Cyber Security Design & Engineering Lead (Automation & AI)

Vector Limited; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Market-competitive remuneration and.1

Job summary

Vector Limited in Auckland seeks a seasoned Cyber Security Engineering & Design Manager to drive an automation-first, risk-led security program across IT, OT, IoT and AI environments. You will own design authority, establish guardrails, and shape the engineering roadmap to enable faster, safer delivery.

You will lead a team, foster a culture of secure-by-design practices, and collaborate with executives to align security with business strategy and regulatory obligations.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading enterprise cyber security architecture and engineering functions within a complex organisation.
• Deep expertise in cyber architecture, secure design and engineering, supported by strong knowledge of enterprise architecture, cloud, OT and AI security.
• Experience establishing architecture governance, standards, reference patterns and decision frameworks across large technology environments.
• A strong understanding of modern software and infrastructure delivery, including secure-by-design practices, continuous threat modelling, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code.
• Experience developing long-term engineering roadmaps, managing technical debt and rationalising security technology or vendor landscapes.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical delivery, communicate cyber risk clearly to executives and influence investment decisions and risk trade-offs.
• Experience in critical infrastructure, energy, utilities or another safety- and reliability-sensitive operational environment.
• Strong people leadership experience, with the ability to coach technical specialists and build a high-performing, collaborative engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead the cyber operating-model shift, replacing manual activity and late-stage approvals with scalable security engineering.
• Own cyber security design authority across IT, OT, IoT and AI, setting architecture principles, standards, reusable reference patterns and practical guardrails.
• Develop and deliver the cyber engineering and architecture roadmap, aligning investment with business growth, grid modernisation and regulatory obligations.
• Embed secure-by-design practices and automation across software, infrastructure and operational workflows, using continuous threat modelling, approved patterns, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code and automated provisioning where appropriate.
• Build OT, IoT, AI and agentic-security capability, balancing cyber risk with critical infrastructure safety, reliability and availability.
• Lead and develop the Cyber Security Engineering & Design team, building strong technical practice, capability and succession.
• Connect design, implementation and operational defence through clear hand-offs and continuous improvement; assure internal and partner outputs against standards and risk appetite, and oversee reliable, scalable security platforms and services.

Skills

Enterprise cyber security

Security architecture

Security engineering

Cloud security

OT security

AI security

Job description

Vector Limited in Auckland seeks a seasoned Cyber Security Engineering & Design Manager to drive an automation-first, risk-led security program across IT, OT, IoT and AI environments. You will own design authority, establish guardrails, and shape the engineering roadmap to enable faster, safer delivery.

You will lead a team, foster a culture of secure-by-design practices, and collaborate with executives to align security with business strategy and regulatory obligations.