as a platform and product owner for our TIP, SIEM and UEBA platforms. You will be a strong leader with a desire to be hands on – leading infrastructure engineers and application developers to manage, design, integrate and develop these platforms. You will also be working closely with threat intelligence analysts, threat detection engineers, and incident respondents in CTIR.
Qualifications or requirements
10+ years’ experience developing, integrating, configuring, and managing platforms (ideally TIP, SIEM and / or UEBA). This includes monitoring and addressing system performance, capacity, availability, serviceability, and recoverability challenges
Experience leading highly skilled engineers
Experience developing and deploying infrastructure-as-code and configuration management solutions, such as CloudFormation, Terraform, Puppet, or Ansible, to automate operational tasks and improve platform reliability
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines that integrate security controls and support continuous delivery of detection and response capabilities
Experience administering containerisation technologies, such as Docker or Kubernetes, in production environments
Proficient in at least one scripting / programming languages, such as Python or Shell
Hands-on expertise in DevOps, incident management, root cause analysis, and production support, preferably working with Linux-based systems
Ability to plan and deliver to challenging timelines, managing stakeholder expectations in the process and experience working in an Agile environment is valuable
Excellent listening and influencing skills, and flexibility to develop strong relationships with a complex set of global stakeholders from working with users and analysts, to managing vendors.
Any other provided details
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.
What we offer
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
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