Senior Product Owner — Enterprise Networks & Infrastructure

CGR Services; Wellington; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand Customs Service is seeking a senior Product Owner, Networks & Infrastructure to own the roadmap, security, resilience, and performance of our enterprise network platforms in Wellington. You will lead end‑to‑end delivery across on‑premises and cloud environments to protect NZ borders.

Reporting to the Product Manager IT Infrastructure, you will mentor the team, collaborate with vendors and stakeholders, and translate business needs into technical solutions while driving continuous

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience designing, implementing, and managing secure, robust enterprise network services.
• Expertise in large‑scale network and security infrastructure across routing, switching, wireless, WAN/LAN.
• Knowledge of cloud networking and modern security approaches (Azure networking, Zero Trust).
• Experience with coordinating across vendors, carriers, and ITIL/Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the network platform roadmap and work pipeline.
• Provide senior technical leadership across WAN, LAN, wireless, cloud networking, SD‑WAN, VPNs, firewalls, mobility, VoIP and UC services.
• Lead design, implementation and ongoing improvement of core edge infrastructure across on‑premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Manage platform lifecycle, resilience, security, performance and service health.
• Collaborate with vendors and delivery partners to ensure reliable, secure services.

Skills

Enterprise networking

Network security

WAN/LAN technology

SD-WAN

VPNs & firewalls

Azure networking

Zero Trust

Stakeholder management

Tools

Fortinet

Zscaler

F5

Palo Alto

Azure Networking

Job description

New Zealand Customs Service is seeking a senior Product Owner, Networks & Infrastructure to own the roadmap, security, resilience, and performance of our enterprise network platforms in Wellington. You will lead end‑to‑end delivery across on‑premises and cloud environments to protect NZ borders.

Reporting to the Product Manager IT Infrastructure, you will mentor the team, collaborate with vendors and stakeholders, and translate business needs into technical solutions while driving continuous