# Hire security engineers in Australia | Miyagami > Hire senior security engineers for your Australian team, full-time from €6,400 a month. Assessed with AI tools off and on, shortlist in 3 working days… Source: https://www.miyagami.com/hire/security-engineers/australia [Home](https://www.miyagami.com/)/ [Hire engineers](https://www.miyagami.com/hire)/ [Security engineers](https://www.miyagami.com/hire/security-engineers)/ Australia # Hire senior security engineers for Australian teams Senior security engineers protect the code and infrastructure your team ships, from application security and cloud configuration to the checks in your pipeline. Each one is tested on finding real vulnerabilities in an unfamiliar codebase, first with AI tools off and then with their own agents on. A senior local hire in Australia takes 4 months on average. [Get a shortlist](https://www.miyagami.com/shortlist?role=security-engineers&market=australia) What we test for How AI changed this role 01 ### Teams ship more code than anyone can review Coding agents multiplied the amount of code a team merges each week, and generated code repeats insecure patterns with confidence. Security review has to move into the pipeline and the pull request, where a security engineer sets the checks that catch those patterns automatically. 02 ### AI features brought new attack surface Products that call models are exposed to prompt injection, data leaking through context and agents with more permissions than they need. A security engineer now threat-models these paths alongside the usual web and API risks. 03 ### Infrastructure changes are generated too Agents write Terraform, IAM policies and pipeline configuration, and a policy that grants too much looks harmless in a diff. Reviewing generated infrastructure with the same care as a production access request is now part of the job. What we test for ## How we assess security engineers Every engineer works through a fundamentals assessment with AI tools switched off and a second assessment with their own agents running. For security engineers, these criteria carry the most weight. Debugging : In the first assessment, with AI tools off, the engineer reviews a service they didn't build and has to find an authorisation flaw that the existing tests never exercise. AI output verification : In the second assessment their own agents propose a fix and an infrastructure change, and the scorecard shows whether they catch the injection path, the leaked secret or the over-broad IAM policy before it ships. Judgement by risk : Across both assessments we score whether they rank findings by real impact, explain the risk to a non-security colleague and block only what needs blocking. [See both scorecards](https://www.miyagami.com/how-we-vet) Contracting and pricing in Australia ## Cost against a local hire Engineers are Miyagami employees who work full-time in your team under a service agreement, so there's no individual contractor risk for you. Invoices are monthly, in AUD if you prefer. Monthly cost of one senior security engineer, local hire against Miyagami: - Netherlands: about €9,000 a month all-in for a senior local hire, 4 months to hire; Miyagami from €6,400 a month - United Kingdom: about £7,700 a month all-in for a senior local hire, 4 months to hire; Miyagami from £5,460 a month - Germany: about €9,600 a month all-in for a senior local hire, 4 months to hire; Miyagami from €6,400 a month - Sweden: about kr 105,400 a month all-in for a senior local hire, 4 months to hire; Miyagami from kr 72,520 a month - Belgium: about €9,800 a month all-in for a senior local hire, 4 months to hire; Miyagami from €6,400 a month - Ireland: about €8,700 a month all-in for a senior local hire, 4 months to hire; Miyagami from €6,400 a month - France: about €9,800 a month all-in for a senior local hire, 4 months to hire; Miyagami from €6,400 a month - Denmark: about kr 71,500 a month all-in for a senior local hire, 4 months to hire; Miyagami from kr 47,850 a month - Switzerland: about CHF 14,000 a month all-in for a senior local hire, 5 months to hire; Miyagami from CHF 6,040 a month - United States: about $15,700 a month all-in for a senior local hire, 4 months to hire; Miyagami from $7,230 a month - Canada: about C$ 11,800 a month all-in for a senior local hire, 4 months to hire; Miyagami from C$ 10,300 a month - Australia: about A$ 17,400 a month all-in for a senior local hire, 4 months to hire; Miyagami from A$ 10,400 a month Local cost is the senior median salary, statutory employer costs and a recruitment fee spread over three years. Skills in this role OWASP Top 10 Threat modelling and code review against the common web and API vulnerability classes, including the OWASP list for LLM applications. Burp Suite Manual and automated testing of web apps and APIs, to find what scanners miss before someone else does. Semgrep / Snyk Static analysis and dependency scanning in every pull request, tuned so the findings are worth reading. Trivy Container image, infrastructure-as-code and SBOM scanning in the build pipeline. Vault Secrets management and short-lived credentials, so no key lives in a repository or a config file. Okta / Keycloak Single sign-on, OAuth and OIDC set up correctly, with roles and permissions that match how the product is used. Terraform Reviewing infrastructure changes for open ports, public buckets and IAM policies that grant too much. AWS / GCP Cloud account hardening, logging and alerting, and least-privilege access across environments. Related reading [### What is prompt injection Prompt injection is an attack where malicious input manipulates an AI model's instructions, causing it to behave in unintended or harmful ways.](https://www.miyagami.com/resources/articles/what-is-prompt-injection)[### How to review AI-generated code Reviewing AI-generated code changes some of what reviewers look for and keeps the rest. This entry covers both, plus the specific failure modes to check for.](https://www.miyagami.com/resources/articles/how-to-review-ai-generated-code)[### What is an AI gateway An AI gateway is a proxy layer that sits between your application and one or more model APIs, handling routing, auth, rate limits, logging and cost controls.](https://www.miyagami.com/resources/articles/what-is-an-ai-gateway) ## Questions about hiring security engineers How much does it cost to hire a senior security engineer in Australia? A senior local hire in Australia costs about A$ 17,400 a month all-in, based on a senior software engineer median salary, statutory employer contributions and an amortised recruitment fee. Through us you pay a fixed monthly fee with employment and compliance included, and the pricing calculator shows the two side by side. How long does it take to hire a security engineer? You get a shortlist within three working days and can hire within five. A local senior hire in Australia typically takes 4 months. What do you test a security engineer on? Every security engineer completes both assessments, weighted towards security judgement. In the first they review an unfamiliar service with AI tools switched off and find an authorisation flaw that the tests never exercise. In the second their own agents produce a fix and an infrastructure change, and we score whether they catch the injection path, the leaked secret or the IAM policy that grants more than the diff suggests. 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