Senior Cyber Security Architect

Posted 30 June 2025
LocationAuckland
Job type Permanent
DisciplineInformation & Cyber Security
Reference955701

Job description

ABOUT THE COMPANY:
This extremely well known organisation is recognisable to all Kiwis. Their people and the fantastic work they do is what makes them so special.  They are values driven and you can bring your true self here, delivering exceptional work for their millions of customers across Aotearoa.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU:
This is an exciting role that you are going to want on your CV.  They also offer the following benefits:
  • Work with great people doing epic mahi in Auckland or Wellington
  • Very flexible, hybrid working arrangements
  • Subsidised health insurance and other wellness benefits
  • Staff banking benefits - favourable rates, discounted fees etc.
  • Access to Employee Assistance Service
  • Other discounts with various consumer products and services
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The main focus of this role is to work with stakeholders to identify, enhance and champion the maturing of their current state cyber security capabilities.  You'll provide subject matter expertise, ensuring consistency of design and approach across the wider Cyber Security landscape.

RESPONSIBILTIIES:
This is a broad, varied role.  Your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
  • Articulate and communicate the way forward to business stakeholders and the Digital & Technology Leadership team
  • Supporting enterprise architects, solution design architects and other domain architects, providing expert guidance helping to align road maps and solutions to strategic architecture
  • Developing strong working relationships with vendor partners
  • Leading the strategic security architecture direction for Cyber Security
  • Developing and documenting future state and roadmap
  • Developing and documenting principles, policies, patterns, frameworks and other artefacts to support delivery of the strategic architecture
  • Create and maintain architectural collateral and roadmaps for visualisation of architecture components and strategies
  • Ensuring security architecture complies with governance processes  for key decisions as defined by the architecture practice
ABOUT YOU:
We are seeking someone who is an expert in the area of Cyber Security, with specialist domain knowledge and experience providing technical leadership in the field of Cyber Security and Security policies, standards, strategy and design.  

You'll need at least 10 years of experience in the cyber security space, with at least 3-5 of those being as an architect in an enterprise environment.  Current certifications related to the security domain, enterprise architecture framework certifications and cloud architecture certifications are highly desirable.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Don't delay in applying for this awesome opportunity with one of New Zealand's best known organisations.  For more information, contact Lisa Cooley on 021 029 81422 or lcooley@brightspark.io