About the team
Wesfarmers’ Technology team plays a key role in enabling secure, reliable and high-performing technology services across the Group. Through innovation, automation and data-led insights, we deliver solutions that support long-term business objectives and protect our digital assets.
Within Technology, the Cyber Security team focuses on strengthening the resilience of our digital environment. The team spans three core areas: Advisory and Engineering, Cyber Governance, Risk and Compliance, and Defensive Cyber Operations.
We foster a collaborative environment where team members can do meaningful work, build capability and contribute to outcomes that matter across the Group.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will bring genuine technical depth in cyber security engineering, spanning identity and access management, data protection, security automation, cloud and endpoint controls.
You will be a proactive, practical engineer who is equally comfortable providing advisory guidance and rolling up your sleeves to build. You communicate clearly and partner confidently with business, product and engineering stakeholders to balance security, compliance and user experience.
You will also bring an understanding of AI-related cyber risks and the use of AI in defensive security. Just as importantly, you will know how to strengthen security through people; championing best practice, mentoring peers, and fostering a culture of continuous security awareness and improvement.
What you’ll do
As a hands-on senior engineer, you’ll drive cyber security engineering across Wesfarmers Corporate Office spanning cloud and enterprise platforms, the Group's shared data asset, and OnePass - our customer retail subscription program.
You will help embed security into technology decisions, product roadmaps and operational processes, strengthening controls and advancing automation across cloud and enterprise environments. There is sound methodology in place, and a genuine opportunity ahead for you to deepen this in practice.
Reporting to our Cyber Security Engineering and Architecture Lead, you will take primary responsibility for the following deliverables:
What you’ll need
About Wesfarmers
As one of Australia’s largest listed companies, we’re proud of our longstanding contribution to Australians.
We continually reinvent ourselves and invest in the businesses we own and operate, including leading retailers like Bunnings, Kmart, Target, Officeworks and Priceline. We also have an online offering, including OnePass and the Group’s shared data asset.
Our work doesn’t stop there, we operate in the industrials sector which supplies the nation with chemicals, energy and fertilisers, and industrial and safety products. And we participate in an integrated lithium joint venture, including the operation of a mine and concentrator and the development of a refinery.
Join the team at Corporate Office which provides support and advice across the Wesfarmers Group
The Corporate Office provides corporate services and support to the autonomous businesses within the Wesfarmers Group, enabling the achievement of Group objectives.
It leads capital allocation and portfolio management for the Group and focuses on leveraging and enhancing the Group’s reputation to support attraction and retention of talent, securing investment opportunities and maintaining a low-cost capital.
To do this, we need great people, working together and role modelling our values and ways of working.
Our culture
We’re focused on results, but we’re a business that cares. Here we are less about titles and more about everyone playing a valuable role. We provide autonomy and space with freedom to operate, quickly learning from mistakes because we know they are part of the way forward. We’re curious, open minded, and collaborative. And although we’re thought leaders, we’re humble, and willing to share knowledge and learn from one another.
We know that diversity fosters greater innovation and better customer connection, so we strive to create an inclusive and diverse work environment.
Next steps
If this sounds like your next career move, then combine your cover letter and resume into one document and click on the ‘Apply’ button by 14 August 2026. Please note that we may commence interviewing of candidates prior to this closing date.
For brief enquiries please contact Wesfarmers Corporate Talent Acquisition via careers@wesfarmers.com.au
We’re hiring the best and the brightest talent. Let’s start to explore the possibilities of achieving great things together.
For more information, visit our website at https://www.wesfarmers.com.au
Wesfarmers — a diversified corporation
From its origins in 1914 as a Western Australian farmers' cooperative, Wesfarmers has grown into one of Australia's largest listed companies. With headquarters in Western Australia, its diverse business operations cover: home improvement and outdoor living; apparel and general merchandise; office supplies; and an Industrials division with businesses in chemicals, energy and fertilisers, and industrial and safety products. Wesfarmers is one of Australia's largest employers and has a shareholder base of approximately 484,000.
The primary objective of Wesfarmers is to provide a satisfactory return to its shareholders.
The company aims to achieve this by:
* satisfying the needs of customers through the provision of goods and services on a competitive and professional basis;
* providing a safe and fulfilling working environment for employees, rewarding good performance and providing opportunities for advancement;
* contributing to the growth and prosperity of the countries in which it operates by conducting existing operations in an efficient manner and by seeking out opportunities for expansion;
* responding to the attitudes and expectations of the communities in which the company operates;
* placing a strong emphasis on protection of the environment; and
* acting with integrity and honesty in dealings both inside and outside the company.
