Azure Platform Lead: Cloud & DevOps Architect

LAB3; Christchurch; Hybrid; NZD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

LAB3 is a leading Azure engineering practice across Australasia, seeking a Principal Engineer- Cloud & DevOps. You will own Azure platform design, automation outcomes from design through delivery, and help shape standards, governance and ways of working.

Based anywhere in AU/NZ, ideally aligned to AEST hours, with remote/hybrid flexibility. You will lead end-to-end Azure platform delivery, design secure scalable solutions, manage AKS, IaC with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and provide architecture

Qualifications

• Motivated, proactive, detail-oriented; takes ownership and communicates well.
• Strong hands-on capability across Azure with DevOps mindset.
• Experience designing secure, scalable Azure solutions and automation pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Azure platform and automation initiatives.
• Design, document and implement secure, scalable Azure solutions.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Provision and manage AKS environments and Helm charts for deployments.
• Act as trusted technical advisor and provide architecture guidance.
• Translate complex concepts into clear recommendations for leadership.
• Produce high-quality artefacts including designs, runbooks, governance docs and change records.
• Partner with delivery leaders on estimation, planning and risk management.
• Mentor engineers and support onboarding and hiring activities.

Skills

Azure IaaS & PaaS

Terraform

AKS

CI/CD tooling

HashiCorp Vault

Azure Networking & Security

Python/Bash/PowerShell

Azure Functions & Key Vault

Logic Apps & API Management

Azure AD & Governance

Azure Databases (PostgreSQL)

Tools

Azure DevOps

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Bitbucket

Bamboo

Jenkins

Job description

LAB3 is a leading Azure engineering practice across Australasia, seeking a Principal Engineer- Cloud & DevOps. You will own Azure platform design, automation outcomes from design through delivery, and help shape standards, governance and ways of working.

Based anywhere in AU/NZ, ideally aligned to AEST hours, with remote/hybrid flexibility. You will lead end-to-end Azure platform delivery, design secure scalable solutions, manage AKS, IaC with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and provide architecture