Senior Security Engineer - Cloud Platform at Xero
- Company: Xero
- Location: Remote / NZ: Wellington: Xero One (19-23 Taranaki St)
- Employment type: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-09-25
- Technologies: AWS, Azure, GCP
About the role
The role / impact As a Senior Engineer in our Cloud Platform Access team, you'll design and operate identity and access controls at scale across AWS, GCP, and Azure. This is high-leverage platform security work where you'll shape secure access as a product rather than simply processing requests. You'll combine hands-on technical leadership with deep expertise to build guardrails that enable teams to ship quickly without creating excessive privilege or long-lived credentials. You'll mentor engineers on the team, foster psychological safety, and role-model modern engineering practices. The work sits at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, security, developer experience, and automation - solving genuine problems that unlock productivity across the organisation.…
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