Security Architect (L3) - Kaihoahoa

• Permanent opportunity
• Wellington based

The Opportunity | Ara Whiwhi Mahi

At Inland Revenue, our work directly supports better outcomes for our customers, our people and for New Zealand. Within Technology Architecture, the Security Architect function brings together technology architecture, pragmatic thinking, and collaboration to design security outcomes that better secure our environment, processes, and behaviours.

As an Architect L3, you’ll play a key role in this kaupapa. You will provide enterprise‑level architectural leadership across security planning, design, and stewardship. Operating at the intersection of architecture strategy, security policy, and operations delivery outcomes, you will identify system‑level opportunities, trade-offs, and interdependencies that extend beyond individual initiatives.

About you | Mōu

You bring senior‑level architectural capability and are comfortable operating across organisational boundaries. You are able to step back from individual solutions to see the system as a whole, while remaining grounded in real‑world delivery.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Deep experience in security reference architecture, including translating strategic security direction, policy intent, and enterprise objectives into actionable roadmaps, architectural priorities, and implementation pathways.

• Ability to contextualise security policies and standards into practical technical and architectural guidance, ensuring they are relevant, consumable, and actionable across delivery environments.

• Ability to influence enterprise wide and cross-agency decision making and operate credibly.

• Strong synthesis skills, translating complex qualitative and quantitative insights into clear architectural options that inform senior decision making.

• Strategic judgement and enterprise level trade-off thinking, particularly where decisions involve competing priorities, constraints, and long-term consequences.

• Comfort leading through ambiguity, providing clarity and direction in complex, evolving problem spaces.

• Proven expertise in developing technology architectures, technical patterns, and blueprints that enable secure-by-design outcomes across platforms, products, and initiatives.

• Strong understanding of non-functional requirements, with the ability to define, shape, and embed security and broader quality attributes as core architectural requirements.

• Security policy and strategy fluency, with an understanding of how architecture supports policy development, compliance strategy, and long-term cross-agency system outcomes.

• An enabling and pragmatic style, with the ability to guide both project and operational teams toward effective security outcomes while balancing delivery realities and risk.

• Ability to act as a trusted navigator and guide, supporting teams to make sound security decisions, navigate complexity, and achieve intended control and risk outcomes. This should include relevant experience in participating in Architectural Review Board activities.

• Proven capability in evaluating the current security landscape, identifying improvement opportunities, and shaping architectural interventions that strengthen long-term organisational security posture.

• Demonstrated experience delivering comparable work in other complex environments, with a proven track record of applying sound judgement, practical methods, and senior architectural leadership to achieve meaningful security outcomes.

This is a dynamic and busy role where your ability to think ahead, stay organised, and work well with others will be key. You will have the opportunity to challenge yourself in a world-class service organisation.

About us | Mō mātou

The Technology Architecture team is part of the Digital team, delivering business technology outcomes for Inland Revenue. We play a critical role in providing advice, key architectural artefacts which guide and align outcomes, and the provision of assurance activities including governance, oversight, and reviews for all technology initiatives.

| Tono mai

Please apply online and attach your CV with a cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and knowledge relevant to this role. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

To request a copy of the Role Description or for any questions, please contact ***email_hidden***

Applications close Tuesday 30 May – 5:00pm

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