Cloud Operations Engineer – Azure, IaC & DevOps

New Zealand Defence Force; Lower Hutt; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Discounted insurances

Will services

Savings schemes

Mortgage guidance

Job summary

New Zealand Defence Force in Wellington–Lower Hutt is seeking an Engineer to join the Cloud Operations team. You will help deliver, support and improve cloud and infrastructure services underpinning NZDF's digital platforms.

Working in an agile product team, you'll implement, support and enhance cloud technologies, collaborating with product teams, operational support, customers and vendors to ensure services remain secure, reliable and fit for purpose.

Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft technologies including Windows Server and Active Directory.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure and cloud-based infrastructure services.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies and tools.
• Scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bicep or Ansible.
• DevOps practices, including Azure DevOps and Git-based source control.
• Virtualisation with Hyper-V and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Supporting and maintaining cloud and infrastructure services.
• Investigating and resolving incidents, problems and service requests.
• Implementing new solutions and product enhancements.
• Contributing to automation, infrastructure-as-code and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Working with stakeholders to improve service performance, resilience and customer experience.
• Maintaining system documentation and operational procedures.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

Azure

Infrastructure as Code

PowerShell

Bicep

Ansible

DevOps

Azure DevOps

Git

Hyper-V

CI/CD

Monitoring

Networking

Linux

IAM

Security

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

PowerShell

Ansible

Job description

New Zealand Defence Force in Wellington–Lower Hutt is seeking an Engineer to join the Cloud Operations team. You will help deliver, support and improve cloud and infrastructure services underpinning NZDF's digital platforms.

Working in an agile product team, you'll implement, support and enhance cloud technologies, collaborating with product teams, operational support, customers and vendors to ensure services remain secure, reliable and fit for purpose.