Cloud Data Platform Engineer

Meridian Energy; Wellington, Christchurch; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary package reviewed annually

Southern Cross Healthcare – wellbeing

Enhanced leave provisions (3 company‑p

KiwiSaver enhancements

Employee share scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Wellbeing programme

Work-from-home setup grant ($400)

Job summary

Meridian Energy is hiring a Cloud Data Platform Engineer to manage the Azure Databricks platform and its Azure infrastructure, ensuring security, reliability and availability by design. You will deliver platform capability as code for data and AI workloads to be built and run safely.

The role emphasizes 5+ years in cloud platform engineering, strong IaC and DevOps practice, and ownership of platform standards in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years engineering and operating cloud platforms in production.
• Azure depth: networking, identity, storage, Key Vault and monitoring.
• Infra-as-code and DevOps: Terraform, source control, CI/CD as default.
• Experience with shared platforms used by multiple teams; balance autonomy with guardrails.
• Technical ownership: set direction and standards and be accountable for outcomes.
• Security and governance: access models, network isolation, secrets, audit.
• Azure Databricks or similar data platform experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engineering, operation and administration of Meridian's Azure Databricks platform and supporting Azure infrastructure.
• Ensure the platform is secure, reliable and available by design.
• Deliver platform capability as code so teams can run data/AI workloads safely.
• Own platform direction, standards and outcomes.
• Collaborate across teams to balance autonomy with guardrails.

Skills

Cloud platform engineering

DevOps practices

Security governance

Collaborative mindset

Education

Degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

Azure Databricks

Terraform

Entra ID

RBAC

Key Vault

Snowflake

CI/CD

Fabric

Job description

From the tail of the fish to the tail of the waka, shines the sun

Thiswhakataukīspeaks to our journey across Aotearoa, one waka, one purpose, powered by the natural forces that sustain us. Meridian is Aotearoa’s largest renewable electricity producer, generating energy from the winds ofTāwhirimātea, the waters of Tangaroa, and the warmth of Tama-nui-te-rā.

Together, our two brands,MeridianandPowershopretail electricity to more than 400,000 homes, businesses and farms across New Zealand.Nowthat’sapretty impressivecombo!

Mō te tūranga | About the role

Meridian are hiring a Cloud Data Platform Engineer to deliver the engineering, operation, and administration of Meridian's Azure Databricks platform and its supporting Azure infrastructure — ensuring it is secure, reliable, and available by design, and that platform capability is delivered as code so teams can build and run data and AI workloads safely on top of it.

• 5+ years engineering and operating cloud platforms in production, ideally shared platforms with internal end users.
• Hands-on Azure depth: networking and private connectivity, identity (Entra ID, RBAC, PIM), storage, Key Vault, and monitoring.
• Strong infrastructure-as-code and DevOps practice — Terraform, source control, and CI/CD as the default path to change.
• Experience running shared platforms used by multiple teams, balancing autonomy with consistent guardrails.
• Technical ownership at platform level: setting direction and standards and being accountable for the outcome.
• Sound grasp of platform security and governance — access models, network isolation, secrets, and audit.
• Hands-on experience administering Azure Databricks or a comparable data platform (e.g. Snowflake, Fabric) preferred, but not essential.
• Degree in a relevant technical discipline (e.g. computer science, engineering) or 5+ years' relevant experience.
• Growth mindset, collaborative and transparent, and comfortable adjusting quickly in a fast-paced environment.

We value work/life balance, so our flexible work options (where possible) make things easier for you and your whānau. We also offer:

• An attractive and competitive salary packagethat’sreviewed annually, performance-incentive plus discounts fromseveralpartnerships
• Southern Cross Healthcare - Wellbeing one insurance, funded scheme for eligible employees to give you that extra peace of mind
• Enhanced leave provisions: three company paid days (over the holiday period), enhanced parentalleaveand options to buy up to 12 daysadditionalleave
• Life,traumaand income protection insurance (which we hope youwon’tneed!)
• Enhanced KiwiSaver contributions
• Access to the Meridian employee share scheme
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, we want you to be the best version of yourself and will help you get there!
• Award winning wellbeing programme that provides support whenever and wherever you need it
• Employee discounts off your power with Meridian, every bit counts
• Aone-off $400 payment to support your work from home set-up (if needed)

We’re a great place to work with plenty of opportunities and career development for those that want it. We value and live by three ‘How to Be’s’: ‘be gutsy’, working together by ‘being in the waka’ and doing the right thing by ‘being a good human’.

We embrace diversity and inclusion and ensure that everyone feels like they belong, are welcomed, feel valued, and feel comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We want all our people to be the best that they can be, so we make sure that there’s room for everyone to be exactly who they are, andwelcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences, including individuals with disabilities, diverse health needs, and those who identify as neurodiverse, because we believe our differences make us stronger. We believe that fun is good for you, and we make sure that our office vibe reflects that. We support each other and celebrate our successes.

Sustainability sits firmly in our DNA – both socially and environmentally – and we’re doing what we can to help Aotearoa reduce their carbon emissions and we’re helping support others in our generation communities to do the same.

If you’ve got any questions, please email [e-mail]. We’re committed to becoming more accessible and providing support if needed. Please get in touch if there are parts of our process you would like assistance with (process found here: meridianenergy.co.nz/careers).