Senior Security Engineer Wellington, NZ / Auckland, NZ Technology Security / Permanent / Hybrid Apply for this job Our Purpose At Xero, were here to help you supercharge your business. We do this by automating routine tasks, surfacing actionable insights and connecting businesses with the right data, advisors and apps. When that happens, were not only making life better for small business, well be building a stronger economy that can change the world.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Security Engineer based in either New Zealand or Australia to join our Cyber Security Engineering Function in our Edge Security pod. If you have experience in Network Security engineering roles and are looking for an opportunity to focus on protecting the Edge, this could be the perfect role for you! About the role As a Senior Security Engineer, youll ensure our network edge security systems are deployed and maintained to support the requirements of our Xero teams. Youll be hands-on solving problems at scale in a massive multi cloud environment.

Youll become deeply familiar with the capabilities of our vendors to build and support modern and adaptable security services that will delight our customers. We run mission-critical infrastructure, and youll build resilient and scalable systems. Automation will be the standard for you, and youll seek new and interesting ways to reduce our operational overheads.

Most importantly, youll be a team player and get to work with an awesome group of engineers in an amazing and unique working environment. About the team Edge - Security Engineering The vision of the Edge Security team is to secure Xeros edge with innovative technologies that deliver availability and scalability. Were responsible for designing, maintaining and servicing tools and infrastructure that defends against threats from entering or spreading through Xero's network infrastructure.

Were looking for a Senior Engineer that will help us create automated security processes that empower product teams to build beautiful secure software. While we dont require you to have worked with all of our tech stack previously, what is important is you are happy to learn and work with it. You might have worked with similar solutions.

Generally, the technologies we work with are: WAF technologies. Content Delivery Networks (CDNs). Web Service Products.

Network security principles. Networking and system administration fundamentals. AWS, GCP and Azure.

Python, JSON, YAML. Infrastructure as Code tools. Version Control.

CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery) platforms. What you'll do It is a hands on, on the tools role and youll be the focal point where technical decisions meet strategic thinking. Develop software and automation as agreed with the team.

Develop and maintain documentation. Be approachable and professional. Strong DevOps and Agile practices.

Participate in the 24/7 oncall roster as required. Independently take ownership of problems and solve them. A s.