Security Platform Lead: Multi-Cloud & AI Roadmap

New Zealand Government; Hamilton; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks' annual leave

Income protection and critical illness

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development

Job summary

NZ Transport Agency | Waka Kotahi is seeking an experienced technology and security leader to own the strategic platforms and capabilities across security tooling. You will shape roadmaps, lifecycle management and improvements, ensuring reliability, scalability, and alignment with enterprise architecture.

The role requires strong leadership across vendors and multi-cloud services, guiding investments in cost, risk, and value while advancing automation and AI to reduce manual effort.

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise platforms in complex environments.
• Ability to align security platforms with enterprise architecture and strategy.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategic and technical roadmaps for NZTA security platforms.
• Provide technical leadership across vendors and managed services in a multi-cloud environment.
• Deliver platform improvements iteratively using agile ways of working.

Skills

Platform leadership

Enterprise platforms

Multi-cloud

Security tooling

Stakeholder influence

Agile delivery

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Tools

Multi-vendor management

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Job description

NZ Transport Agency | Waka Kotahi is seeking an experienced technology and security leader to own the strategic platforms and capabilities across security tooling. You will shape roadmaps, lifecycle management and improvements, ensuring reliability, scalability, and alignment with enterprise architecture.

The role requires strong leadership across vendors and multi-cloud services, guiding investments in cost, risk, and value while advancing automation and AI to reduce manual effort.