Senior Security Engineer

Foodstuffs Landing Drive, Mangere, Aucklandsenior

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Overview

Ko wai mātou – About us Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us! With 300+ stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui,

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EngineeringSecurity Engineer

Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us!

With 300+ stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life. Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.

Our Support Centre is 1,500+ people strong, which includes 500+ IT employees, who all play a vital role in ensuring the cogs of our Co-op stay turning and our systems stay ‘byte’-sized and ‘bug’-free.”.

About the Role

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We're looking for an experienced Senior Security Engineer to bring strong hands-on technical expertise and engineering leadership to our Security team.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of complex security engineering initiatives, influence technical decisions and help strengthen security controls, platforms and practices across a large enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

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→Leading the technical design and implementation of security solutions, tooling and controls, translating high-level architecture into practical, secure-by-default designs.
→Independently delivering complex security engineering initiatives and making sound technical decisions.
→Providing technical guidance on security risks and helping teams identify and implement appropriate controls.
→Strengthening security engineering practices, standards, patterns and guardrails across enterprise and cloud environments.
→Driving technical improvements, reducing security technical debt and contributing to the ongoing maturity of our security function.
→Supporting the delivery of our Security Roadmap and the lifecycle management of security platforms and services.
→Providing hands-on technical support during significant security incidents, escalations and service issues.
→Participate in on-call support and act as an escalation point when required.
→Working closely with architects, engineers, project teams and service owners to embed security into technology solutions.
→Sharing your knowledge, mentoring less-experienced engineers and contributing to a collaborative, high-performing security squad.

What We Offer

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✓7–12 years' experience in technology, including 4–8 years in a dedicated security role.

✓Deep hands-on experience across security engineering, security tooling, detection engineering, platform and cloud security, hardening and control implementation.

✓Proven ability to independently deliver complex security initiatives and lead technical implementation.

✓Experience translating security architecture and design principles into practical technical solutions.

✓Strong understanding of security, risk and governance frameworks, with the ability to apply them pragmatically.

✓Excellent problem-solving skills and sound technical judgement in complex enterprise environments.

✓Confidence engaging with stakeholders, influencing technical decisions and constructively challenging where needed.

✓A collaborative approach, with the ability to mentor others and manage competing priorities.

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.

We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to Recruitment.Foodstuffs@foodstuffs.co.nz. Accessibility support could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

Are you ready to be part of our bunch – apply now!