Senior Security Squad Lead

Foodstuffs North Island Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning programs

Flexible work options

Free car parking

Onsite café & discounts

Job summary

Foodstuffs North Island Limited is seeking a Senior Security Squad Lead to guide a team of Security Engineers and Pen Testers, while staying hands-on with critical work. You will set technical direction, drive the security roadmap, and provide trusted leadership across major technology initiatives.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in technology security, strong leadership, and the ability to balance strategy with hands-on delivery.

Qualifications

• Significant experience across technology and information security within a large enterprise.
• Strong technical leadership across security engineering, controls, assurance and cyber risk.
• Experience leading significant security incidents, escalations and remediation.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP or SC-100 would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the senior security squad, setting technical direction and driving high-quality security engineering, assurance and control improvements.
• Shape and deliver the Security Roadmap, strengthening security controls and managing cyber risk.
• Build senior security capability, coaching experienced Security Engineers and Pen Testers, developing future leaders.
• Support our on-call model and provide escalation leadership during significant security or risk matters outside hours.

Skills

Security leadership

Security engineering

Cyber risk

Incident response

Mentoring/ coaching

Job description

Ko wai mātou – About us

Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us!

With 300+ stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co‑op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life. Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.

Our Support Centre is 1,500+ people strong, which includes 500+ IT employees, who all play a vital role in ensuring the cogs of our Co‑op stay turning and our systems stay ‘byte’-sized and ‘bug’-free.

Te Tūranga – About the role

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Security Squad Lead to lead a highly skilled team of Senior Security Engineers and Pen Testers, while remaining hands‑on and technically connected to the work.

You’ll set technical direction, drive security engineering and control uplift, lead the squad’s contribution to the Security Roadmap, and provide trusted security leadership across major technology initiatives. This is a role for someone who can lead experienced security professionals, make sound decisions in complex situations and step in technically when it matters.

What you’ll do

• Lead the senior security squad, setting technical direction and driving high‑quality security engineering, assurance and control improvements.
• Shape and deliver the Security Roadmap, strengthening security controls, managing cyber risk and contributing to secure technology design and delivery.
• Build senior security capability, coaching experienced Security Engineers and Pen Testers, developing future leaders and creating a strong culture of ownership and accountability.
• Support our on‑call model and act as an escalation point when required , providing leadership and guidance on significant security, compliance or risk matters outside normal business hours.

Ngā painga - What we offer

We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits

• Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).
• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
• Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including EV plugs
• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores

He kōrero mōu - About you

• Significant experience across technology and information security, ideally within a large, complex enterprise environment.
• Strong technical leadership across security engineering, technical controls, assurance, cyber risk and secure technology delivery.
• Deep understanding of modern cyber threats, security principles and risk management.
• Experience leading significant security incidents, escalations and remediation.
• The ability to move comfortably between strategy, technical detail and people leadership.
• Strong stakeholder skills with the confidence to influence, advise and challenge senior technical and business leaders.
• Proven ability to coach and develop experienced security practitioners and build succession within a team.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP or SC-100 would be advantageous.

Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected] . Accessibility support could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

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We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analysing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.