Want to deliver tech with purpose, with people who care?
Join us in our mission to create solutions that help keep children safe online.
Who we are?
Headquartered in Perth, Australia, with offices globally, Qoria is an ASX listed global leader in child digital safety technology and services. We are a purpose-driven business, operating under the 'Linewize' brand in North America and Asia Pacific, the 'Smoothwall' brand in the UK, and the 'Qoria' brand in EMEA and Sri Lanka. Our solutions are utilised by schools, school districts, and parental communities to protect children from seeing harmful content online, identify children at risk based on their digital behaviours and ensure teachers maintain focus and safe learning in the digital classroom schools and 7 million parents depend on our solutions to keep 25 million children safe in 180 countries around the world
What's the opportunity:
The
AI Security Lead
drives Qoria's transition to
AI-powered defensive security
, ensuring our security operations scale at machine speed to meet rapidly escalating AI-enabled threats.
This role leads the design, adoption, and integration of AI-first security platforms, transforms security workflows, and uplifts the capability of the security team so they can orchestrate, oversee, and control AI-driven systems.
It also ensures the safe and responsible use of AI across Qoria through effective posture management, vendor selection, and organisational enablement.
Here's how you'll do it:
* Drive Qoria's AI Security Strategy execution
* Lead the organisation-wide shift toward AI-driven defence
* Redesign security workflows to reduce manual work and enable machine-speed operations
* Lead evaluation and selection of AI-first security vendors across SOC, ASM, vulnerability, penetration testing, configuration remediation, and identity
* Influence vendor roadmaps and assess true AI maturity.
* Own AI-first criteria for vendor renewals and replacements
* Oversee onboarding, configuration, and integration of AI-enabled security tools.
* Ensure AI capabilities are effectively embedded into:
* Security Operations
* Security Engineering
* Identity and Access workflows
* Vulnerability and remediation workflows
* Drive the automation pipeline across security services.
* Lead secure AI-use posture across the organisation
* Implement guardrails, monitoring, and controls for enterprise AI use.
* Partner across business units to ensure AI usage is compliant, safe, and risk-managed.
* Deliver targeted training to security teams on using AI tools effectively
* Embed AI-assisted workflows into daily security activities.
* Support culture change as the security team transitions from manual execution to AI oversight/orchestration.
* Identify opportunities to accelerate security detection, response, and remediation using AI.
* Continuously measure, iterate, and improve the performance of AI-secured workflows.
* Provide expert technical guidance for acquisitions on AI-enabled security vendor consolidation.
What you will bring:
Qualifications
:
* Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business Systems, or related discipline.
* Certifications in AI, AI security, AI safety, or security engineering
Skills & Experience:
* Experience in security engineering, SOC, threat detection, or cloud security.
* Exposure to AI/ML-enabled security tools or highly automated defence platforms.
* Strong capability in evaluating security technology and vendor claims.
* Ability to design or orchestrate automated security workflows.
* Deep understanding of modern security operations and cloud security patterns.
* Strong communication and teaching skills for uplifting team capability.
* Ability to operate independently within an emerging and fast-changing domain.
To be successful in this role, you must:
* Embrace an AI-first mindset and lead others through change.
* Communicate clearly, simply, and without ego.
* Bring calm, structured decision-making in fluid and emerging situations.
* Demonstrate humility, maturity, and collaboration in all interactions.
* Thrive in ambiguity and fast-evolving technology landscapes.
Why choose Qoria?
In this role, you can expect
:
* Employee Share Scheme
* Enhanced holiday & family leave
* Tech Allowance
.... and much more
More importantly, you'll:
Support tech with purpose...
At Qoria, your work truly matters. With every customer interaction, you'll be helping children stay safe online. It feels good to do good.
With people who care...
One of our values is 'Care, Always'. Our Support Team lives and breathes that, every day. We also look after each other and help create a supportive environment for all.
Through work that you love...
Being an AI Security Lead takes skill, energy and resilience. It can also be incredibly rewarding. Here, your efforts will be visible and you'll love the impact you have.
And a career that you own...
A proven career path forward, with real opportunities to progress your career into other teams and departments within the company. Exposure to industry leading tech, developed in-house by an amazing engineering team. Regular company wide lunch and learn sessions
We'd love to hear from you. Please submit your application if you would like to be considered for this opportunity.