DevOps Manager - Cloud Applications

One New Zealand; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Lifestyle leave

Extra annual leave

Discounts on One New Zealand products

Job summary

One New Zealand is seeking a DevOps Manager to lead DevOps and QA across Bandit, NaaS, xVNE, Matrixx, Launchpad and related platforms. You will embed modern DevOps practices, automation and quality engineering to deliver secure, reliable services.

You will mentor a multidisciplinary team and act as the link between engineering, operations and platform strategy. You will own CI/CD pipelines, drive incident management excellence, and partner with architecture to deliver scalable cloud solutions

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading DevOps, platform engineering or related technical teams in enterprise environments.
• Hands-on expertise in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automation and modern DevOps practices.
• Experience with AWS and GCP cloud platforms and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps and QA across platforms to ensure high availability and performance.
• Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks and toolsets.
• Embed quality engineering practices, including automated and performance testing.
• Drive incident management with rapid resolution and root cause analysis.
• Improve monitoring, observability and proactive issue detection.
• Lead 24x7 operational support, on-call practices and resilience strategies.
• Develop platform maintenance, upgrades and lifecycle plans.
• Partner with architecture and engineering for secure, scalable cloud solutions.
• Champion DevSecOps by embedding security and compliance into pipelines.
• Mentor DevOps engineers and QA professionals; foster high-performance culture.

Skills

DevOps leadership

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Automation

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

SRE & incidents

Observability

DevSecOps

Stakeholder management

Continuous improvement

Job description

Ko tō tūranga – your role

As the DevOps Manager you will lead and evolve DevOps and Quality Assurance capabilities across Bandit, NaaS, xVNE, Matrixx, Launchpad and related platforms. You will be accountable for delivering secure, reliable and high-performing services by embedding modern DevOps practices, automation, quality engineering and continuous improvement into both delivery and operational environments. Leading a multidisciplinary team of DevOps Engineers and QA specialists, you will drive excellence in software delivery, platform reliability and operational performance while acting as the critical link between engineering, operations and platform strategy to achieve outstanding customer and business outcomes.

Ko Tō Mahi – What You’ll Do

• Lead DevOps and QA functions across key platforms, ensuring high availability, reliability and performance of services.
• Own and continuously enhance CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks and DevOps toolsets to support efficient, high-quality software delivery.
• Establish and embed quality engineering practices, including automated testing, performance testing and release validation processes.
• Drive incident management excellence through rapid resolution, root cause analysis and the reduction of recurring issues.
• Improve operational maturity through effective monitoring, observability, alerting and proactive issue detection.
• Lead 24x7 operational support capabilities, including on‑call practices and service resilience strategies.
• Develop and implement platform maintenance, upgrade and lifecycle management plans.
• Partner with architecture and engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure and cost‑effective cloud solutions.
• Champion DevSecOps practices by embedding security, privacy and compliance into platform design and delivery pipelines.
• Enhance developer experience by streamlining tools, environments and engineering workflows.
• Lead, mentor and develop DevOps Engineers and QA professionals, fostering a high-performance and growth-focused culture.
• Ensure alignment with engineering standards, governance frameworks and organisational best practices.
• Support the successful delivery of technology initiatives to agreed time, cost and quality outcomes.

Na Tōu Rourou – What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience leading DevOps, platform engineering or related technical teams within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong hands‑on expertise in CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automation and modern DevOps methodologies.
• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP, including cloud‑native architectures and services.
• Strong understanding of software testing practices, automated testing frameworks and quality engineering principles.
• Deep operational knowledge of incident management, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) concepts and production support environments.
• Advanced troubleshooting and root cause analysis capabilities across complex distributed systems.
• Experience with observability technologies, including monitoring, logging, tracing and performance optimisation.
• Solid understanding of DevSecOps principles, security controls and compliance requirements.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and business audiences.
• Ability to balance delivery velocity, service reliability, security and cost optimisation objectives.
• A passion for continuous improvement, automation and engineering excellence.

Nā Mātou Te Rourou – What You’ll Get

• One New Zealand is leading the way by ensuring you can have a truly balanced life. Most roles allow flexibility to work from home and flex your hours to enjoy work & whānau commitments.
• A fully subsidised Southern Cross health insurance cover for you and your family.
• Lifestyle leave, giving you the option to purchase an extra week or two of annual leave.
• Discounts on One New Zealand products, services and much more!

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