Senior Security Engineer

Job title: Senior Security Engineer

Company: Beyond Recruitment


Job description: Senior Security Engineer – Enterprise InfrastructureWe’re supporting a well-established organisation in New Zealand’s digital services sector to appoint a Senior Security Engineer. This is a critical internal-facing role focused on securing enterprise-grade infrastructure across a large and complex technology environment.
The role sits within a modern Agile framework that supports cross-functional collaboration, fast decision-making, and continuous improvement. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers to strengthen core network security services and help shape future architecture and practices.What You’ll Be Doing:

• Providing operational support and administration for internal security infrastructure, including Next-Generation Firewalls, Secure Service Edge (SSE) platforms, and web filtering tools.
• Managing lifecycle activities such as patching, capacity planning, and vulnerability remediation.
• Supporting audit, compliance, and governance efforts as required.
• Contributing to project teams delivering upgrades, migrations, and new security implementations.
• Driving improvements in security tooling, processes, and operational resilience.
• Participating in incident, change, and problem management workflows.
• Mentoring junior engineers and supporting documentation and knowledge sharing.
• Participating in an on-call rotation and responding to escalated issues as needed.

What You’ll Bring:

• Demonstrated experience in a security engineering role within a large enterprise or managed services environment.
• Proven expertise with Fortinet and Checkpoint firewall technologies (essential).
• Experience working with web proxy platforms, intrusion prevention/detection systems (IPS/IDS), and SSE solutions.
• Solid understanding of routing and switching fundamentals.
• Familiarity with application-layer protocols (e.g., TCP, UDP, HTTP) and common attack surfaces.
• Skilled in analysing network traffic and using protocol monitoring tools.
• Experience in environments with strong operational disciplines (e.g., ITIL, DevSecOps, or Agile delivery models).

Preferred Certifications:

• Fortinet NSE 7
• Checkpoint CCSE
• Other relevant network security or vendor certifications also valued

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys deep technical work, solving complex problems, and strengthening the security posture of large-scale systems. If you-or someone in your network-thrives in enterprise infrastructure security and is looking for a new challenge, we’d love to connect. REF#129990. Contact grant.habgood@beyond.co.nz for further details.

Expected salary:

Location: Auckland

Job date: Sun, 18 May 2025 01:13:08 GMT

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