Head of Secure Cloud Platforms & Tech Operations

Seequent; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Seequent seeks an accomplished Technology Operations leader to drive secure, scalable infrastructure and software delivery. You will oversee cloud platforms, CI/CD tooling, observability, and security programs while partnering with Engineering, Product, and Security leaders.

You will guide a global team focused on reliability, incident management, and operational excellence, with a strong emphasis on cost optimization and governance in a fast-paced product environment.

Qualifications

• Ten or more years in technology leadership roles guiding platform engineering, infra, SRE, or security teams.
• Experience building shared technology platforms, cloud infra, CI/CD, observability, and tooling.
• Deep DevSecOps expertise and secure platform engineering practices.
• Strong reliability engineering, incident management, and metrics-driven improvement.
• Experience supporting security, privacy, and compliance programs in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Technology Operations strategy aligned to reliability, security, resilience, and cost.
• Lead development and operation of shared cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and tooling.
• Oversee application security program and vulnerability management across software delivery.
• Drive secure, reliable build/deploy systems enabling fast software delivery.
• Monitor performance with SLOs/SLIs, incidents, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Security to support governance and audits.

Skills

Technology leadership

Platform engineering

DevSecOps

SRE

Reliability engineering

Cost optimization

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Observability tools

Security testing tooling

Job description

Seequent seeks an accomplished Technology Operations leader to drive secure, scalable infrastructure and software delivery. You will oversee cloud platforms, CI/CD tooling, observability, and security programs while partnering with Engineering, Product, and Security leaders.

You will guide a global team focused on reliability, incident management, and operational excellence, with a strong emphasis on cost optimization and governance in a fast-paced product environment.