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As New Zealand's largest telecommunications and digital services company, Spark’s purpose is to help all of New Zealand win big in a digital world. We provide mobile, broadband, and digital services to millions of New Zealanders and thousands of New Zealand businesses. 

We operate in an exciting and constantly evolving industry, where the pace of change brings new and unique challenges every day, so we operate using Agile ways of working to allow us to meet the fast-changing needs of our customers. Agile replaces the traditional hierarchical organisational structure to produce a transparent, collaborative environment with highly productive teams who are empowered to deliver better outcomes for our customers, communities, and all of New Zealand. 

What is the Role?
You’ll be responsible as a Senior Security Engineer for the support, maintenance, and lifecycle management of Spark's security infrastructure offerings for our Enterprise and Commercial customers. This includes working with technologies like Next-Generation Firewalls from vendors such as Fortinet, Checkpoint, Cisco, F5, and others.

You will grow into a technical subject matter expert across multiple toolsets, with the opportunity to mentor others and take on leadership responsibilities. This role is designed to be what you make of it, offering continuous learning, challenges to help you excel, and the opportunity to grow and shape your future.

Your Responsibilities:

• Provide operational and administrative support for security infrastructure, including Next-Generation Firewalls, SSE Solutions, Web Proxies, and more.
• Collaborate as part of project teams on various initiatives.
• Manage the lifecycle, capacity, and vulnerability of security infrastructure.
• Assist with risk management activities.
• Ensure adherence to security best practices.
• Participate in security audit and control activities as needed.
• Provide mentoring and guidance to team members.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation.
• Handle change, problem, and incident management for Spark’s internal security infrastructure.
• Proactively propose and implement continuous improvements to enhance security processes.
• Manage and track your workload and operational responsibilities.
• Work well in a team-oriented environment.
• Be available during operational hours and after hours as requested.
• Participate in on-call rotations and work overtime as required by customer needs.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Preferred experience in a network security role within a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP).
• Advanced experience with Fortinet and Checkpoint is a must.
• Experience in security operations, design, and development processes and environments.
• Familiarity with routing and switching.
• Operational experience with F5/NetScaler and other SSE solutions.
• Experience with Intrusion Prevention/Detection Systems (IPS/IDS).
• Intermediate to advanced understanding of protocols like TCP, UDP, HTTP, and how applications and systems work.
• Experience with web-proxy solutions is a plus.
• Comfortable using network protocol analyzers and monitoring tools.

Certifications:
At least two of the following (or equivalent certifications) are preferred:

• Fortinet NSE 7 preferred
• Checkpoint CCSE

Due to the nature and urgency of this role, we are only considering applicants that are based in New Zealand with permanent residency, citizenship, or a valid work visa (with at least 18 months remaining).