Cyber Defence Operations Engineer---DevSecOps & ServiceNow

General information
Location
Auckland
Expertise
Technology
Job Level
Experienced
Employment Type
Permanent full-time
Close Date
0+-Jun-2025
Ref #
60444
Description & Requirements
Spark NZ
As New Zealand's largest telecommunications and digital services company, Spark’s purpose is to help all of New Zealand win big in a digital world. We provide mobile, broadband, and digital services to millions of New Zealanders and thousands of New Zealand businesses.
We operate in an exciting and constantly evolving industry, where the pace of change brings new and unique challenges every day, so we operate using Agile ways of working to allow us to meet the fast-changing needs of our customers. Agile replaces the traditional hierarchical organisational structure to produce a transparent, collaborative environment with highly productive teams who are empowered to deliver better outcomes for our customers, communities, and all of New Zealand.

About the Role:
We are seeking a passionate and skilled Cyber Security Engineer with strong DevSecOps experience and a deep understanding of ServiceNow development. You will be responsible for integrating security into the software development lifecycle and enhancing automation and orchestration through the ServiceNow platform. This role bridges security engineering, cloud automation, and platform customization, playing a vital part in our secure digital transformation journey.
Day to day you will be involved in:

Work closely with internal Service now team to develop, customize, and maintain ServiceNow security related modules like Secops, GRC to support security day to day work.

Integrate security tools (e.g., SAST, DAST, container scanning, secret management) within development and deployment pipelines.

Automate security alert triage, incident response, and vulnerability management using ServiceNow workflows.

Contribute to security awareness, documentation, and knowledge-sharing across engineering teams.

Monitor and analyze security events and recommend improvements in tooling and processes.

Design, develop, and implement DevSecOps pipelines and security automation across CI/CD workflows.
What experience you'll bring?
3+ years of experience in cyber security engineering, preferably in a DevSecOps context.

1+ years of hands-on ServiceNow development experience (e.g., scripting, custom applications, workflow configuration).

Experience with one or more CI/CD platforms (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab).

Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, PowerShell, or JavaScript.

Experience working with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, etc.).

Familiarity with ServiceNow Security Operations (SecOps) module, GRC module, and the integration between service now with other security toolings.

Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Ability to work cross-functionally with security, software engineering, and platform teams.


WHY CHOOSE US:
Diversity and Inclusion: Te Kanorau me te Whakawhāiti mai
At Spark, we are constantly looking for ways to build a more inclusive culture. Our vision is for diversity and inclusion to be “how things are done at Spark”, embedded into our day-to-day activities, standards, and business practices. We want you to feel totally comfortable bringing your whole self to work regardless of your gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, or ability.
Sustainability: Toitū
Sustainability is a key focus for us. We are dedicated to supporting Aotearoa New Zealand’s recovery and economic transformation. The principle of equity is at the very heart of our approach, and we remain committed to working in partnership to make a positive contribution to digital equity in line with our focus on Diversity and Inclusion.
Benefits: Awhina
Our people matter and we make sure we look after them. As a valued employee of Spark, we’ve got our people covered with a range of leading benefits including:
Wellbeing - Comprehensive medical insurance, life and income protection. Access to wellbeing coaches, EAP and in-house Specialist Clinical support through our leading Mahi Tahi Wellness programme.
Hybrid ways of working - for most teams at Spark this means being in the office for 4 days a week, and 1 day being flexible.
Leave - in addition to four weeks annual leave, we offer purchased leave, enhanced parental leave support and study leave.
Spark Credit – we provide permanent employees with $120 monthly Spark credit to use on any of our amazing products.
Spark Share scheme – periodically we offer the opportunity to buy into our share scheme.
Career development – access to an internal marketplace that connects employees with experiential, on the job learning across Spark.
Due to the nature and urgency of this role, we are only considering applicants that are based in New Zealand with permanent residency, citizenship, or a valid work visa (with at least 18 months remaining).
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