Head of Technology Engineering - Scale and Innovation

Auckland Council; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Employee benefits

Discounted Leisure Centre membership

Job summary

Auckland Council is seeking a visionary Head of Technology Engineering to lead engineering across applications, platforms, infrastructure, and cloud technologies. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of technology delivery at scale while leading a large, high-performing engineering function through transformation, innovation, and continuous improvement.

You’ll provide strategic leadership across software engineering, cloud platforms, infrastructure, DevOps, and operations.

Qualifications

• 15+ years' leadership experience spanning software engineering, cloud, platforms, infrastructure, and DevOps.
• Proven track record leading large, multidisciplinary engineering teams (150+ people).
• Experience transforming engineering functions and improving delivery maturity, automation, and operational performance.
• Strong understanding of modern engineering principles, CI/CD, cloud technologies, reliability engineering, and platform operations.
• Proven ownership of technology risk, operational resilience, and service continuity.
• Strong commercial acumen with responsibility for significant budgets and strategic supplier relationships.
• The ability to influence executives, inspire technical teams, and lead through complexity and change.
• A track record of developing leaders and technical talent, building sustainable capability, and creating an inclusive environment where people can grow and perform at their best.

Responsibilities

• Lead Auckland Council's enterprise engineering across applications, platforms, cloud, and infrastructure.
• Drive engineering excellence through DevOps, automation, and modern delivery practices.
• Strengthen platform resilience, cyber security, and service continuity.
• Building and inspiring high-performing teams that deliver at scale, with a focus on coaching, capability development, career pathways, and succession planning.
• Shaping future technology capability while maximising value from strategic investments and partnerships.

Skills

Leadership experience

Enterprise scale engineering

CI/CD

Cloud technologies

DevOps

Strategic influence

Talent development

Budget management

Vendor relationships

Tools

CI/CD tools

Cloud platforms

Platform operations

Job description

Auckland Council is seeking a visionary Head of Technology Engineering to lead engineering across applications, platforms, infrastructure, and cloud technologies. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of technology delivery at scale while leading a large, high-performing engineering function through transformation, innovation, and continuous improvement.

You’ll provide strategic leadership across software engineering, cloud platforms, infrastructure, DevOps, and operations.