Senior Cyber Security Consultant

Company Description

Meridian is the largest producer of renewable electricity in Aotearoa, and we strive to deliver clean energy for a fairer and healthier world. We only generate electricity from 100% renewable resources – wind, water, and sun, because we believe that’s the best way forward for our planet and our communities. We’re doing what we can to help Aotearoa reduce their carbon emissions and support others in our generation communities to do the same. We also retail electricity to more than 365,000 homes, businesses, and farms across New Zealand through our Meridian and Powershop brands.

Job Description

What you’ll be doing

As a Senior Security Consultant, you will ensure Meridian's ICT infrastructure, services, and systems remain secure. This is an exciting opportunity for an all-rounder who thrives on variety and relishes the chance to make a meaningful impact with their work. Leveraging your experience and expertise, you'll deliver trusted cyber security services alongside internal teams and external partners, fostering strong working relationships and contributing to our mission of making a positive difference.

With a hands-on service delivery approach, you will promote a "cyber safe" culture with an emphasis on continuous learning and knowledge sharing, contributing to an environment that aligns with Meridian's core values and drives impactful results.  Our successful candidate will be outcomes-focused and adept at translating business requirements into clear, deliverable actions that meet or exceed stakeholder expectations. Join a high-performing security team in this dynamic and varied role, where every day brings positive challenges and opportunities to make a meaningful impact on the security and success of Meridian.

What you’ll bring

This role requires an eye for detail, strong stakeholder management skills, and a keen interest in cybersecurity.

We’re looking for someone with relevant industry-recognised security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP or equivalent, as well as proven experience with managing an internal or outsourced Incident Response / Security Operations Centre (SoC) capability.​

Other key skills and experiences include:

• 10+ years’ experience and knowledge in Security governance, risk, assurance, and compliance.​
• Working knowledge of the implementation of standards, especially NIST, ISO/IEC 2700x, and PCI-DSS.​
• Ability to demonstrate a good level of understanding across a range of wide range of security domains.​
• Experience with securing cloud environments and understanding cloud security frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with security tools and technologies such as SIEM, IDS/IPS, and DLP solutions.​
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.​

Why Meridian?

At Meridian, we value all people. We embrace different ways of thinking, living, and working, because we believe diversity benefits us all. It makes our capabilities even stronger. We encourage all our people to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work and we’re proud to have a diverse and inclusive workplace. So, no matter who you are, you’ll find it a great place to work.

We value and live by three ‘How to Be’s’: ‘be gutsy’, working together by ‘being in the waka’ and doing the right thing by ‘being a good human’. We work hard and value the importance of connection and fun, whether this be through daily quizzes, morning teas, birthday, and cultural celebrations both in person and virtually!

Sustainability sits firmly in our DNA both socially and environmentally. We proudly support KidsCan and the Kākāpō Recovery and work side-by-side with our generation communities to empower and support projects where needed. There are many opportunities to volunteer to any of our partnerships throughout the year.

What we can offer you!

We value work/life balance so our WFH and flexible work options (where possible) make things easier for you and your whānau. We also offer:

• an attractive and competitive salary package that’s reviewed annually, performance-incentive plus discounts from a number of partnerships
• Southern Cross Healthcare - Wellbeing one insurance, funded scheme for eligible employees to give you that extra peace of mind 
• enhanced leave provisions: three company paid days (over the holiday period), enhanced parental leave and options to buy up to 12 days additional leave
• life, trauma and income protection insurance (which we hope you won’t need!)
• enhanced KiwiSaver contributions
• access to the Meridian employee share scheme
• excellent learning and development opportunities, we want you to be the best version of yourself and will help you get there!
• award winning wellbeing programme that provides support whenever and wherever you need it
• employee discounts off your power with Meridian, every bit counts
• a one-off $400 payment to support your work from home set-up (if needed)

All in all, we’re an awesome place to work. If this sounds like you and you want to bring your energy and use your power to make a difference (pun intended), then apply today and tell us why!

To view the full Position Description please Click Here – we’re not necessarily looking for someone who ticks all the boxes (an elusive unicorn), so if you think you have what it takes but don't meet every requirement in the PD, we strongly encourage you to apply!  

If you have any general enquiries please contact careers@meridianenergy.co.nz and one of our team will get back to you. We're committed to becoming more accessible and providing support if needed, please get in touch via email or phone if there are any parts of our process you would like assistance with (process found here meridianenergy.co.nz/careers), we’re more than happy to help.  

Advertising closes on 17th July 2024 (please note this is subject to change).