Security Operations Lead

KPMG New Zealand

. Lead day‑to‑day Security Operations, ensuring consistent delivery, timely threat response, and protection of the Firm’s systems, data and services.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeAuckland • 🇳🇿 New ZealandSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead day‑to‑day Security Operations, ensuring consistent delivery, timely threat response, and protection of the Firm’s systems, data and services.
Ensure security tools, monitoring capabilities and threat detection activities are effective and fit for purpose, with priorities set to reduce attack surface and strengthen operational effectiveness.
Lead security incident response and advanced threat analysis, ensuring insights, patterns and lessons learned are translated into improved controls, informed decision‑making and reduced future risk.
Ensure processes, controls and playbooks are embedded, consistently applied and regularly reviewed, using insights to drive continuous improvement and strengthen operational resilience.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 5 years’ experience as a SOC Analyst or Team Lead.
Tertiary qualification in either Computer Science, Software Engineering or Cyber Security.
Industry certifications such as CISM, ISC2 SSCP, or equivalent.
Experience with using and managing SIEM, SOAR and SOC Tools.
Ability to execute effective threat hunting to enable incident response capabilities.
Experience writing and security incident response findings through reports.
A fundamental understanding of Security Operations Centre including general purpose, approaches, and methodologies.
Ability to lead a team and identify growth and development opportunities for their team.
Ability to provide strategic advice, guidance, and input to our business leaders to support a broad range of objectives.
Ability to build strong relationships across our firm.
Uses data and insights to enhance performance.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Access to the firm's annual incentive scheme
Opportunities for local and international secondments
Hybrid working across a mix of office, client and home hubs to recognise that people have individual circumstances and preferences when it comes to where and how they work
The ability to work from overseas and extend time connecting with friends and family outside New Zealand
Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave
Gender-neutral support for all stages of the parental journey, including access to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents
A paid professional association membership of your choice
Digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees
A wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, banking services, and lifestyle goods and services
The support, allyship and opportunity to join our many Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Affinity networks, including the Kiwa, Pride, Ethnicity, Accessibility and Wahine groups
The opportunity to participate in Green Team activities, as we work toward reducing the firm’s environmental footprint and become carbon zero by 2030
An invitation to join your local Social club and enjoy events aimed at bringing people together for social, sporting, cultural, family and fundraising activities
Paid time off for volunteering and involvement in citizenship activities
An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, subsidised sporting events, free confidential counselling services, additional 5 days of Wellbeing leave to support you and your family's overall health and wellness, access to our Wellbeing portal with an extensive range of advice and resources and much much more!

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Hard Skills & Tools

Security Operationsthreat responsethreat detectionincident responsethreat analysisthreat huntingreport writingSecurity Operations Centre methodologiescontinuous improvementoperational resilience

Soft Skills

team leadershipstrategic adviceguidancerelationship buildingperformance enhancementdecision-makinggrowth identificationdevelopment opportunitiescommunicationinsight utilization

Certifications

CISMISC2 SSCPCyber Security qualification