Cyber Security Design & Automation Lead (AI)

Vector Limited; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Training budget

Flexible working hours

Work from home 1–2 days per week

Office near client base

Job summary

Vector Limited, located in Auckland, seeks a Senior Security Consultant to design, implement and maintain secure software systems across head office and stores. You will lead backend development, APIs, and Xero integration while collaborating with finance and operations teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on design, coding, testing, deployment, and documentation, with a flexible 1–2 day work-from-home arrangement and biannual bonus opportunities. NZ residency or valid NZ work visa required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software or systems development with production experience.
• Strong backend language and framework experience.
• Experience building and consuming APIs with authentication, validation, error handling, retries.
• Proven ability to use version control, automated testing, deployment pipelines, cloud services.
• Ability to extract clear technical specs from business needs through collaboration with users.
• Experience managing development lifecycles and realistic software delivery timelines independently.

Responsibilities

• Analyze head office and store processes, translate business needs into technical specifications, data models, workflow designs and an estimated development backlog.
• Design, write, maintain and improve application code for a store ordering portal, product catalogue, supplier purchase orders and inventory movements across authorised locations.
• Build secure, usable web interfaces and backend services with role based access, approval workflows, validation and auditable transaction records.
• Develop and maintain Xero integration for store invoices, invoice delivery, payment status and accounting exceptions, using reliable authentication, duplicate prevention and recovery processes.
• Assess supplier interfaces and implement approved API or file based connections where technically and commercially feasible.
• Develop the next stage of POS and online ordering, including supported payment integrations, transaction records, daily store sales and royalty reporting based on approved business rules.
• Write and run appropriate tests; diagnose and correct defects; verify data accuracy, access controls, performance and recovery before releases.
• Manage source control and deployment processes, monitor application health and maintain technical documentation, operating procedures and user guidance. Support training and production issues within agreed arrangements.
• Advise management on technical options, development estimates, software and integration costs, risks and priorities; work with independent reviewers and providers where specialist support is required.

Skills

Backend development

API design & integration

Web development

SQL & data modeling

Security best practices

Version control

Testing & deployment pipelines

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Vector Limited, located in Auckland, seeks a Senior Security Consultant to design, implement and maintain secure software systems across head office and stores. You will lead backend development, APIs, and Xero integration while collaborating with finance and operations teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on design, coding, testing, deployment, and documentation, with a flexible 1–2 day work-from-home arrangement and biannual bonus opportunities. NZ residency or valid NZ work visa required.