Architect

Mō te tūranga ~ About the role

Are you ready to take on a dynamic challenge for one of New Zealand's leading banks? We are seeking two exceptional Security Architects to play a pivotal role in our core banking and CRM transformation.

Through a multi-year transformation, we are seeking to revolutionise our core banking systems, simplifying and enhancing customer experiences, and driving innovation across the organisation. This is your opportunity to join us at the outset, leave a lasting impact, leverage modern technology to enhance the financial well-being of New Zealanders, and propel your career to new heights within a thriving and supportive environment. If you are a technology leader with a passion for change and a proven track record of execution, we want to hear from you.

Te Whare Haumarutanga ~ About the Practice

The Architecture and Strategy Practice work across ASB to help us reach our goals through discovering current architectures, defining target state architectures and creating roadmaps that show transitional architectural models, moving between the current and future states. They are pioneers, visionaries, and are nuts about turning technology strategy into reality, through collaboration.

Mō te tūranga ~ About the role

The focus of our Security is keeping things safe and doing things in a secure way. As a Security Architect, you'll work closely with Business Divisions (Tribes), Practices and Platforms and squads, guiding them on risk/reward trade-offs, set up guardrails, assurance, controls, and directing the security policy to what safe, sound and secure looks like and how this should be done.

You'll bring our security strategy to life through taking high level policy statements and roadmaps, and architecturally fleshing them out into capability, plans and structure that enable our Engineering Practice to build and deliver based on this work.

Relationships are key; the Security Architect partners with a variety of people and has close relationships with our Security /Cyber Practice, forming a united front in sharing knowledge and protecting ASB Bank.

This may sound like a tall order, but you have a supportive practice backing you, Tribes singing out for your skills and a passion to embrace the new…. So, it should all be a walk in the park for someone like you.

We're open to how you started your tech career; this could've been in the infrastructure space as a Network Engineer or as a Software Engineer building secure code, but the key thing is that you've built up your architectural experience to demonstrate deep knowledge of keeping things secure and trusted, in an enterprise environment, championing security best practice.

You realise security is part of a bigger picture, and understand how security works in business processes, applications and technologies, dependencies on different ecosystems, and how this ties together in an enterprise environment. You are a realistic problem solver enabling the business to make well informed decisions on risk/reward trade-offs.

Your great communication and people skills will help you build relationships, understand and communicate complex information, and get different people on board with the same plan. You'll be excited about the new, live on the cusp of new technology and how this can make what we do, better.

• 5+ years' experience as a Security Engineer, Consultant or Architect, in an enterprise environment
• Demonstrated understanding of the disciplines of security architecture
• Designing Enterprise Security capabilities
• Experience implementing security controls in a cloud environment
• CISSP certified or working towards it
• SABSA certification would be great, but isn't essential

Temahi ki ASB ~ Working for ASB

ASB's sense of who we are and what we stand for is grounded in our values. They guide our business in our day-to-day interactions with our team, customers and community. They are what makes ASB - ASB.

Along with our interactions, values guide our actions and conduct, making ASB a safe and inclusive environment for both our people and our customers. They show that we care, are passionate and courageous, and that we act with integrity. Most importantly they unite us - because they are ASB.

We offer a flexible and supportive work environment and offer an open and inclusive culture; a place where we welcome and value your individuality, ideas and goals.

Me pēhea te tono | How to apply?

If we've nailed our pitch and this role sounds like it might be the one for you then please click "apply"… we'd love to hear from you

Successful candidates will be required to undertake several pre-employment checks which will include but are not limited to; Police Check, Credit Check, AML Compliance, Verification of your qualifications and may include checks both here in New Zealand and overseas.

Reference # DM159786

Posted on 12 Mar 2025

Location(s) ASB Group locations, Albany, Auckland, Ashburton, Bayfair Branch - Mt Maunganui, Botany Downs, Central Auckland, Dargaville, Hamilton, Hastings, Johnsonville, Whangarei, and more.