Senior Security Engineer
Foodstuffs
| Company | Foodstuffs |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Foodstuffs Landing Drive |
| Remote | Hybrid |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Senior |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 30 Jan 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (lever) |
Description
Ko wai mātou – About us
Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us!
With 300+ stores and over 24,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life. Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.
Our Support Centre is 1,000+ people strong, which includes 300+ IT employees, who all play a vital role in ensuring the cogs of our Co-op stay turning and our systems stay ‘byte’-sized and ‘bug’-free.”.
Te Tūranga – About the role
As a Senior Security Engineer, you will be part of a key team within a customer focused, high performing IT Operations team. You’ll contribute to all aspects of IT security, including Foodies’ hybrid multi-cloud environment, across the breadth of our Co-op.
What You’ll Be Doing
· Shape and advance our security strategy across Zero Trust, cloud security architecture, threat‑informed defence, and continuous assurance.
· Drive continuous threat intelligence, vulnerability management, and attack‑surface reduction using automation and AI‑enabled tooling.
· Lead and enhance security incident response while running threat‑informed exercises to strengthen organisational readiness.
· Oversee vendor and SaaS security requirements, including supply‑chain controls, SBOM validation, and vendor assurance processes.
· Champion DevSecOps practices across secure CI/CD, container security, IaC validation, and policy‑as‑code enforcement.
· Participate in a roster to provide an on call security response as and when necessary.
This is a hands-on, high-impact role where your expertise will embed security into everything we do. If you’re passionate about cybersecurity, love solving problems, and want to be part of a team that’s serious about making a difference, this is your opportunity to lead, influence, and innovate.
Ngā painga - What we offer
We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits
· Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including EV plugs
· Southern Cross health insurance
· Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
· Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
· Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).
He kōrero mōu - About you
You’re a detail-driven security professional with a sharp mind for risk and a passion for protecting systems. With a strong hands-on track record in enterprise security engineering, within hybrid or multi-cloud environments, you will have a sound understanding of the digital landscape, security technologies and modern policies and practices around cyber security.
What You Bring
· Expertise in Zero Trust, cloud security, identity governance, API security, and modern security architectures.
· Strong technical background across SIEM, SOAR, EDR, vulnerability management, container security, and automation.
· Demonstrated ability to influence architecture and development teams in secure design.
· Experience with IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and secure cloud deployment patterns.
· Strong analytical, investigative, and forensic abilities across cloud and on‑prem environments.
Your communication style is clear and effective, whether you're working with technical or non-technical stakeholders. You thrive in collaborative settings but are equally comfortable taking initiative and owning outcomes. Curious by nature and driven b
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