Security Engineer

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

Auckland Transport is seeking a talented Security Engineer to protect our computer systems, networks, and data from cyber threats and unauthorized access. You’ll play a key role in proactively identifying, mitigating, and preventing cyber risks and data breaches that could compromise our operations and sensitive information.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain security controls, solutions, and architectures for applications, cloud systems, networks, and critical infrastructure.
• Configure and manage security tools (firewalls, IDS / IPS, WAF, etc.).
• Conduct risk assessments, vulnerability scans, penetration testing, and ethical hacking.
• Investigate security incidents and breaches, and perform incident response activities.
• Develop and enforce security policies, standards, and best practices.
• Collaborate with IT teams, developers, and external stakeholders to integrate security.
• Monitor security systems, logs, and alerts for threats and anomalies.
• Provide security awareness training and promote a security-conscious culture.
• Prepare reports and document findings or procedures.
• Engage in continuous learning and professional development.

Qualifications

Experience

Skills

At AT, we embrace inclusion and fully support building a diverse workplace where people come first and we feel safe, respected, valued and supported, inclusive of our differences. Manaakitanga - We care, Tiakitanga - Safe with us, Whanaungatanga - We connect, Auahatanga - Better, bolder, together.

Our flexible working initiative empowers our people to work flexibly whilst meeting the needs of our customers, the organisation, and the individual.

In addition, we also offer :

Come join us in shaping the future of transport in Auckland – apply today. If this sounds like your ideal role, we would love to hear from you.

For further information or a confidential chat, please contact . Applications close 19 October 2025.

Location : Central Auckland

Expertise : Analyst, Engineering Design, Governance, Information Technology, Risk & Assurance Management

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