Job Description
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
Join our diverse and talented people and work at the heart of national security, providing essential intelligence to the NZ government to protect New Zealand and its people.
At the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) | Te Tira Tiaki, our mission is to protect and enhance Aotearoa New Zealand's security and wellbeing. We provide Signals Intelligence and Cyber Security and resilience to organisations of national significance to successfully navigate in an unpredictable world.
Our Technology and Data Directorate supports and delivers technology and data solutions for GCSB, NZSIS and the wider security and intelligence sector. What better way to make use of your skills than contributing to the security of Aotearoa New Zealand.
About the role:
As the Technical Team Leader Developer Experience (DevX) you will focus on providing an excellent experience to developers, analysts and other technical roles within the Technology & Data Directorate, and across the wider Security and Intelligence community.
You will lead a team of engineers and work closely with your stakeholders to provide the enterprise tools and platforms necessary to integrate and embed DevSecOps practices across the community. The role will promote and enable modern development philosophies such as containers-first, and mature capabilities required to make the NZIC a great place to work for technical practitioners.
Building a centre of excellence around the technologies your team deploys and supports, you will recognise opportunity cost to your customers, influence them on the benefits of change, and through your team support them in making and embedding those changes.
Experience we are looking for includes:
- Hands on experience working with DevSecOps, including commercial developer tools (e.g. Gitlab, Artifactory etc)
- DevSecOps, strong understanding of what it is, and how it adds value
- Stakeholder management, customer centricity and a focus on delivering value
- Adaptability and Resilience, the ability to manage complex technology work streams and associated problems
- People leadership, achieving results through others
Experience with the below would also be highly beneficial:
- Delivery of solutions driven by automation, including GitOps and IaC.
- Working with Azure Public Cloud
- Working with Kubernetes (OpenShift ideally)
- Applying thorough but pragmatic IT security practices to systems and processes
Who are we looking for?
The ideal applicant for this role is someone with a strong technical background who is looking for a mix of people leadership, business engagement, and hands-on work.
You will bring a positive attitude, high energy and the tenacity to achieve those outcomes for customers, even when confronted with complexity and ambiguity.
If this sounds like you, and you have at least some of the experience we are looking for, apply today!
Why work for us
Alongside getting to work alongside our talented people, we also offer a range of comprehensive benefits which include:
- Medical Insurance and Vision Care packages
- Enhanced employer contributions to your Kiwisaver
- Generous Leave benefits, including additional paid days off and enhanced sick and parental leave
- Childcare allowance for your preschoolers
- Onsite free gym (Wellington only)
- Opportunities for personal and professional growth and career pathways across the intelligence community
The expected appointing range for this position is between $142,093 - $151,566 per annum.
Before you apply
Working within our unique environment means we have to ensure you're eligible for employment.
You must:
- Have been a New Zealand Citizen for at least 10 years
OR
Hold a current NZ Residency Class Visa and ideally have been a citizen of the UK, USA, Canada or Australia for at least 10 years
- Be eligible to obtain a Top Secret Special (TSS) security clearance
- Ordinarily, this means you'll have a 15 year checkable background in countries NZSIS Vetting can make meaningful and reliable checks.
- Ordinarily, this means you'll have a 15 year checkable background in countries NZSIS Vetting can make meaningful and reliable checks.
Still unsure? Use this online tool to self-check your eligibility for a TSS security clearance: http://www.protectivesecurity.govt.nz/eligibility-tool
The NZIC treats all applications for employment in the strictest confidence and we expect that you maintain a similar level of confidentiality during the recruitment process and throughout your career.
We'll provide you with information and tips throughout the recruitment process, but in the meantime check out our Myth Busting booklet: https://beyondordinary.nzic.govt.nz/mythbusting