Operational Security Advisor

6 months ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

**Type**: PermanentHours: Full TimeLocation: WellingtonBusiness Group: Technology Services and SolutionsBranch: Organisational Capability and ServicesSalary: $114,500 - $154,100
We are looking for an experienced IT Security Advisor with experience in working in cloud and hybrid environments. Be part of a small, high-trust team with a wide range of responsibilities working across our entire organisation where your opinion and advice is highly valued. Be prepared to provide cyber security support for a variety of functions from incident management and operational matters to policy advice and project support.
Working at the Department of Internal Affairs, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of New Zealanders.
The Perks
- Education and upskilling opportunities to grow professionally
- Working with industry-leading security technologies
- A flexible working environment where you can find the right balance of working some days on-site and other days working from home

What we do
You will be part of a small ICT security team in our Technology Services and Solutions Group. We do everything from operating our enterprise SIEM and security controls on our core networks and infrastructure, to providing IT and cyber security advice to BAU functions as well as large program initiatives across the department. This role will also work directly with one of the Department's largest programs of work.

**Experience**:

- Proven experience in an ICT security related role highly desirable, although being able to demonstrate knowledge of how to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities in a network would suffice
- Experience working with common SIEM query languages (e.g. KQL, Splunk SPL etc.) would be highly desirable
- Knowledge of Azure services, conditional access policies and concepts

**Skills**:

- Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to translate ICT security information into appropriate language for the business
- Critical thinking skills to develop or evaluate security standards, procedures and measures

**Other requirements**:

- NZ Citizen
- ICT related bachelor's degree or proven experience in an ICT role
- Security orientated certification (e.g. CISA, CISSP, etc.) / qualification highly desirable
- Ability to be part of an out of hours support roster for security operations centre functions
- Ability to obtain and maintain a New Zealand Government Security classification

If you want to join a team of intelligent, committed people who do some fairly spectacular work for New Zealand - then make sure you get in touch.
We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We recognise a diverse workforce contributes to better business outcomes. We are committed to creating a workplace where all employees have equal access.

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