Enterprise Systems Engineer - Cloud
On-siteAuckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Job Summary
Manage and optimise NZTE's Azure environment through automation, monitoring, and continuous improvement while acting as a key Azure SME for operational excellence. Lead the investigation and resolution of complex cloud and infrastructure issues, including major incidents escalated from the Service Desk, and produce designs to steer the implementation of secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions. Contribute to cloud roadmaps, architecture decisions, and future technology planning, maintaining networking and security services including VNETs, NSGs, and WAFs. Work closely with vendors, technical teams, and business stakeholders to deliver effective outcomes, balancing security, availability, functionality, and cost across the enterprise.
Required Qualifications
- Fixed term Contract until end of August 2027
- Role can be located in Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch
- 5+ years' experience in Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering or a similar role
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Strong M365 and Azure experience within a medium to large enterprise environment
- Experience across Azure infrastructure, networking, identity, governance and security
- Strong knowledge of cloud security, IAM, Entra ID, Conditional Access, RBAC and Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation, including Bicep, Terraform, Azure CLI and PowerShell
- The ability to analyse complex technical issues, identify root causes and deliver practical solutions
- You'll know your Availability Zones from your Region Pairs, understand when to use service principals and managed identities, and recognise that the best solution balances security, availability, functionality and cost
- Importantly, this is not a first-line Service Desk role
- We're looking for a proactive cloud engineer who can provide technical leadership, shape future platforms and act as a trusted Azure SME for NZTE
- The legal right to live and work in NZ is required to apply for this role
Desired Qualifications
- Azure certifications, ideally including AZ-104 alongside any security certifications would be highly regarded
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