Senior Technical Specialist

6 months ago


Upper Hutt, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

Senior Technical Specialist, Covert Online Team
- Based at Wellington
- Band I
- Permanent
- NAV
- Police Employee
- JR 4616692

E tῡ ki te kei o te waka, kia pakia koe e ngā ngaru o te wā.
Stand at the stern of the canoe and feel the spray of the future biting at your face

Mō te tūnga | About the role
The New Zealand Police High-Tech Crime Group Covert Online Team (COLT) is seeking a Senior Technical Specialist to join the team. This is an exciting time of change for our team and will provide applicants a unique opportunity to assist in the development of a NZ Police online capability.
In addition, you will innovate investigative techniques and develop solutions to complex technical problems. We are looking for applicants that are self-motivated, positive, and passionate problem-solvers. The role is unique as online offending is borderless and requires investigators to build effective relationships with both domestic and international companies and law enforcement agencies.
To succeed in this role, you must be secure with being exposed to objectionable publications including the sexual abuse of children. This role requires a focus on personal psychological wellbeing, and you will be expected to adhere to a strict wellness plan and participate in regular psychological debriefs.
This role requires the highest level of integrity and an interest in covert policing.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Assessing technical opportunities that achieve effective Law Enforcement outcomes to support investigation outcomes.
- Monitor international best practise in cyber enabled serious and organised crime as well as online child exploitation investigations
- Contributing to the development of online investigation best practise and methodologies.
- Ensuring that all evidence preservations of one evidence is in accordance with New Zealand legalisation, best practice and based on sound ethical principles.
- Deliver teaching and learning programmes with respect to the Technical Investigation to New Zealand Police and other government agencies both nationally and internationally.

Senior Technical Specialist
This role is for a graduate with a Master’s Degree or equivalent industry experience (5 years minimum) in Cybersecurity, Technical Investigations, Incident Response, Computer Science/Networking, or Open-Source Intelligence, or similar.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Be self-motivated and ready to learn, have excellent organisational, research, and communication skills
- Pay attention to detail and have the flexibility to cope with change
- Be capable of making sound decisions under pressure
- Work well and communicate positively in a team environment

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring
Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

**Sought Experience**:
We’re seeking someone with a broad set of technical skills. You should have experience and/or an interest in the following:

- Online investigations
- OSINT
- Cybersecurity
- Computer networking
- Dark net
- Infrastructure management
- Covert tradecraft and policing
- Cryptocurrencies and blockchain analysis
- Data analysis
- Databases
- Computer programming

**Special Requirements**:

- Clean and current (full) driver’s license
- IT qualification or work experience within an IT related field
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret National Security Clearance
- Successful applicants must complete the COLT Authorised Officer warranting process within 12 months to be warranted under s24(1)(a) of the Policing Act 2008
- Complete the relevant expert witness training program

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.

Mo tātou | About us
New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,000 staff in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles oversea


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