Intermediate SoC Analyst - Cyber Security - Digital Services at Te Whatu Ora, All Locations

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Work anywhere in New Zealand
• Permanent, Full-time

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders. Through integration and collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whānau-centred care, and excellence.

About the Role

The NSOC Intermediate Security Analyst plays a key role in supporting Health New Zealand's cybersecurity operations by providing technical expertise, analysis, documentation, and incident response. This position is responsible for triaging and responding to security alerts and incidents generated by the enterprise SOC/SIEM platform, ensuring that potential cyber threats are identified, managed, and mitigated before they can escalate into significant incidents.

About the Team/Service/ Location

As part of the National Cyber Security function, Cyber Security Analysts within the Security Operations Centre provide essential threat detection, Incident response, proactive security measures, compliance adherence, incident investigation, knowledge sharing, collaboration, and contribution to building a trustworthy reputation. Their expertise and activities are vital in safeguarding Health New Zealand's systems, patient data, and assets. 

Security Analysts also work with the wider security team to perform tests and uncover areas of improvement, contribute to the development and continuous improvement of processes, tools and frameworks within the team. You will be a Technical champion for doing security ‘the right way', including working and assisting IT teams to apply the right level of security. 

About you

As an experienced Security Analyst, you will bring adaptability, strong time management, and excellent communication skills to the role. You thrive in dynamic environments, work well both independently and as part of a team, and are proactive in identifying and addressing security risks. You will also have the following skills and experiences that will help you to succeed in the role:

• Minimum 3 years experience in Security Operations using contemporary Microsoft security tools or similar enterprise SOC/SIEM and EDR solutions
• Experience with the creation of analytics and/or automation.
• Experience with a broad range of security technologies, such as SIEM, firewalls, networking, system administration and scripting.
• Experience managing incidents within SOC/SIEM and EDR solutions
• Demonstrable knowledge of cyber security practices in a hybrid environment of on-premise, SaaS, and cloud services, preferably in an operation and/or incident management role.
• Demonstrable success in the identification and mitigation of network vulnerabilities.

Woking for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is ‘the weaving of wellness'. We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa/New Zealand. The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work. It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

• We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
• We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To view the position description and/or apply for the role please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11:59pm on Wednesday 18th June 2025. If you have any questions about the role, please contact Tegan Gutry at tegan.gutry@tewhatuora.govt.nz

Please note, preference will be given to applications of significantly affected Kaimahi through the Change process.