Senior Cloud Engineer

Overview

Join the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, a sovereign wealth fund recognized as the world’s best-performing in 2024, committed to sustainable investing and net zero emissions by 2050. As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will take a pivotal hands-on leadership role within the Cloud and Infrastructure team, focusing on Microsoft Azure environments to create scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud solutions that support the country’s future superannuation needs.

Role Responsibilities

• Architect and implement Azure cloud solutions that are scalable, resilient, secure, and financially prudent.
• Manage lifecycle activities for Azure servers and cloud services including provisioning, monitoring, and decommissioning.
• Serve as the principal point of contact for Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS services within the organization.
• Contribute to the organization’s cloud strategy, security protocols, and future technology roadmaps.
• Maintain governance practices such as access control, resource tagging, budgeting, and adherence to regulations.
• Continuously seek improvements in cloud service performance, reliability, automation, resource optimization, and cost management.
• Utilize infrastructure-as-code methodologies and promote self-healing, fault-tolerant systems.
• Lead incident responses for critical outages and security breaches related to cloud infrastructure.
• Manage relationships with cloud service providers and vendors ensuring their services meet the business and SLA requirements.
• Provide mentorship and technical leadership to cloud engineering colleagues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners on projects and deployments.
• Stay updated on current cloud technology trends and promote collective knowledge growth within the team.

Candidate Profile

• Extensive IT experience with a strong emphasis on cloud technology, especially Microsoft Azure.
• Proven skills in designing and deploying secure, reliable cloud architectures.
• Deep understanding and practical application of infrastructure-as-code principles.
• Advanced expertise in cloud security strategies.
• Experience building self-healing, fault-tolerant systems and understanding of stateless, loosely coupled distributed applications.
• Knowledgeable in both relational and NoSQL databases as well as messaging and queuing API services.
• Strong analytical abilities paired with meticulous attention to detail.
• Capable of articulating technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Customer-centric mindset with a record of meeting or surpassing service-level agreements.
• Collaborative attitude with demonstrated ability to foster strong internal and external relationships.
• Previous experience mentoring or providing technical leadership to engineering teams.

What We Offer

• An energizing work environment unified by a shared purpose to deliver sustainable investment returns for all New Zealanders.
• Competitive salary package including base pay, discretionary bonuses, and up to 8% employer contributions to KiwiSaver.
• Opportunities for global-class professional development, career advancement, and job rotation.
• Extensive leave and benefits including enhanced parental leave and insurance coverage.
• A flexible and inclusive workplace promoting equity and accessible working conditions.

Diversity and Inclusion

The organization encourages applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences, including those seeking flexible working arrangements and applicants with disabilities. Committed to equal opportunity hiring and actively addressing bias, the workplace values diversity as a strength in solving complex challenges. The Guardians embrace Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles and maintain partnerships with Māori organizations, welcoming Mana Whenua applicants and integrating Te Ao Māori perspectives into workplace culture for future generations.