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 27,000 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    

At Foodstuffs, We're looking for a curious, proactive and collaborative Security Operations Analyst to join our Security team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside experienced security professionals, helping to safeguard critical systems and services while developing your technical expertise across threat intelligence, vulnerability management, incident response and cloud security.

If you enjoy solving problems, continuously learning, and making a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

What you’ll do 

As a Security Operations Analyst, you'll play a key role in protecting our technology landscape by:

• Monitoring the security environment through daily security checks, threat intelligence gathering and vulnerability analysis.
• Researching emerging threats and working with technology teams to assess potential impacts across the organisation.
• Supporting security incident response activities, contributing to investigations and driving continuous improvements to incident management processes.
• Assisting with the development and maintenance of security policies, standards, procedures and guidelines.
• Identifying and remediating gaps in security monitoring, alerting and audit capabilities.
• Supporting the delivery of secure technology services operating in a 24x7 environment.
• Working closely with the Security, Risk and Digital Operations Manager on security initiatives and operational activities.

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 36 EV plugs 

• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores 

• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday 

• Inhouse learning and development courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes) 

He kōrero mōu - About you      

• A solid understanding of IT infrastructure, systems or software development with an interest in information security.
• Knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST and PCI DSS.
• An understanding of cloud technologies and a desire to continue building your cloud security capability.
• Experience in an IT support, infrastructure, systems administration
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• A continuous improvement mindset and genuine curiosity to learn new technologies and security practices.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple technology teams.

Why Join Foodies?

Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you. 

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau. 

 We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity. 

 If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to  Recruitment.Foodstuffs@foodstuffs.co.nz.  Accessibility support could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology. 

 Don’t ‘cart’ around – apply now!