Salary: $1000-$1200 per day
Network Security Engineer | Contract | Up to $1200/day Are you in Melbourne with hands-on Akamai experience? This role is for you.
Join an ASX-listed organisation right in the heart of Melbourne CBD, and get hands-on with modern security at scale!
About the Role You will be embedded in a well-established Cyber Security Operations team, this role gives you genuine technical ownership of the Akamai platform alongside broader support across Zscaler and Proofpoint email security. You'll be acting as the technical lead on P1/P2 incidents involving internet-facing services - this isn't a background support seat, it's front and centre when it matters!
What You'll Be Doing - Owning the Akamai platform end-to-end - onboarding, configuration, policy management, and lifecycle of WAF and API Security.
- Supporting and troubleshooting Zscaler and Proofpoint as part of the broader security technology estate.
- Building automation using Akamai APIs, Terraform or similar tooling to reduce manual configuration risk.
- Partnering with SOC, Incident Response, Security Architecture, infrastructure and project teams across BAU and project work.
- Investigating platform and security incidents, resolving network issues, and implementing remediation.
Experience Needed: - Hands-on Akamai + WAF experience (essential)
- Zscaler / Proofpoint (or similar DLP / email security tooling)
- Experience in large enterprise environments
Why This Role? - Work with a mature, well-resourced security team.
- Genuine hands-on exposure to enterprise-grade security tooling.
- Melbourne CBD location with hybrid flexibility
- Great day rate for a focused, high-impact 6-month engagement
- A real chance to make an immediate impact rather than sit on the sidelines!
How to Apply Click apply or send your CV to
[email protected] for a 100% confidential, informal conversation - your privacy will absolutely be respected.
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