Senior Cyber Incident Response Lead

Bank of New Zealand; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave

Flexible working

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) in Auckland is seeking a senior technical leader to direct the organization\'s incident response. You will oversee detection, containment and eradication of threats, and coordinate across teams during incidents.

This role requires hands-on expertise in DFIR, threat hunting, threat intelligence, and playbooks, plus strong leadership to mentor a Cyber Response team. This Auckland-based hybrid role requires three days in the office and two flexible days.

Qualifications

• Senior technical and leadership role directing organisation's response to security incidents.
• Hands-on expertise in DFIR, threat hunting and incident playbooks.
• Ability to coordinate across multiple teams during and after incidents.

Responsibilities

• Directs and coordinates high-stakes security incident response across teams.
• Leads investigations, containment, eradication and post-incident reviews.
• Develops and refines IRP and playbooks; conducts root cause analyses.
• Mentors Cyber Response Analysts and drives continuous improvement.

Skills

Team Leadership

Incident Response

Process Development

DFIR Expertise

Threat Intelligence

Tools

SIEM

EDR

NDR

SOAR

Job description

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) in Auckland is seeking a senior technical leader to direct the organization\'s incident response. You will oversee detection, containment and eradication of threats, and coordinate across teams during incidents.

This role requires hands-on expertise in DFIR, threat hunting, threat intelligence, and playbooks, plus strong leadership to mentor a Cyber Response team. This Auckland-based hybrid role requires three days in the office and two flexible days.