DevOps Engineer

Hays

  • Work on a large-scale Azure platform that underpins critical digital services
  • Work across a number of public facing projects
  • Excellent remuneration and career growth

Lead Azure Platform and Cloud Engineering, with hands-on development and integration skills. Up to $170,000.

Tō kamupene hou | Your new company

Join a large and complex organisation delivering critical digital services that support thousands of users across New Zealand. You'll be part of a collaborative technology team focused on modern cloud engineering practices, automation, platform reliability, and continuous improvement.

Tō tūranga hou | Your new role

As a DevOps Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing, building, and supporting Azure-based cloud platforms and services. You'll work across platform engineering, infrastructure automation, cloud integration, and operational reliability, helping to deliver secure and scalable solutions in a modern enterprise environment.

Responsibilities will include: developing CI/CD pipelines, implementing Infrastructure as Code, improving monitoring and observability capabilities, and contributing to technical decision-making across the platform.

Ngā uara me ngā pūkenga e angitu ai koe | What you'll need to succeed

  • Strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud engineering and cloud-native technologies.
  • Proven expertise in CI/CD, automation, and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Experience delivering secure, reliable, and highly integrated cloud solutions within enterprise environments.
  • Development experience with languages such as C#, Python, or similar.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for continuous improvement.
  • The ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Ngā hua ka whiwhi i a koe | What you'll get in return

  • The opportunity to work on a large-scale, business-critical platform.
  • Work closely with Technical Leads to implement strategy across the organisation.
  • A collaborative and highly skilled engineering environment where innovation is encouraged.
  • Exposure to modern Azure technologies, automation tooling, and cloud engineering best practices.
  • The chance to influence platform reliability, security, and future cloud capability.

Due to the nature of this work, you must hold NZ Citizenship to be considered for this role.

Me aha koe ināianei | What you need to do now

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Desired Skills and Experience

Strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud engineering and cloud-native technologies.

Proven expertise in CI/CD, automation, and Infrastructure as Code.

Experience delivering secure, reliable, and highly integrated cloud solutions within enterprise environments.

Development experience with languages such as C#, Python, or similar.

Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for continuous improvement.

The ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.