Contract Platform Engineer

JobSpace; Auckland; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Westpac New Zealand is seeking a Platform Engineer to own the engineering, automation, operational support, and continuous improvement of critical platform services. You will join a collaborative team delivering highly available platforms for deployment, integration, observability and operational excellence.

The role covers architecture, deployment automation, maintenance, capacity planning, security hardening, troubleshooting, disaster recovery and continuous optimisation.

Qualifications

• Strong experience administering Linux-based systems and platforms.
• Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes and/or OpenShift environments.
• Sound understanding of networking concepts.
• Experience with databases and storage technologies (PostgreSQL/MySQL/MSSQL/object storage).
• Knowledge of high availability, resilience, clustering, disaster recovery and failover architectures.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Bash/Python/PowerShell).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar tools.
• Understanding of GitOps and modern platform delivery practices.
• Experience with platform security, identity management, and access control.
• Knowledge of authentication/federation technologies (LDAP/AD/SAML/OIDC).
• Experience with monitoring/observability and platform health management.
• Strong troubleshooting and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms (Jenkins/CloudBees).
• Experience with Bitbucket, Jira, SonarQube and related DevOps tooling.
• Experience with Dynatrace/Prometheus/Grafana or similar observability platforms.
• Exposure to cloud platforms and container ecosystem technologies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee engineering, automation, and operational support of critical platform services.
• Help deliver highly available, secure platforms for deployment, integration, observability and operations.
• Contribute to full platform lifecycle including architecture, deployment automation, capacity planning and disaster recovery.
• Work within a collaborative engineering team to improve platform performance and resilience.

Skills

Linux administration

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Networking

Databases

Scripting (Bash/Python/PowerShell)

Infrastructure as Code

GitOps

Platform security

LDAP/AD/SAML/OIDC

Observability

CI/CD tooling

DevOps tooling

Dynatrace/Prometheus/Grafana

Cloud & container ecosystem

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

CloudBees

Bitbucket

Jira

SonarQube

Dynatrace

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

At Westpac New Zealand, our purpose is to Help New Zealanders Succeed. As a Bank and one of New Zealand's leading employers, we are passionate about helping people. We are taking action today to create a better future for the people who bank with us, work with us, invest in us or are part of our broader communities.

As a Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for the engineering, automation, operational support, and continuous improvement of critical platform services.

Working within a collaborative engineering team, you'll help deliver highly available and secure platforms that support application deployment, integration, observability, and operational excellence.

You'll contribute to the full platform lifecycle, including architecture, deployment automation, maintenance, capacity planning, security hardening, troubleshooting, disaster recovery, and continuous optimisation.

What will you bring?

• Strong experience administering Linux-based systems and platforms.
• Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes and/or OpenShift environments.
• Sound understanding of networking concepts.
• Experience with databases and storage technologies such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL, or object storage platforms.
• Knowledge of high availability, resilience, clustering, disaster recovery, and failover architectures.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Bash, Python, PowerShell, or similar technologies.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or comparable tools.
• Understanding of GitOps and modern platform delivery practices.
• Experience with platform security, identity management, and access control.
• Knowledge of authentication and federation technologies such as LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, and OIDC.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, alerting, and platform health management.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins or CloudBees.
• Experience with Bitbucket, Jira, SonarQube, and related DevOps tooling.
• Experience with Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar observability platforms.
• Experience working within highly regulated enterprise environments.
• Exposure to cloud platforms and container ecosystem technologies.