Cloud Engineer

Eagle Technology Ltd; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Professional certification support

Office in Auckland

Job summary

Eagle Technology Ltd in Auckland, North Island, is seeking a senior cloud engineer to design and implement cloud infrastructure, automate pipelines, and improve platform reliability and cost efficiency.

You will work with AWS and/or Azure, Terraform, and CI/CD tools, collaborating with delivery, security, and operations teams to deliver secure, scalable outcomes. Hybrid work arrangements and professional certification support are offered.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure and Terraform.
• Ability to build reusable modules and manage environments across development, test and production.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, Bash) and Git.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms (Azure DevOps or GitHub) and API/event-driven automation.
• Understanding of reliability, observability tools (Grafana) and SRE principles.
• Familiarity with ITSM tools (Jira Service Management) and change/incident processes.
• Certifications related to Azure/AWS are advantageous.
• Eligible to work in New Zealand.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Developing, maintaining, and improving automation pipelines and system integrations.
• Evaluating cloud services for technical, business, security, and cost needs.
• Implementing security controls and supporting SecOps initiatives.
• Collaborating with delivery, security and operations teams for successful outcomes.
• Supporting platform reliability, observability, performance and cost efficiency.
• Contributing to CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Documenting solutions and promoting reusable best practices.

Skills

AWS/Azure experience

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Python

PowerShell

Git

APIs & event-driven automation

SRE concepts

Grafana

Jira Service Management

Azure DevOps

Tools

Terraform

Grafana

Azure DevOps

Git

Job description

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Eagle Technology Ltd - Auckland, North Island

This is a unique opportunity to join our team and help deliver automation, governance, and service improvement initiatives that enable us and our customers to scale and grow. In this role you will improve efficiency, reduce operational effort, and support meaningful project outcomes.

What You'll Do

• Designing and implementing cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Developing, maintaining, and improving automation pipelines and system integrations.
• Evaluating and recommending cloud services that meet technical, business, security, and cost requirements.
• Implementing security controls and support SecOps initiatives.
• Collaborating with customer delivery, security, and operations teams to support successful outcomes.
• Supporting platform reliability, observability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Contributing to CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Documenting solutions and promote reusable best practices across the team.

What We're Looking For

• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Microsoft Azure, with a strong understanding of compute, storage, networking, IAM, monitoring services, security tools, cost impacts, optimisation, and service-selection trade-offs.
• Advanced experience with Terraform.
• Ability to build reusable modules and manage environments across development, test, and production.
• Proficiency in Git, scripting, and coding languages such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar.
• Experience building automation workflows, monitoring and alerting, system integrations such as APIs and event-driven automation, and developing solutions with or without AI coding assistants.
• Exposure to managed services environments.
• Experience managing enterprise CI/CD platforms, such as Azure DevOps or GitHub, used by multiple teams.
• Understanding of reliability, observability tools such as Grafana, and SRE principles.
• Experience with IT Service Management, including ITSM tools such as Jira Service Management, and familiarity with change, incident, and problem management processes.
• Relevant certifications are advantageous, such as Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, AWS Certified Developer - Associate, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.
• The legal right to work in New Zealand, or the ability to independently obtain the legal right to work in New Zealand.

It Would Be Advantageous If You Have

Experience working within or alongside SecOps teams, with familiarity in cloud security best practices, vulnerability management and patching, security monitoring and alerting tools such as Azure Defender or AWS Security Hub, and incident response and remediation workflows.

We offer

A competitive salary aligned with your experience and skills, along with the opportunity to work in a well-established and respected New Zealand business.

Our customers include some of New Zealand’s most significant organisations across government and enterprise, giving you the opportunity to work on interesting and varied projects.

You will be part of a knowledgeable and supportive team of skilled senior engineers, architects, and managers who you can learn off. Career development and professional certification support are important to us, and we provide modern, well-equipped offices with hybrid working arrangements where appropriate for the role.

About Eagle Technology

Eagle Technology Group is one of New Zealand’s most established technology companies and the official distributor of Esri ArcGIS in New Zealand. We deliver geospatial, infrastructure, and managed services to organisations across government, utilities, and the private sector. Our Enterprise Solutions team designs, develops, and supports critical environments for some of New Zealand’s most important organisations.

Successful candidates will be required to complete an NZ Police check.