Security Platform Lead: Strategic Cloud & Automation

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency; Wellington; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks’ annual leave

Income protection insurance

Critical illness insurance

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency seeks an experienced technology and security leader to head NZTA's security platforms and capabilities. You will own strategic roadmaps, lifecycle management, and drive continuous improvement across hybrid cloud environments.

You’ll combine deep technical credibility with strategic thinking to influence outcomes across governance and senior stakeholders, delivering security platform investments and agile improvements.

Qualifications

• Significant enterprise platform leadership experience
• Experience across multi-cloud, managed services and hybrid environments
• Knowledge of enterprise architecture principles and platform governance
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders across diverse groups
• Experience leading, mentoring and developing technical capability

Responsibilities

• Own the strategic and technical roadmaps and lifecycle of NZTA’s security platforms
• Keep security tooling reliable, scalable and fit for purpose
• Align platforms with our digital strategy and enterprise architecture
• Provide technical leadership across vendors and managed services in a multi-cloud environment
• Make platform investment decisions on cost, risk and value
• Use automation and AI to reduce manual effort across our platforms
• Deliver platform improvements iteratively using agile ways of working

Job description

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency seeks an experienced technology and security leader to head NZTA's security platforms and capabilities. You will own strategic roadmaps, lifecycle management, and drive continuous improvement across hybrid cloud environments.

You’ll combine deep technical credibility with strategic thinking to influence outcomes across governance and senior stakeholders, delivering security platform investments and agile improvements.