Senior Consultant Cybersecurity - Auckland, Wellington - 60493 - Spark

General information

Location

Auckland, Wellington

Expertise

Consulting, Governance & Security, Technology

Job Level

Experienced

Employment Type

Permanent full-time

Close Date

30-May-2025

Ref #

60493

Description & Requirements

Spark NZ

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.

About the Role:

As a Senior Consultant Cybersecurity in our Professional Services unit, you will provide specialist cybersecurity advice, technical direction, and consultancy across various customer projects. In addition, you will be responsible for analysing, designing, and implementing security solutions while working on assigned projects to meet client needs. You will collaborate with other members of the Professional Services and engineering teams, sharing responsibility and often taking technical ownership and accountability for all aspects of solution design, development, and delivery. In addition, you will work closely with the sales teams on pre-sales opportunities to provide technical knowledge and guidance, driving the promotion of Spark security services.

What you will bring:

Experience in writing technical proposals and design documentation to a high standard.
Experience in providing expert cybersecurity advice, technical direction, and consultancy to clients internally and externally.
A high degree of competency and experience in Microsoft security products.
Experience with security products from one or more of the following vendors: Cisco, Fortinet, Check Point, Netskope, Zscaler, Palo Alto, F5, Radware, CrowdStrike and Microsoft.
A high degree of technical proficiency and experience with designing and implementing various security solutions using the following technologies: SIEM/SOAR, SSE, NG-Firewall, XDR/EDR, WAF, DDoS Protection, CNAPP, ASM, and IAM.
Experience with one or more of the following cybersecurity practices would be beneficial: vulnerability management, governance risk & compliance, cybersecurity maturity assessments, incident management, third-party security assessments and data protection.
Vendor security certifications from Microsoft, Fortinet, Netskope, Check Point, or Cisco, are desirable.
Attainment of industry qualifications from ISC2, SANS or ISACA is an advantage.
Experience working in a managed service provider organisation is an advantage

WHY CHOOSE US:

Diversity and Inclusion: Te Kanorau me te Whakawhāiti mai

At Spark, we are constantly looking for ways to build a more inclusive culture.  Our vision is for diversity and inclusion to be “how things are done at Spark”, embedded into our day-to-day activities, standards, and business practices.  We want you to feel totally comfortable bringing your whole self to work regardless of your gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, or ability.

Sustainability: Toitū

Sustainability is a key focus for us.  We are dedicated to supporting Aotearoa New Zealand’s recovery and economic transformation.  The principle of equity is at the very heart of our approach, and we remain committed to working in partnership to make a positive contribution to digital equity in line with our focus on Diversity and Inclusion.

Benefits: Awhina

Our people matter and we make sure we look after them. As a valued employee of Spark, we’ve got our people covered with a range of leading benefits including:

Wellbeing - Comprehensive medical insurance, life and income protection.  Access to wellbeing coaches, EAP and in-house Specialist Clinical support through our leading Mahi Tahi Wellness programme.

Hybrid ways of working - for most teams at Spark this means being in the office for 4 days a week, and 1 day being flexible.

Leave - in addition to four weeks annual leave, we offer purchased leave, enhanced parental leave support and study leave.

Spark Credit – we provide permanent employees with $120 monthly Spark credit to use on any of our amazing products.

Spark Share scheme – periodically we offer the opportunity to buy into our share scheme.

Career development – access to an internal marketplace that connects employees with experiential, on the job learning across Spark.

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).

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Position Description

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