Security Design Manager

4 weeks ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Lead solution architecture, design, and technical governance
- Manage security uplift programme resourcing
- Provide cybersecurity excellence pathway direction

Transpower has a dual role as New Zealand's owner and system operator of the National Grid. As the sole transmission network asset owner, we keep the energy flowing - transporting high voltage electricity from where it is generated to cities, towns, and some major industrial users.
As the System Operator, Transpower operates the electricity market and power system 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
About the team
The Security Services function, within our large and primarily Wellington-based Information Services and Technology Division, provides the cybersecurity operations, design, identity management, and risk & assurance functions across New Zealand's primary Critical National Infrastructure, including:

- Cybersecurity across our five offices and 182 substations, supported by facility management, Operations, and Grid Delivery
- The Security Operations Centre (SOC), whose core function is to monitor, detect, investigate, and respond to cyber threats around the clock

About the Opportunity
The Security Design Manager/Principal Solutions Architect role leads a small team and is accountable for leading solution architecture, design, and technical governance across information security solutions to ensure designs and deployment across the business are secure and compliant.
You'll also be responsible for security solution architecture and providing direction for our cybersecurity pathway to excellence.
As a part of the security services leadership team, you will be a leader in security within Transpower and be an influencing part of the wider cybersecurity community in New Zealand.
What you'll bring
You'll have outstanding communication and relationship management skills, and strong influencing ability as you'll represent Security Services in the Design and Architecture Community of Practice, Architecture Review Board, and collaborate with Principal Architects in other teams in the creation and review of the Transpower ICT Portfolio Plans and Roadmaps.

**Your CV and cover letter will demonstrate**:

- Extensive experience of security and network system design, development, and integration in enterprise-scale corporate environments
- Significant experience in defining project scope, specifications, and time/effort for complex project delivery
- Demonstrated ability to communicate, present, and work directly with senior stakeholders (e.g., CIOs, General Managers, Tier 3 leaders)
- Significant experience in providing options or evaluation of technology (hardware, software, services)
- Excellent verbal and written communication and the ability to lead and facilitate stakeholder workshops

Why you should join us
Transpower is a large organisation with complex environments across corporate and operational technology realms. Our significant cyber security programme offers the opportunity to lead an in-house team of experts working across a wide arrange of cyber security interfaces and controls. The environment and work are both interesting and challenging, with scope for you to explore areas of opportunity and ensure we are best positioned for the future.
Aotearoa is powered by the people who work here. Every home, every marae, every electric vehicle, every hospital relies on the electricity we manage and deliver. This is your opportunity to join us on a mission that affects all New Zealanders, every day and long into the future.
With over 28 nationalities, our people provide diverse perspectives, knowledge, and deep and varied experience which they love to share. Our environment is family friendly with the option to work from home two days per week.
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