Network Reliability & Security Engineer - Shape Resilience

Paragon - The Agency For People; Dunedin; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Flexible hours

Remuneration package

Job summary

Aurora Energy is seeking a senior network planning specialist to connect planning with real-world operations across Otago. You will own how the network is planned and operates, shaping standards, configuration and investment in a senior role with genuine influence.

You will investigate performance, develop resilience measures, shape switching and recovery strategies, and build defensible evidence for investment decisions and regulatory reporting.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in operational planning, reliability or network security.
• Ability to assess how interconnected systems behave under normal and abnormal conditions.
• Practical understanding of system configuration, failure modes and recovery.

Responsibilities

• Investigate network performance, failure patterns and operational constraints.
• Develop resilience frameworks and measures guiding priorities and improvements.
• Shape switching, contingency and recovery strategies, including automation and flexible resources.
• Evaluate reliability improvements against safety, risk, cost and customer outcomes.
• Collaborate across planning, operations and design to implement changes and verify impact.
• Build evidence for investment decisions and regulatory reporting.

Skills

Operational planning

Reliability engineering

Network security

Evidence-based problem solving

Education

Engineering/technical degree

Tools

Modelling software

Job description

Aurora Energy is seeking a senior network planning specialist to connect planning with real-world operations across Otago. You will own how the network is planned and operates, shaping standards, configuration and investment in a senior role with genuine influence.

You will investigate performance, develop resilience measures, shape switching and recovery strategies, and build defensible evidence for investment decisions and regulatory reporting.