Cybersecurity Specialist

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Air New Zealand is seeking a Cybersecurity Specialist for a full time onsite role in Auckland to protect our digital platforms and lift security maturity. You will monitor, analyse and improve our cybersecurity posture, partner with teams to embed best practice, oversee WAF rules, manage outsourced provider compliance, analyse security metrics and support incident response. What you’ll bring: at least two years in cybersecurity, hands on WAF and cloud experience in hybrid environments, solid defence in depth, risk management and incident response, a degree and relevant certifications are a plus. In your application tailor your CV to show tangible wins in cloud security and incident response, quantify outcomes and demonstrate collaboration and continuous learning.

Job Description

Kia ora!

Air New Zealand is on an accelerated journey to become the world’s leading digital airline. As a Cybersecurity Specialist, you will help protect the systems that connect millions of customers across Aotearoa and the world, ensuring our digital platforms are secure, resilient and ready for what’s next. This is your opportunity to bring your security expertise to an iconic brand, influencing cloud environments, strengthening controls, and lifting our security maturity across the enterprise.

About the role

You will play a hands-on role in monitoring, analysing and improving our cybersecurity posture, while partnering with teams across the business to embed best practice and manage risk effectively.

How you’ll make an impact

• Strengthen our cloud security posture by implementing and enhancing controls that reduce risk and improve resilience
• Monitor, review and optimise WAF rules and performance to protect customer-facing platforms from evolving threats
• Oversee compliance against security control schedules for outsourced infrastructure providers, ensuring alignment with our standards
• Analyse security metrics and contribute to regular health reporting, enabling informed decision making and measurable risk reduction
• Support security incident response, coordinating with internal and external teams to resolve incidents quickly and minimise business impact
• Identify vulnerabilities and partner with stakeholders to prioritise remediation, reducing exposure across hybrid environments
• Maintain high quality documentation, standards and procedures to ensure consistent, compliant security practices

What you’ll bring

• At least 2 years of experience in cybersecurity roles, with practical exposure to operational security environments
• Experience working with WAF and cloud technologies, ideally within hybrid cloud environments
• Strong understanding of security principles such as defence in depth, least privilege, confidentiality, integrity and availability
• Experience with DDoS protection, API security, threat and vulnerability analysis, and risk assessment methodologies
• Knowledge of security incident response processes, governance practices and security control frameworks
• Familiarity with SIEM tools and security monitoring, with the ability to interpret alerts and translate data into insights
• Exposure to penetration testing concepts and emerging security risks, trends and architecture patterns is an advantage
• A qualification in business, computer science, engineering or equivalent experience, along with a genuine passion for cybersecurity
• Security or cloud certifications such as AWS or CISSP are beneficial, but not essential

If you meet the majority of the criteria and are excited by the opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.

Why join Air New Zealand?

We want our people to live their best lives and access great benefits that support their lives outside work.

• Discounted flights for you and your whānau, plus access to standby travel across other international airlines
• Generous parental leave benefits, including pay top ups and partner leave
• The option to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave each year with FlexiLeave
• Access to Koruhealth medical cover 
• KiwiSaver and FlexiSaver options with up to 4 percent employer contribution

Ready for take-off?

If you are motivated by solving complex security challenges and want to help shape the future of digital aviation in Aotearoa, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact. Bring your curiosity, analytical mindset and drive to strengthen cybersecurity at scale, and take the next step in your journey with us.

Additional Information

At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.

If you have encountered any accessibility barriers and require further information or reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to the recruiter listed on this job advert so they are able to support you to freely participate equitably in our recruitment and selection process.

Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.

"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."