Senior Information Security Specialist

4 weeks ago

Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Ministry of Justice Full time

**Senior Information Security Specialist - Security Operations**

**Te āhuatunga a te tūranga/About the Role**

The Ministry of Justice is growing its ICT Security team and has an opportunity for a passionate security team player and self-starter to be part of this exciting journey. The ICT Security team is critical to maintaining the Ministry's ICT security strategy, standards and processes. We are responsible for the security of the Ministry's data and information systems and services. We ensure these are deployed, innovated, maintained and operated in line with industry best practice standards to meet the security requirements of the Ministry. We provide security operations, product and architecture expertise and support to our workstream and business stakeholders.

The Senior Information Security Specialist, Security Operations is an experienced incident management professional who will be responsible for a range of operational tasks including L3 investigation and resolution of priority security incidents and requests and development of supporting standard operating procedures and playbooks. These responsibilities are carried out in accordance with the Ministry's security policies and standards to keep the Ministry's data and information secure. This role will offer you the opportunity to work collaboratively with a variety of technical and business stakeholders to innovate the Ministry's security capabilities.

**Ngā kawenga matua/Key Responsibilities**
- Manage, investigate and resolve priority security incidents and requests in accordance with the Ministry's standard operating procedures
- Respond to alerts in the Ministry's SIEM and monitoring tools to investigate vulnerabilities, threats and incidents
- Escalate matters to Security Operations Lead or ITSM when responding to security incidents, as appropriate
- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures and processes
- Write security incident closure reports
- Collaborate with security architects to operate ‘secure by design' security tools and services
- Collaborate with vendors to prevent or resolve security issues
- Collaborate with the security risk and assurance teams to manage security risks
- Provide specialist and best practice security advice and guidance to Ministry users

**He pūkenga tōu/Skills and Experience**
- At least 5 years' experience working as an IT Security Analyst or similar role
- Proven experience and knowledge in security incident management and resolution
- Ability to conduct scanning and penetration testing to identify security risks and vulnerabilities in the Ministry's software and systems
- Ability to write and communicate well and build effective working relationships with a wide range of business and technical stakeholders
- Experience working in an enterprise IT organisation
- A team player and self-starter with a strong desire to learn
- Knowledge of security standards such as NZISM, PSR, PCI-DSS or ISO27001
- Experience in the following areas is beneficial:

- Experience with Azure Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Intune and SolarWinds
- Experience with security testing tools such as Qualys, OpenVAS and Burp

**He whai painga mōu/Benefits**
- Opportunities for professional development and ongoing coaching
- Work in a close knit team of Security Architects and experienced security professionals
- Te reo and tikanga Māori development opportunities
- The chance to be part of a growing team and the job variety that brings
- Competitive Salary

**Mō te tīma/About our Team**

At Tāhū o te Ture - the Ministry of Justice, we're committed to working together for a fair and safe Aotearoa.

**Joining Tāhū o te Ture - the Ministry of Justice means you will become part of an inclusive organisation that values you and the communities we serve. It's important to us that our workplace is one where our people feel healthy and safe, supported and able to be themselves at work. We value respect as the foundation for building a positive workplace culture where diversity is welcomed and celebrated.**

**Tono mai/How to Apply**

**Applications close on 6 February 2023.

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