Release and Environment Lead
AA New Zealand
Date: 17 hours ago
City: Auckland, Auckland
Contract type: Full time
Working with the AA | Me mahi tahi tatou ki AA
For over 120 years the AA have been helping Kiwis on their adventures! Today, we're one of New Zealand's most respected and trusted brands. From our humble beginnings as a motoring enthusiast's club, the New Zealand AA (Automobile Association) has grown into a large, dynamic organisation offering many services and products to more than a million Members.
We're expanding our Platform Engineering team and looking for a Release & Environment Lead to play a key role in how we deliver technology across the AA.
What You'll Be Doing | Mō te Tūranga
In this role, you’ll take ownership of how our platforms, systems, and infrastructure are released and managed across the development lifecycle. You’ll be responsible for planning and coordinating software and infrastructure deployments, ensuring environments are stable, well-maintained, and aligned with testing and delivery needs.
You’ll play a key role in leading release execution across multiple projects and managing a complex, evolving environment landscape to support consistent, reliable delivery.
You have strong, hands-on experience in release management, with a proven ability to plan and coordinate complex software and infrastructure releases. You understand how important well-managed releases are for ensuring stability and a smooth experience for users. You’ve worked across both Agile and Waterfall delivery environments and thrive in collaborative, cross-functional teams
We are aware that there will be candidates who are interested in the role but may only feel comfortable to apply if they have ticked all the boxes. We want you to know that if you feel like you don't meet all the requirements, please still get in touch. We'd love to korero to see if you might be a great fit for the role.
For over 120 years the AA have been helping Kiwis on their adventures! Today, we're one of New Zealand's most respected and trusted brands. From our humble beginnings as a motoring enthusiast's club, the New Zealand AA (Automobile Association) has grown into a large, dynamic organisation offering many services and products to more than a million Members.
We're expanding our Platform Engineering team and looking for a Release & Environment Lead to play a key role in how we deliver technology across the AA.
What You'll Be Doing | Mō te Tūranga
In this role, you’ll take ownership of how our platforms, systems, and infrastructure are released and managed across the development lifecycle. You’ll be responsible for planning and coordinating software and infrastructure deployments, ensuring environments are stable, well-maintained, and aligned with testing and delivery needs.
You’ll play a key role in leading release execution across multiple projects and managing a complex, evolving environment landscape to support consistent, reliable delivery.
- Manage environment planning and usage across development, testing, and pre-production stage
- Collaborate with developers, testers, and business stakeholders to align release timelines and activities
- Ensure systems are deployed smoothly and consistently, with minimal disruption to operations
- Maintain visibility of multiple releases and environments, resolving conflicts and managing dependencies
- Drive process improvements to optimise release workflows and environment reliability
You have strong, hands-on experience in release management, with a proven ability to plan and coordinate complex software and infrastructure releases. You understand how important well-managed releases are for ensuring stability and a smooth experience for users. You’ve worked across both Agile and Waterfall delivery environments and thrive in collaborative, cross-functional teams
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, deployment tools (e.g. Bitbucket, Azure DevOps), and version control systems like Git
- Familiarity with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g. Datadog)
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work across technical and non-technical teams
- Hands-on experience with incident response and post-incident reviews
- Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Free AA Membership for you and your whānau
- NZAA Super Scheme with 2% employer contributions on top of 3% Kiwisaver
- A day off for your birthday
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Training available / career development
- Enhanced parental leave options
- Discounted insurance
We are aware that there will be candidates who are interested in the role but may only feel comfortable to apply if they have ticked all the boxes. We want you to know that if you feel like you don't meet all the requirements, please still get in touch. We'd love to korero to see if you might be a great fit for the role.
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