# Senior Security Engineer | CrowdStrike Falcon | Melbourne | Contract

> The Missing Link · Melbourne, Australia (Hybrid) · Contract · Posted 2026-10-21

**Workplace:** hybrid

## Description

### About The Missing Link

The Missing Link brings together IT, cloud and cybersecurity expertise to support clients across complex technology environments.

### About the Contract

The Missing Link is seeking a **Senior Security Engineer specialising in CrowdStrike Falcon for a contract engagement** supporting a client’s endpoint and cloud security platforms.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building, deploying and improving Falcon capabilities, with a strong emphasis on **GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform and automation**. You’ll work alongside security operations and cloud teams to strengthen platform coverage, integrations and detection and response outcomes.

### About You

You’re an experienced security engineer with practical ownership of CrowdStrike Falcon in production. You combine platform engineering expertise with cloud-native development skills and can take solutions from build and testing through to deployment, operational support and knowledge transfer.

## Requirements

### Key Responsibilities

-   Deploy, configure and maintain Falcon sensors, host groups, security policies, exclusions, access controls and platform health.
-   Extend Falcon coverage across GCP compute and Kubernetes workloads.
-   Build and maintain Terraform modules and deployment pipelines for repeatable configurations and cloud integrations.
-   Develop Python automation and Java integrations using Falcon APIs, SDKs and event streams.
-   Integrate Falcon data and workflows with Google SecOps, ServiceNow and other approved platforms.
-   Partner with SOC teams to tune detections, improve response workflows and assess AI-assisted capabilities with appropriate controls.
-   Troubleshoot coverage gaps and integration failures, maintaining clear documentation, runbooks and handover materials.

### Requirements

-   Hands-on production experience engineering and supporting **CrowdStrike Falcon**.
-   Strong **Python and Falcon API** experience for automation and workflow integration.
-   Practical **Terraform** expertise, including modules, state management, testing, pipelines and drift management.
-   Working knowledge of **GCP**, including IAM, service accounts, compute and networking.
-   Experience with **Kubernetes, containers and workload security**.
-   Experience building or maintaining cloud-native integrations using **Python and Java**.
-   Understanding of endpoint and cloud threat detection, policy tuning, incident response and SOC handover.

### Desirable

-   Falcon Cloud Security, Fusion SOAR, Foundry or Charlotte AI experience.
-   CrowdStrike Terraform provider and Kubernetes deployment module experience.
-   Google SecOps, ServiceNow, CI/CD or enterprise identity integrations.
-   Experience supporting regulated financial services environments.

## Benefits

### The Opportunity

-   A **contract position** focused on hands-on security engineering.
-   Delivery across endpoint protection, cloud security, infrastructure as code and automation.
-   Collaboration with specialist security operations, cloud and platform teams.

### Apply Now

Apply with your CV, highlighting your CrowdStrike Falcon engineering experience and relevant cloud and automation projects.

## Apply

[Apply at The Missing Link](https://apply.workable.com/the-missing-link/j/9F4E56471D/apply)

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