Cyber Resilience Ops Lead: Lifecycle & Release

DEFEND Limited; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Kiwisaver 3.5%

Health Insurance

Mobile & Broadband discounts

Hybrid work environment

Home office allowance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

DEFEND Limited is a Wellington-based cyber resilience company seeking a hands-on delivery professional to own lifecycle initiatives and release governance for government and enterprise customers. You will coordinate deployments, upgrades and compliance activities while managing complex stakeholder groups.

The role emphasizes structured delivery, strong governance and proactive ownership to keep platforms secure and up-to-date, with hybrid work options in New Zealand.

Qualifications

• Strong project or service delivery experience within security or similar environments.
• Proven ability to manage multiple initiatives with governance and delivery discipline.
• Experience with release/change management and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong communications skills for diverse audiences.
• Experience with vendors, licensing, procurement and lifecycle management.
• Organised, proactive and detail-oriented with ownership.

Responsibilities

• Lead security platform upgrades, migrations, deployments and lifecycle initiatives across multiple customer environments during and after business hours.
• Own release management and change governance, ensuring changes are planned, tested and delivered through to closeout.
• Manage CAB approvals, customer testing, communications and execution activities across complex stakeholder groups.
• Drive lifecycle governance, including EOL/EOS planning, platform currency, CVE remediation and technical debt reduction.
• Lead compliance activities, including NZISM assessments, remediation planning and risk management.
• Manage vendor engagement, licensing, procurement and commercial activities supporting lifecycle delivery.
• Build trusted relationships with customers, vendors and engineering teams while leading lifecycle escalations.
• Support datacentre and field delivery activities including logistics, installations and deployments.

Skills

Project delivery

Release management

Change governance

Stakeholder engagement

Vendor management

Lifecycle management

Governance discipline

Security delivery

Job description

DEFEND Limited is a Wellington-based cyber resilience company seeking a hands-on delivery professional to own lifecycle initiatives and release governance for government and enterprise customers. You will coordinate deployments, upgrades and compliance activities while managing complex stakeholder groups.

The role emphasizes structured delivery, strong governance and proactive ownership to keep platforms secure and up-to-date, with hybrid work options in New Zealand.