SOC Security Engineer

Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive. 

At Xero, our purpose is to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. This purpose sits at the centre of everything we do. We support our people to do the best work of their lives so that they can help small businesses succeed through better tools, information and connections. Because when they succeed they make a difference, and when millions of small businesses are making a difference, the world is a more beautiful place.

We are looking for a SOC Security Engineer based in Perth WA to join our Security Engineering function at Xero. This role requires overlap with both UK and ANZ timezones as you will be part of a cross-regional team.

The Defence pod at Xero is a Detection and Software Engineering team within Security Operations. This team’s primary focus is to strengthen and enhance threat detection and improve security automation. The team manages tools such as SOAR, SIEM, and EDR, along with a variety of custom-built tools, primarily in Python.

The Defence pod works with our internal Security Response team and their analysts. It plays a key role in ensuring that detection tools are maintained, highly available, and adhere to strong engineering standards. Experience in cloud technologies (Primarily AWS but others as well) will be desired.

This role requires a range of technical skills, the ability to adapt to new situations and technologies, and strong teamwork.

A day in the life of a Detection Engineer is dynamic and mission-critical, focused on maintaining and improving the organization’s ability to detect and respond to threats.

The engineering work of a Detection Engineer revolves around designing and implementing systems and solutions that empower the Security Operations Center (SOC) to identify and mitigate threats effectively. Detection Engineers act as the technical architects of the SOC, leveraging coding, automation, and deep knowledge of security technologies.

This role requires a balance of technical expertise, curiosity, and adaptability, as Detection Engineers continuously refine capabilities to outpace adversaries and strengthen organizational defences.