Team Manager - Application Security

Our Purpose

Here at Datacom, we connect people and technology to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in whilst embodying a culture of trust and respect for employees and customers alike.

The Nuts and Bolts

We now have 7000 people across our global offices and generate an annual revenue of over $1.4 billion, making us one of Australasia’s largest professional IT service companies. We have renowned expertise in operating data centres and in providing IT services, software engineering and application management, as well as payroll and customer service design and operations. With this comes a long list of significant and notable clients so to meet their needs, and in turn our employees’, Datacom understands the value of hiring, developing and promotion of the very best available talent. At Datacom, nobody is just a cog in a wheel, with everyone’s contribution recognised and lauded whilst their training and development is specifically tailored to suit their own unique needs!

Why You Want to Join Us – Our Team and Culture, Benefits, Career Growth and Flexibility

We are local at heart, yet world-class in capability. We’ve managed to maintain our local family feel whilst expanding globally across Australia, ASIA, US and the UK. In the regions we continue to grow and actively support local workforces and their families, and we are focused on being a great place to work to facilitate an environment that encourages our employees to strive to imagine what’s possible, challenge the status quo and put forward fresh, diverse thinking. For our employees, this results in such fantastic perks as:

• STABILITY - In an ever-changing world with many insecurities, Datacom has stood strong, for example no people were made redundant during the Covid lockdowns.

• SALARY - A competitive salary package with annual performance reviews with the goal of taking care of and retaining the best talent.

• BENEFITS - Amazing benefits such as free Healthcare and Life Insurance from leading providers and access to online training portals to help you gain any industry certificates that you might want and we even cover the examination costs if you pass!

• DEVELOPMENT – Due to our strong focus and dedication towards employee development, we have the aforementioned in-house training plus our meticulous ‘career framework’, which helps map the next steps of your career and what you need to do to get to where you want to be.

• OPPORTUNITIES - Having a large scale, globally respected IT organisation on your resume will do wonders for your prospects, and with a 7000 strong workforce, there are many long-term opportunities to progress within.

• FLEXIBILITY - A supportive and flexible working environment in up-to-date modern workplaces with a 37.5 hour working week and scope for remote or hybrid working.

Our Team

Our culture is built on people who love coming to work to solve problems, and we embrace those who lean into a problem rather than lean away.

Using your cybersecurity expertise, you will join NZ’s largest cybersecurity and connectivity services company as part of a dedicated team, proud of delivering top of the range advice and guidance to our customers.

About the Role

As a Team Manager in the Datacom business, your role will encompass responsibility for performance, productivity, development, and sustainability of our people.

You will be accountable for providing leadership and guidance to a team of skilled professionals and providing services and solutions in all areas of Cybersecurity and Connectivity Services, with focus in particular on our Application Security division.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys being the outcome advocate, relishes people leadership and has a passion for helping organisation build secure applications.

This role is ideal for someone who is looking to develop their leadership capabilities and assist in the operational and strategic management of our Cybersecurity and Connectivity Services Team.

We’re looking for passion, ambition, and a depth and breadth of Application security knowledge as well as the adaptability to ever changing market demands.

What You’ll Do

• You’ll take initiative on mentoring, coaching, developing, and optimising your people to achieve their full capability
• You’ll be a leader in the business through the promotion of innovation, service, and delivery enhancement and with a focus on future sustainability
• You’ll engage collaboratively with your internal teams, the wider business and our customers
• You’ll foster vendor relationships that support our Cybersecurity Technical service offerings delivered from both the Consulting and Operational teams and promote a culture of excellence
• You will help drive the planning, development, and implementation of Datacom’s Application Security offerings and services
• You’ll ensure resource and workload allocation, priority management, project planning, and pipeline management is handled appropriately to drive team connectedness and positive outcomes for our clients
• You will be passionate about Application Cybersecurity and emerging technology, business transformation, and solving customer challenges.

What You’ll Bring

• You’ll have knowledge to a high degree of Cybersecurity technologies and ability to converse with a diverse range of customers.
• You will be a team player with experience leading and developing a team of professionals, either directly or indirectly
• You’ll have experience in an organisation driven by service, delivery, and outcomes
• You’ll have Technically focused Cybersecurity professional qualifications
• You’ll have practical working knowledge of DevSecOps, best practices in Application Security (such as OWASP) in order to walk the talk with our customers and lead the Appsec team
• You’ll have a strong interest in all things application security. In your past you may have been a penetration tester, a developer or a security consultant and looking for your next step in your Application security career.
• Ideally you would have at least 7+ years’ experience in cyber security of which 5+ years working with Application security.
• You may have presented at conferences or have achieved some relevant certifications to demonstrate your expertise

What are you waiting for! If you are ready to make a difference in Australasia's largest homegrown technology company then apply within today!