Azure Cloud Security Architect / KaiMataRau

Azure Cloud Security Architect / KaiMataRau Ready to grow your skills and cultivate digital foundations to support whānau to reach new heights? Azure Cloud Security Architect / KaiMataRau Digital kaitiakitanga is just one part of the amazingness that is Te Tihi o Ruahine. We're looking for someone who loves our kaupapa and sees how digital leadership can support whānau, hapū, iwi and communities shape their future. This role will help bring that vision to life by contributing to the development of fit-for-purpose digital solutions that create opportunities for iwi and Māori to lead innovation and realise whānau aspirations. Working alongside a small, dynamic team of digital and data specialists, and supported by a wider collective of eclectic skills and knowledge, you'll thrive in a colourful melting pot of talented people. We're looking for someone who brings their own expertise, enjoys growing the capability of others, and values the knowledge and experiences that others bring in return. You'll thrive in a fast-paced environment, embracing opportunities to stretch your thinking, challenge the status quo, and inspire others to do the same. This role will be responsible for ensuring the security, resilience, and compliance of Te Tihi o Ruahine cloud environment and digital platforms. Acting as the lead kaitiaki for cloud security, the role provides strategic and technical leadership across Azure architecture, identity and access management, infrastructure security, threat detection, risk management, and secure solution design. Key Responsibilities Azure Cloud Security & Architecture: Azure cloud architecture, secure solution design, cloud migration and transformation security considerations, Azure networking, infrastructure security, and secure system architecture. Identity & Access Management: Microsoft Entra ID, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Conditional Access, identity governance, authentication, authorization, accounting (AAA), and secure access control practices. Security Operations & Threat Management: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and identification of threats, attacks, and vulnerabilities including malware, social engineering, and application-based attacks. Risk & Compliance: Azure Policy, governance and compliance controls, risk assessment, security architecture reviews, risk analysis, mitigation strategies, business continuity planning, and alignment with security standards and frameworks (such as NIST and ISO 27001.) Data Protection: Azure Key Vault, encryption, secrets management, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and data protection best practices. Secure Engineering & Infrastructure: Secure DevOps practices, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Software as a Service (SaaS), firewalls, intrusion detection systems, endpoint security, secure network architectures, secure protocols, and implementation of security policies, procedures, and operational security controls. Security Strategy & Stakeholder Engagement: Development of security recommendations and roadmaps, stakeholder engagement, technical documentation, and supporting organisational security maturity and transformation initiatives. Big bonus if you have had exposure to, or experience working with wider cloud-based data platforms and modern data engineering tools, including Coalesce, Eightwire, Fivetran, Snowflake and Power BI. Our kaupapa is Whānau Ora and creating projects for whānau, hapū, iwi and hapori to dream big and achieve their own moemoeā. Are you ready to dream big too? Te Tihi is committed to realising the aspirations of Whānau Ora and is an organisation that brings together local Iwi/ Māori Health and Social Service providers, hapū and marae voices and local branches of national Māori organisations. Te Tuahiwi is the backbone infrastructure of Te Tihi o Ruahine. We activate key levers to achieve whānau aspirations and outcomes and mobilise the Whānau Ora movement, including: Te Tuahiwi Core Pillars Kaupapa Innovation : Whānau centred design of projects, products, services, and processes; Whānau centred and led service development. Communications : Fit for purpose communications. Te MataRau : Innovation of end-to-end Digital systems and solutions. Te Mana Whakahaere Raraunga : Strong and Agile data eco-system that mobilises Māori Data Sovereignty. Pikihia te Poutama : Advancement of skilled and high-functioning Kaimahi, and Puna Ora : Advocacy and coordination for Iwi and Māori provider advancement. Housing : Pathways to Home Ownership Te Tihi is a team of innovators, creators, supporters and leaders. You will be bringing your technical knowledge and skills to our data/digital team to actively contribute to Māori development, Whānau Ora and whānau “Reaching New Heights”. The role can be fixed term or permanent by negotiation, Part-Time (0.8), Flexible working arrangements available - at a base minimum this will include 4 days over a fortnight, based in Palmerston North office. Applications close 14 August 2026 @ 5pm. #J-18808-Ljbffr