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IT Security Engineer
- Posted18 May 2026
- Salary$110,000-$115,000
- LocationAuckland
- Job type Permanent
- Discipline Information & Cyber Security
- Reference1044227
Job description
ABOUT THE COMPANY:
A global professional services company that sets the standard for its industry. You'll be working in a tight-knit and high-achieving IT team, in a modern environment, with supportive leadership.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Security Engineer is responsible for the engineering, operation, and continuous improvement of the company's security controls, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data.
This role has ownership of detection, response, logging, and control implementation aligned to ISO 27001 and company risk obligations. The role partners closely with the IT team, service desk, and external security providers to ensure security is embedded, measurable, and auditable.
This role will engineer and operate security tooling and controls across endpoint, identity, cloud, and network domains, own security monitoring, detection, and incident response for the NZ environment, implement and maintain ISO 27001-aligned technical controls and evidence, reduce organisational risk through proactive security engineering and automation, and provide clear security insight, metrics, and risk visibility to the Head of IT.
ABOUT YOU:
We are seeking someone with several years of hands-on security engineering experience - this is not a governance or policy-only role. This organisation has very high standards, so you'll need to be at the top of your game and take pride in what you do.
In addition you will need:
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please don't delay in applying. This role is only available to people with valid NZ working rights. For more information, contact Lisa Cooley on 021 029 81422 or lcooley@brightspark.io
A global professional services company that sets the standard for its industry. You'll be working in a tight-knit and high-achieving IT team, in a modern environment, with supportive leadership.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Security Engineer is responsible for the engineering, operation, and continuous improvement of the company's security controls, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data.
This role has ownership of detection, response, logging, and control implementation aligned to ISO 27001 and company risk obligations. The role partners closely with the IT team, service desk, and external security providers to ensure security is embedded, measurable, and auditable.
This role will engineer and operate security tooling and controls across endpoint, identity, cloud, and network domains, own security monitoring, detection, and incident response for the NZ environment, implement and maintain ISO 27001-aligned technical controls and evidence, reduce organisational risk through proactive security engineering and automation, and provide clear security insight, metrics, and risk visibility to the Head of IT.
ABOUT YOU:
We are seeking someone with several years of hands-on security engineering experience - this is not a governance or policy-only role. This organisation has very high standards, so you'll need to be at the top of your game and take pride in what you do.
In addition you will need:
- Hands‑on experience with Microsoft security tooling (Defender, Purview, Entra, logging/SIEM)
- To be comfortable leading or actively participating in incident response
- Ability to work independently and pragmatically in a small but mature IT team
- Experience operating in a professional services or regulated environment highly desirable
- Security certifications are a bonus (eg Microsoft SC‑series, GIAC, CISSP), but practical experience matters more than paper credentials
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
- Great working environment and strong leadership
- Work one day per week at home
- Values-driven organisation committed to inclusion and making a positive social impact
- Work with a talented team committed to excellence
If you are interested in this opportunity, please don't delay in applying. This role is only available to people with valid NZ working rights. For more information, contact Lisa Cooley on 021 029 81422 or lcooley@brightspark.io
