Lead Cyber Defense Architect

Qjumpers; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remuneration package

Health insurance

Flexible work

Employee discounts

Job summary

Southern Cross Healthcare in Auckland, NZ, seeks a Principal Cyber Security Engineer to shape the future of cyber defence across Security Operations, threat detection and incident response. You will lead complex security initiatives and mentor engineers in DevSecOps and cloud security.

With 10+ years in security operations, you’ll drive SIEM/XDR/EDR, SOAR and MITRE ATT&CK adoption, set technical standards and respond to incidents, including on-call coverage after hours.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in security operations, incident response and engineering.
• Proven leadership as Principal/Lead Engineer guiding teams.
• Experience building and improving security operations and threat detection.
• Hands-on with SIEM/XDR/EDR, SOAR and cloud security.

Responsibilities

• Lead security operations and incident response across the organization.
• Drive threat hunting, vulnerability management and security automation.
• Mentor Security Operations Engineers and Analysts.
• Lead complex security engineering initiatives and DevSecOps.
• Respond to significant cybersecurity incidents on-call.

Skills

Security Operations

Incident Response

Threat Detection

Security Engineering

Cloud & Infrastructure Security

DevSecOps

Automation & Scripting

AI Security Awareness

MITRE ATT&CK

Cyber Resilience Exercises

Education

Tertiary qualifications in cyber security or IT

CISSP

CISM

GCIA/GCFA or OSCP

Tools

SIEM

XDR/EDR

SOAR

Identity security tools

Endpoint security

Network security tools

Microsoft security

Palo Alto Networks security

Job description

Southern Cross Healthcare in Auckland, NZ, seeks a Principal Cyber Security Engineer to shape the future of cyber defence across Security Operations, threat detection and incident response. You will lead complex security initiatives and mentor engineers in DevSecOps and cloud security.

With 10+ years in security operations, you’ll drive SIEM/XDR/EDR, SOAR and MITRE ATT&CK adoption, set technical standards and respond to incidents, including on-call coverage after hours.