Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Kia ora!

At Air New Zealand, we are driven by innovation, collaboration, and a passion for excellence. We’re seeking a talented Cloud Platform Engineer to join our team and play a key role in shaping the future of our cloud infrastructure. This is an exciting opportunity to help move us towards platform engineering practices while contributing to key digital initiatives across one of the world’s leading airlines.

As a Cloud Platform Engineer at Air New Zealand, you will drive the development and evolution of our cloud platform, with a focus on Azure and AWS. You’ll help shape the strategic direction and governance of cloud services, ensuring they align with business needs and operational best practices. In this role, you will provide technical leadership, collaborate across teams, and actively contribute to improving the developer experience and delivering measurable business value.

The role you will play:

• Collaborate with peers to develop and execute the strategy for Air New Zealand’s cloud platform portfolio, spanning Azure and AWS services.
• Define and drive the product roadmap, prioritizing initiatives to align with business objectives and user needs.
• Support a cross-functional team of architects, engineers, and specialists by providing subject matter expertise and technical guidance.
• Promote a self-service model to reduce operational overhead and enhance the developer experience.
• Champion DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices to enable continuous delivery and maintain high operational standards.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the cloud platform, ensuring availability, security, and performance around the clock.
• Enable effective FinOps practices by promoting cost transparency and operational efficiency across cloud services.
• Manage third-party vendors and maintain strategic relationships with cloud providers and systems integrators.
• Continuously enhance the platform by balancing operational priorities with customer-focused innovation.

What you will bring to this role

To succeed in this role, you will bring a mix of technical expertise, leadership skills, and a strategic mindset. You’ll be comfortable working with complex cloud environments and have a strong track record of managing cloud infrastructure in Azure and AWS. You’ll have a collaborative approach, working closely with internal teams and external partners to deliver results.

We’re looking for strong engineering talent with:

• 5+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering, with deep expertise in Azure and solid working knowledge of AWS.
• Proven experience applying cloud governance frameworks and delivering technical excellence within enterprise cloud environments.
• Strong background in DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), including hands-on work with CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to and foster a high-performance team culture, collaborating effectively across diverse teams.
• Practical experience with cloud FinOps, driving cost-optimized strategies and promoting financial accountability.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, business-relevant language.
• Strong relationship management capabilities, able to navigate cross-functional dynamics and balance competing priorities.
• Solid understanding of risk, compliance, and operational governance in cloud environments.

What can we offer you

At Air New Zealand, we value our people and the impact they make. In return for your expertise, we offer:

• An opportunity to influence the future of cloud services at Air New Zealand and play a key role in transforming our technology landscape.
• A dynamic, future-focused environment that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Ongoing professional development and learning opportunities to support your career growth and personal development.
• A competitive salary and benefits package, with the chance to make a meaningful impact within a globally recognized organization.

If you’re ready to elevate your cloud platform engineering career and help shape the future of a world-leading airline, we’d welcome your application.

At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.

If you have encountered any accessibility barriers and require further information or reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to the recruiter listed on this job advert so they are able to support you to freely participate equitably in our recruitment and selection process.

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"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."