# Technical Cybersecurity Specialist

• Lead and support cybersecurity operational activities including security monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and security assurance activities • Contribute to the continuous improvement of cybersecurity processes, tools, reporting, and organisational cyber awareness • Permanent Wellington-based role, 5 weeks’ annual leave + insurance benefits Te whiwhinga mahi - Our opportunity We're looking for an experienced Technical Cybersecurity Specialist to join our Cybersecurity team and help protect the systems, information, and technology services that support Kāinga Ora's customers and people every day. This role is responsible for ensuring our technology environment and external service providers operate in line with established security policies, standards, and best practice. You'll play a key role in monitoring and responding to cyber threats, managing security operations activities, maintaining core security controls, and continuously improving our cybersecurity capability. Working across a complex technology environment, you'll partner with internal teams, project teams, external providers, and government agencies to help keep Kāinga Ora secure a

- **Id**: 3446128
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/kainga-ora-technical-cybersecurity-specialist>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Wellington, New Zealand
- **Countries**: NZ
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-29T00:00:00Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 8
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4750
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cybersecurity, Information Security, Property Management, Public Administration & Local Government

## Company

- **Id**: 1897841
- **Name**: Kāinga Ora
- **Domain**: kaingaora.govt.nz
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/kaingaora>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **SIEM** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 8

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-29T08:21:15Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 85
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.848
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 8
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: seen:8, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-06T05:58:05Z

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