Senior Cybersecurity Operations & Incident Response

DEFEND; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

KiwiSaver 3.5%

Southern Cross Health Insurance

Mobile and Broadband discounts

Flexible, hybrid work environment

Home office allowance

EAP services

Job summary

DEFEND in New Zealand is seeking a Cybersecurity Operations Senior to lead advanced monitoring, investigation, and response efforts. You will collaborate with internal teams to deliver security services and protect customer operations.

This role requires strong threat detection, incident response, and threat intelligence experience, plus excellent communication and documentation skills. You will participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation and contribute to continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in threat detection and incident response.
• Experience in threat intelligence and threat hunting.
• Strong reporting and documentation skills.
• Excellent communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong remediation and investigation capability.
• Collaborative approach and willingness to support others.

Responsibilities

• Deliver security services by engaging, collaborating, and communicating with internal teams and stakeholders.
• Monitor security events and alerts to identify potential threats and emerging risks.
• Perform advanced alert triage, investigation, and analysis to assess severity, impact, and required response actions.
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex or high-risk security events and incidents.
• Conduct threat scope and impact analysis, document findings, and correlate threat intelligence for actionable insights.
• Review and contribute to high-quality customer reporting and operational documentation.
• Support major incident response activities and contribute to post-incident review and continuous improvement efforts.
• Provide guidance and knowledge sharing to other analysts where needed, helping lift consistency and quality across the team.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation, ensuring rapid response and service delivery during critical incidents.
• Maintain accurate documentation of all security monitoring and incident response activities.

Skills

Threat detection

Incident response

Threat intelligence

Threat hunting

Reporting & documentation

Communication skills

Remediation

Team collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

KQL

Alert analysis & automation

Report Writing

Job description

DEFEND in New Zealand is seeking a Cybersecurity Operations Senior to lead advanced monitoring, investigation, and response efforts. You will collaborate with internal teams to deliver security services and protect customer operations.

This role requires strong threat detection, incident response, and threat intelligence experience, plus excellent communication and documentation skills. You will participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation and contribute to continuous improvement.