Cyber Security Advisor / Security Architecture Specialist

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

The Security Partner supports ANZ’s cyber security objectives by working with delivery teams to ensure security is considered and applied across the lifecycle of technology solutions.

In this role, you will act as a Security Advisor aligned to delivery and solution design, working closely with engineers, architects, and project teams to ensure technology solutions are designed with appropriate security controls and a clear understanding of information security risk.

You will combine technical expertise with practical advisory capability, supporting initiatives from early design through to delivery by identifying exposures and advising teams on secure, pragmatic solutions.

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.

There are multiple roles available, from senior leaders to more junior positions as we look to build out our existing capability with broad influence across security engineering, technology, and risk stakeholders.

Role Type: Permanent

Role Location: Bengaluru

Work Hours: Regular shifts (Hybrid\Blended)

What will your day look like?

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• Partner with delivery teams to design secure solutions and improve security outcomes.
• Conduct security design reviews, identifying control gaps, weaknesses, and exposure points in solution architectures
• Develop and maintain security design documentation, clearly outlining information flow, control placement, and associated risks
• Facilitate or contribute to threat modelling activities, identifying realistic attack scenarios and evaluating design weaknesses
• Interpret outputs from security testing activities and translate findings into clear design & build implications and risk impact
• Advise teams on how to address identified risks, balancing security requirements with delivery objectives
• Reviewing vendor contracts and embedding relevant Cyber Security clauses, including those of CPS234

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• Must have 10+ years of experience in the security domain, with a strong specialisation in Security Architecture, driving secure design and architecture outcomes within complex enterprise environments.

• Strong understanding of Security Architecture principles, with the ability to design, assess, and review secure solutions in agile environments, ensuring scalability, resilience, and maintainability

• Cloud security experience in AWS and/or GCP, including work in complex hybrid-cloud environments, cloud migrations, exposure assessments, and the development of strategic cloud architecture patterns.
• Familiarity with threat modelling methodologies, including an understanding of common tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) applied to modern application, infrastructure, and cloud-based environments
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain security risks and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to engage with engineers and delivery teams and provide realistic, actionable guidance
• Hands-on experience across multiple domains such as: Application Security, Cloud & Infrastructure Security, Identity & Access Management & Data Security

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, and we actively encourage people to try new things. So, if this role interests you and you feel you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you. 

So why join us?

ANZ is a place where big things happen as we work together to provide banking and financial services across more than 30 markets. With more than 7,500 people, our Bengaluru team is the bank's largest technology, data and operations centre outside Australia. In operation for over 33 years, the centre is critical in delivering the bank's strategy and making an impact for our millions of customers around the world. Our Bengaluru team not only drives the transformation initiatives of the bank, it also drives a culture that makes ANZ a great place to be. We're proud that people feel they can be themselves at ANZ and 90 percent of our people feel they belong. 

We know our people need different things to be great in their role, so we offer a range of flexible working options, including hybrid work (where the role allows it). Our people also enjoy a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services.

We want to continue building a diverse workplace and welcome applications from everyone. Please talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability or access requirements, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ visit https://www.anz.com/careers/. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 116567.

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Job Posting End Date

05/06/2026 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)