We are Woolworths Group
We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts, and unique perspectives across Australia and New Zealand. Connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow'. That Purpose fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments, and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.
If you're excited to turn today's blue-sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you'll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive, and empowering workplace. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work, and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.
12 month fixed term contract.
- High profile, transformative programme of work
- Heavily influence our NZ technology architectural roadmap and investment
- Trans-Tasman team-work with some of the very best in Cyber
- Hybrid and Ponsonby based (Auckland)
Please note that the Woolworths support office is closed for the festive season from 21 December 2024. We will return on Monday 6 January 2025 and will review your application after this date.
About us | Mo matou
Woolworths New Zealand has sales of over $6bn, and is NZ’s leading supermarket brand. Our purpose is to make Kiwis’ lives a little better every day. Serving more than 3 million customers every week both in store and online, Woolworths has over 19,000 team members across New Zealand delivering our Customer 1st strategy.
eComX is our Digital and Tech business, with an agile operating model and is committed to pushing boundaries and innovating at speed to meet the needs of our customers across NZ in the digital age. Key to enabling our continued growth and success will be our new Senior Security Architect.
About the role | Mō te Tūranga
Reporting to the Head of Digital - Security and Risk, this is a genuine opportunity to influence change and drive/own the cyber security architecture strategy for a specific program of work that looks to transform and improve the way we engage digitally with our customers. Working closely with your counterparts in Australia at group level, this is a critical role is also key to securing controls across our digital enterprise and underpinning our continued growth and success as a leading digital retailer..
Our new Security Architect will be a senior level technologist - establishing relationships and credibility across not only technical, but non-technical teams including executives. You will guide and influence using Cyber Security design principles and best practice to achieve consistency and compliance to global standards. Specifically, you will be required to :
- Coordinate cyber security architecture engagement with the cyber security consulting team to cover new and inflight Digital projects to perform architecture and design reviews with focus on Cyber Security.
- Work with the Digital teams and with other risk functions to identify security requirements using Cyber Security design principles and industry good practices.
- Acquire a complete understanding of the Woolworths Digital Technology systems and application landscape and assess from a cybersecurity perspective
- Provide security architecture guidance to Digital projects, with a focus on Cloud deployments and Enterprise outcomes
- Produce security design that meets business requirements and is compliant with cyber security policy and standards
- Consulting services on architecture and design of solutions, as well as developing Patterns and standards with enterprise teams
- Work with Digital development teams and Cyber Security teams to implement technical controls and security services
About you | Mōu
You love technology. You are deeply in touch with innovation particularly in the Cyber Security Architecture and Cloud technology space. You are an energised, collaborative and customer oriented individual. A technical evangelist and change agent who thrives on challenge, you can also point to success in cultural as well as technology transformation. We need someone who is pragmatic who can effectively build and maintain meaningful working relationships and someone astute enough to navigate interdependencies within complex large-scale corporate settings.
To be considered, your experience will likely reflect:
- Hands on experience in the architecture and design of security technologies (such as SailPoint, Splunk, Tenable, Crowdstrike, CSPM), with a particular focus on Cloud security and secure DevOps practices
- Strong understanding of cyber security technology products, solutions and risks for eCommerce, Cloud Services, DevSecOps
- The ability to influence people and outcomes through collaboration, logic and communication
- Driving cybersecurity services and business outcomes
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of cybersecurity concepts and principles
- Ability to convey and translate complex scenarios and solutions to a wider non-IT business
- Methodical and analytical approach to problem solving and troubleshooting
- Ability to conduct an analysis of a business needs, formulate written business requirements, identify and resolve issues
- Ability to manage multiple tasks/projects and deadlines simultaneously as well as documentation skills in project requirements, design and testing
- Understanding of other related security products and solutions will be advantageous
- Conducting preliminary analyses of requirements for new or enhanced systems, as it relates to cyber security outcomes
- Proficient in agile methodology and CI/CD
This is a unique role, a 12 month fixed term contract but one where you will be given scope to shape and influence. You will also be rewarded with an attractive salary package in addition to staff benefits and the opportunity to work with highly talented leaders with a clear vision, aligned on the journey. If you are up to the challenge, apply today.
Our Benefits | To Tatou Painga
- Genuine flexibility in how and where you work
- Ongoing development within an ANZ team and access to COE/specialist career opportunities
- Grocery discount card and discounted online shopping delivery
- Global and local career opportunities
Working with Woolworths NZ | Me mahi tahi tatou ki Woolworths NZ
With over 185 stores and 20,000 team members across Aotearoa, we've made it our mission to make Kiwi lives a little better every day.
We're friendly, down-to-earth, and energetic - we work hard but we have a great time doing it, and we love what we do. There is plenty of scope for new ideas, lots of room for you to add value, and importantly, you'll be working with a business that touches the lives of three million New Zealanders a week.
We embrace diversity of thought and love to take on challenges with a pragmatic and innovative approach. Our culture thrives on mutual respect, care, curiosity, openness, and a proactive attitude. We continually seek ways to pair, collaborate, support, and learn from each other as a team!
If you’re smart and good at what you do, let’s work together | Me mahi tahi tatou
Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team’s diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.
We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.
