
Principal Security Engineer at Foodstuffs North Island (Mangere, New Zealand)
Foodstuffs North Island· Mangere, New Zealand· NZD 220k–NZD 250k·
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Job description
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 We’re looking for an experienced Principal Security Engineer to help shape how security is designed, engineered and delivered across our organisation. This is a senior technical leadership role for someone who can move confidently between architecture and hands-on engineering. You’ll help shape security engineering at enterprise scale, defining work engineering standards and reusable patterns, guiding complex technical decisions, and partnering with engineers, architects and product teams to solve some of our most challenging security problems. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to: Shape security engineering standards, patterns and technical direction across the organisation.
Why work at Foodstuffs North Island
- Culture: Described as a “whānau” (family) with a strong sense of belonging; cooperative values mean every employee contributes to something bigger.
- Work Arrangements: Many support centre and supply chain roles offer hybrid work (e.g., Mangere, Wellington, Palmerston North). Store roles are on-site.
- Career Growth: Opportunities across retail, supply chain, support centre (finance, marketing, IT, legal). Pathways to store ownership for motivated team members.
- Perks & Training: Largest trainer of butchers and bakers in NZ; professional development programs; scale and security of a 100-year-old organisation.
- Engineering & Tech: Roles like Salesforce Technical Lead, Senior SAP Developer, SuccessFactors Support Analyst, and Deployment Specialist indicate a modernising tech environment.