Principal Information Security Consultant

Engage Squared Pty; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance-based incentives

Health and wellness benefits

Career development

Collaborative work environment

Awesome culture

Job summary

Engage Squared Pty is seeking a Principal Information Security Consultant to lead client engagements and expand our Microsoft 365 security offerings. You will guide senior stakeholders, shape the security practice, and deliver high-impact solutions across Purview, Defender, Sentinel, and related Microsoft technologies.

Located in New Zealand with full work rights, you will collaborate with a fast-growing team known for delivering exceptional customer results and strong culture.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years in Information Security with M365 focus.
• Proven ability to lead strategic client engagements and provide executive guidance.
• Strong communication and relationship-building with C-suite stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Shape and lead the Microsoft-focused information security practice.
• Act as Presales specialist on complex customer engagements.
• Develop and win new sales opportunities with clients and internal teams.
• Articulate customer challenges and define approaches to solve them.
• Create sales proposals detailing methods, deliverables, budgets, and timelines.
• Build credibility with client stakeholders and manage difficult conversations.
• Architect business solutions using Microsoft 365 security tools; document and handover.

Skills

MS365 expertise

Sales pipeline

Communication skills

Strategic thinking

Independent worker

Team collaboration

Education

Cybersecurity degree

Information Technology degree

Microsoft certifications (SC-401 etc)

Tools

Purview

Defender

Sentinel

Entra

Azure

SharePoint

Teams

Power Platform

Job description

Why us?

Engage Squared is an award-winning, fast-growing company that believes in great workplace culture and investing in our people. We hire great people, work on interesting projects with amazing customers, and invest in our team; and we've just been named Microsoft Partner of the Year, Australia and were listed as one of the best places to work in the Australian tech industry in the Australian Financial Review's BOSS Best Places to Work list, and the best small companies to work in WRK+’s Work for the Best list.

As a Microsoft Gold Partner, we specialise in creating modern workplaces with Microsoft technologies; helping organisations to work better, together, faster. Our vision is to create a world where every employee has access to the tools, knowledge, and information that they need to enjoy work. Using modern work technologies, we can free employees from the friction of inefficient business processes, and fill gaps in knowledge or support from their team, leaders, and leadership, so that they are empowered to be productive.

This role is open to anyone located in New Zealand ideally in Auckland, Wellington but we are open to other locations in NZ. We're in Melbourne, Bendigo, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, Wellington, Tokyo and Bali. MUST be located in New Zealand with full work rights - no sponsorship available.

Our successful technology consultancy undertakes projects for a variety of large organisations. With an impressive roster of clients, including ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, Bupa, Governments at all levels across Australia, Origin Energy and more, you’ll be contributing to a growing team famed for their expertise in connecting people with technology.

We pride ourselves on being a fun, innovative and collaborative organisation that practices what we preach and delivers great customer results.

About the role

As a Principal Information Security Consultant, you are responsible for leading the successful delivery of client projects. Your extensive industry experience and thought leadership will enable you to solve high profile, real-world business problems for our clients with outstanding results.

In this role, you will work closely with your practice lead to support the continued growth and success of the Information Security practice. This will include leading strategic client engagements, providing authoritative advice to senior client stakeholders (including the C-suite), and offering clear guidance on how to fully leverage the M365 ecosystem.

Your drive for excellence and insight into the latest industry trends across Microsoft’s cloud offering will expand our information and data security offerings to capitalise on market disruption, technology improvements, and Microsoft’s go to market strategies.

What you'll do

• Work with the leadership to help shape and lead the practice
• Leads and works as a Presales specialist on both complex and strategic customer engagements
• Supporting the identification of new sales opportunities with new and existing customers, positioning Engage Squared to win the business, and funnelling these opportunities through to the sales team
• Helping to articulate the customer challenge or pain point and defining our approach to solving the customer’s challenge
• Writing or leading the creation of sales proposals, outlining the methodology that will be used, proposed approach, deliverables, budget, and estimated timelines to complete the work
• Develops relationships with key project stakeholders and other influential managers across the client’s organisation, ensuring you have the credibility and rapport to have difficult conversations when required, be they resulting from the client’s or our own performance
• Helps architect and design business solutions based on Microsoft 365, with focus on Microsoft’s security solutions including Purview, Defender, and Sentinel and more broadly including Entra, Azure, SharePoint, Teams, Copilot, and the Power Platform
• Leads the production of technical and user documentation, and operational handover

What you'll bring

• Strong understanding of Microsoft technology and its applications in solving business problems. (preferred)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly energetic and a go-getter with a hunter mentality.
• Ability to build and manage a sales pipeline and close deals.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think strategically.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Minimum 8 years working specifically within Information Security for M365 (highly desirable, but not essential)
• Degree Certified in Cybersecurity or Information Technology or equivalent (highly desirable but not essential)
• Certifications in Microsoft technologies including the SharePoint, Purview, Defender, Sentinel, Azure, Power Platform, Teams Platform, Viva Platform etc (e.g. SC-401, SC-200, MS-102, AZ-305) (highly desirable)

Desired Attributes:

• Customer-focused with a commitment to delivering exceptional service.
• Results-oriented with a track record of achieving sales targets.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

What you'll get

• Competitive salary and performance-based incentives.
• Awesome culture and team that you actually enjoy coming to work and each other
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment

We value inclusivity and diversity at Engage Squared. Please reach out if you don't have everything that we're asking for, but think you have the right skills and attitude to be great in this role!

We like to make our hiring decisions based on a combination of aptitude and passion, not just experience, so if you’re keen to apply and need reasonable adjustments please let us know.