About Us

At ANZ, we're applying new ways technology and data can be harnessed as we work towards a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

Our community of over 5,000 engineers is key to making this happen, because technology underpins every part of our business - from delivering tools, apps and services for our customers, to building a bank for the future.

About The Role

As a Security Partner within the Security Domain at ANZ, the role is focused on helping make ANZ a safer and more secure organisation by protecting both corporate and customer information. The Security Domain holds group‑wide accountability for information security, providing functional leadership, expert guidance, and the tools required to enable teams across ANZ to safeguard information effectively. We are seeking a skilled Security Partner (Security Architect) who can work closely with business and technology teams to ensure security is well understood, prioritised, and embedded into everything we do.

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: Bengaluru

Work Hours: Regular shifts (HybridBlended)

What will your day look like

Designing and reviewing secure architectures for applications, cloud platforms, data platforms, and integration patterns.
Partnering with solution architects, engineers, and product teams to embed security controls early in the design lifecycle.
Conducting architecture reviews, threat modelling, and security design assessments.
Translating enterprise security strategy and policies into actionable architecture standards and patterns.
Advising on identity, access management, data protection, network security, and cloud security decisions.
Providing risk‑based guidance—knowing when to enforce controls and when to enable informed trade‑offs.
Engaging with senior stakeholders to explain security risks and design choices in clear business language.
Supporting regulatory, audit, and assurance activities by ensuring architectures meet compliance and risk expectations.
Staying current with emerging threats, technologies, and industry best practices, and evolving architecture accordingly.

What will you bring

Must have 8+Years of relevant experience, regardless of domain.
Security Architecture: Deep understanding and experience working in Security Architecture, with the ability to design, develop, evaluate, and review secure solutions in an Agile environment which facilitate scalability, extensibility and reusability.
Trusted Advisor: Establish yourself as a key Cyber security advisor to senior stakeholders, including Tech Area Leads and Tribe Leads, as well as various tribe members. Your influence will drive security priorities and initiatives across the organization.
Cyber Security: Demonstrate deep understanding of Cyber security principles like Cryptography, Secrets and Key management, IAM, Network Security, Data protection, PKI and Certificate management.
Cloud Security: Strong understanding of cloud computing concepts, architectures, and services, including IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and Hybrid clouds. Familiarity with cloud-native security services to effectively design and implement secure cloud solutions
Infrastructure and Application security: Expertise in securing both traditional infrastructure and modern cloud-native environments with a strong focus on Virtualisation, App and API Security, containerisation, Secure DevOps and CI/CD deployments.
Technical Articulation: Translate complex technical designs into actionable Security Control requirements. Your ability to make intricate security concepts understandable and implementable will be crucial.

Detailed Description

Threat Modelling: Apply threat modelling methodologies and understand common tactics, techniques, and procedures in agile environments. Your expertise will help anticipate and mitigate potential exposure and threats to effectively manage Risk.
Technology Mastery: Develop a deep understanding of the diverse technology stacks employed across the bank. Your willingness to learn and adapt will enable you to effectively address security concerns across various platforms.
Reusable Security Patterns: Develop and maintain reusable security architecture and design patterns for consumption across the organization. Your contributions will standardize and streamline security practices.
Regulatory Compliance: Familiarize with and implement requirements from relevant regulators such as APRA, HKMA, MAS, etc. Your knowledge of regulatory standards will ensure ANZ's compliance and enhance our security framework.
Industry trends and best practices: Stay informed about emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and security technologies and recommend appropriate controls and design guardrails.
Accreditations / Credentials: Maintain relevant certifications in Security, Architecture, Cloud or Technology disciplines (e.g. CISSP, SABSA, CCSP, AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
Contract Review: Review vendor contracts to ensure relevant security clauses are embedded, protecting ANZ's interests and maintaining compliance with security standards.

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 115988.

Job Posting End Date

19/05/2026 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)

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