Cyber Security Advisor

2 days ago

Wellington City, 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.

Cyber Security Advisor, it starts with you
- Based at Royal NZ Police College, Wellington
- Office of Constable / Police Employee
- Permanent, Full-Time
- Nationally Advertised Vacancy
- JR4468256

About the role

We have an opportunity as a Cyber Security Advisor for applicants who have the drive and determination to ensure that Police operates safely and successfully. This position within the Cyber Security Team, based at the Royal New Zealand Police College, Wellington.

You will provide expertise in the security standards, monitoring and processes used to keep Police information safe.

You will have led the technical response to cyber security within your existing role and would like to make the move to an organisation with the focus and resources to allow you to progress your career in cyber security.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Creating an adaptive operating environment - working across different systems and services with a strategic mindset and coordinating teams and resources.
- Planning and Prioritising - strategically managing time, priorities, and responsibilities within projects.
- Upholding integrity - Ensuring the highest ethical standards are applied and upheld.
- Enabling through leadership - Developing the capability of our people by ensuring the have the correct tools and technology to safely deliver Our Business.

What you’ll bring

Being part of the Police whānau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviours, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police. 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.

Person specification

Does defending New Zealand Police from threat actors sound fun and rewarding? Does working in a positive culture, supported by training, within a career that is set for exponential growth over the next several decades sound exciting? This role might just be the one for you.

The Police Cyber Security Centre are looking for a highly motivated and talented individual to fill an advisor position responsible for supporting the organisation’s internet facing assets. This is an exciting opportunity to defend critical parts of the New Zealand capability and data, working to ensure these essential services remain operational and protected against compromise. This role requires initiative and proactive thought and is responsible for leading the portfolio and others to success. Success in this role requires the ability to influence others to make change and bringing them along the journey. We need someone who understands security, risk and technology, but also has the ability to translate this into language and action for a wide range of people both within, and external to Police.

We are seeking the right person for the role, and while technical expertise is desirable, it is not critical. Do you have an aptitude and a strong interest in cyber security? Do you bring other expertise from other walks of life? Do you understand how threat actors think and know how to translate that into defence? We want to hear from you. Many of the skills, knowledge and experience we seek comes from other areas of life.
- Perimeter attack surface management
- Experience in developing attack surface reduction strategies and system hardening
- Verify, scope, contain assess and remediate threats
- Leading and supporting incident response
- Writing risk assessments
- Public facing and drive-by threats
- Base level knowledge of cyber and technical knowledge such as IP addressing, DNS, networking protocols, threat modelling and risk assessment
- Open source intelligence (OSINT) concepts and familiar with OSINT tools such as Shodan
- General familiarity or understanding of security tools such as NMAP, Wireshark and Netcat
- Knowledge or understanding of security frameworks such as the NZISM, MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, CIS, or ISO
- Knowledge or understanding of security standards and practices

Special requirements
- The successful applicant will be required to undergo a full reference and security check prior to any offer of employment being made

This role is set at Team Leader/Manager level, this means you

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