Senior Consultant

**General information**: - Location - Christchurch, Wellington - Expertise - Consulting, Governance & Security, Networks, Technology - Job Level - Experienced - Employment Type - Permanent full-time - Close Date - 10-Oct-2025 - Ref # - 62360 **Description & Requirements**: **Spark NZ** - As New Zealand's largest telecommunications and digital services company, Spark's purpose is to help all of New Zealand win big in a digital world. We provide mobile, broadband, and digital services to millions of New Zealanders and thousands of New Zealand businesses. - We operate in an exciting and constantly evolving industry, where the pace of change brings new and unique challenges every day, so we operate using Agile ways of working to allow us to meet the fast-changing needs of our customers. Agile replaces the traditional hierarchical organisational structure to produce a transparent, collaborative environment with highly productive teams who are empowered to deliver better outcomes for our customers, communities, and all of New Zealand. **About the Role**: As a Senior Consultant Network & Security in our Professional Services unit, you will provide specialist technical advice, design and implement complex network and security solutions, and provide technical leadership on projects for our enterprise and government customers. You will collaborate with other members of the Professional Services, project services and operational teams, to successfully deliver various technology solutions. In addition, you will from time-to-time work closely with the sales teams on pre-sales opportunities providing technical knowledge and guidance. You will receive time and access to training resources, a ticket to industry events, and opportunities to connect with industry experts, to ensure you’re well informed and equipped to stay ahead of our constantly evolving technology domain. **Day to day you will be involved in**: - Designing, implementing and testing complex network and security solutions for our customers. - Continuous research and learning, staying up to date with new and emerging technologies. - Researching, testing and verifying technology solutions using virtual online or physical lab infrastructure. - Taking the lead in diagnosing and resolving difficult or complex problems. - Assisting Spark sales teams on presales opportunities. - Building strong relationships with our customers through great communication skills and a customer focused mentality. **What experience you'll bring?** - At least five years of experience designing and implementing complex network and security solutions. - Experience in contributing to and writing technical solutions and design documentation to a high standard. - Experience with working as part of a team on the delivery of large and complex network and security projects. - Experience with network security products from one or more of the following vendors: Cisco, Fortinet, Aruba, Check Point, Palo Alto and Netskope. - A high degree of technical proficiency and experience with designing and implementing enterprise network and security solutions that includes one or more of the following: WAN/SD-WAN, SASE/SSE, LAN & Wi-Fi, NG-Firewalls, and data centre networking. - Experience with one or more of the following security technologies would be beneficial: WAF, IPS, DDoS Protection, SIEM, EDR/XDR, and IAM. - Experience with designing and configuring network and security solutions in Azure and AWS tenancies would be beneficial. - Proficiency in automation-focused scripting and programming languages (e.g., Python, Powershell, Unix-Shell Script) and familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform) would be beneficial. - Vendor certifications from Cisco, Fortinet, Aruba, Check Point or Netskope are desirable. **WHY CHOOSE US**: **Diversity and Inclusion: Te Kanorau me te Whakawhāiti mai** - At Spark, we are constantly looking for ways to build a more inclusive culture. Our vision is for diversity and inclusion to be "how things are done at Spark", embedded into our day-to-day activities, standards, and business practices. We want you to feel totally comfortable bringing your whole self to work regardless of your gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, or ability. **Sustainability: Toitū** - Sustainability is a key focus for us. We are dedicated to supporting Aotearoa New Zealand's recovery and economic transformation. The principle of equity is at the very heart of our approach, and we remain committed to working in partnership to make a positive contribution to digital equity in line with our focus on Diversity and Inclusion. **Benefits: Awhina** - Our people matter and we make sure we look after them. As a valued employee of Spark, we've got our people covered with a range of leading benefits including: - **Wellbeing** - Comprehensive medical insurance, life and income protection. Access to wellbeing coaches, EAP and in-house Specialist Clinical support through our