Senior System Engineer - Protective Monitoring Lead

Marketplace; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Staff networking groups

Wellbeing program

Career progression

Job summary

NZSIS in Wellington seeks a Lead System Engineer to design and optimise the Protective Monitoring Centre (PMC) infrastructure and SIEM analytics platform. You will drive scaling, service planning and risk controls in a national security environment.

This role requires Windows/Unix, virtualization, containerisation, networking and scripting, with cross‑functional collaboration and delivery of insider threat tooling across government partners.

Qualifications

• Experience in Windows and Unix environments.
• Proven expertise in virtualization and containerization.
• Solid networking fundamentals (switches, routers, firewalls).
• Automation and scripting to improve reliability and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Service Delivery & Strategy – lead planning and management of critical system services.
• Risk Management – design and implement system risk mitigation strategies.
• Cross-Functional Enablement – bridge across intelligence disciplines.
• Specialised Tooling – deliver compartmented insider threat investigation tooling.

Skills

Windows

Unix

Virtualisation

Containerisation

Networking

Scripting

Cross-functional collaboration

Decision making

Communication

Delivery

Diagnostics

Tools

SIEM platform

Job description

NZSIS in Wellington seeks a Lead System Engineer to design and optimise the Protective Monitoring Centre (PMC) infrastructure and SIEM analytics platform. You will drive scaling, service planning and risk controls in a national security environment.

This role requires Windows/Unix, virtualization, containerisation, networking and scripting, with cross‑functional collaboration and delivery of insider threat tooling across government partners.