Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
- Work anywhere in New Zealand
- Permanent, Full-time
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.
About the Role
The Cyber Security Operations Centre Engineer is responsible for designing and implementing secure cloud and network solutions that effectively reduce cyber risk across the organisation. Working within the National Security Operations Centre (NSOC), this role provides expert engineering guidance, ensures alignment with compliance requirements, and contributes to the deployment of advanced security architectures. The work delivered by this role plays a vital part in strengthening the overall security posture of Health New Zealand.
About the Team/Service/ Location
As part of the National Cyber Security function, Cyber Security Operations Engineers within the National Security Operations Centre (NSOC) play a critical role in enhancing and protecting Health New Zealand's digital environment. They are responsible for identifying automation opportunities, streamlining processes, and improving the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the NSOC operations. Their expertise is essential in safeguarding Health New Zealand's systems, data, and digital assets against growing cyber threats.
About you
As an experienced Security Operations Engineer, you will bring strong analytical and technical skills, and posses great communication skills that will enable to you communicate with a wide range of stakeholders. You will be comfortable working in complex and dynamic environments, and be proactive in contributing to the continuous improvement of security operations. You will also have the following skills and experiences that will help you to succeed in the role:
- Minimum 3 years of experience in Cloud Security Infrastructure, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Centre (SOC) detection and response, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM).
- Experience with the creation of analytics and/or automation.
- Experience with data ingestion/transformation.
- Experience with implementing and automating via Infrastructure as Code.
Working for Health New Zealand
Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness'. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
- We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
- We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
How to Apply
To view the position description and/or apply for the role please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on Wednesday 18th June 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Tegan Gutry at tegan.gutry@TeWhatuOra.govt.nz.
Please note, preference will be given to applications of significantly affected Kaimahi through the Change process.