Lead Automation Engineer

Randstad New Zealand; Wellington; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad New Zealand is looking for a technically strong engineer to champion cloud-based platforms, with a strong emphasis on Azure and Cloudfare and day-2 operations experience.

You will own the development, deployment and ongoing support for multiple cloud environments, using infrastructure-as-code, pipelines and automation, and you will collaborate closely with development, test and release teams to optimise performance and reliability across the platform.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience deploying and supporting cloud environments.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, pipelines, and automation.
• Strong SQL and scripting skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash).
• Excellent communication bridging tech and business.

Responsibilities

• Own build, deployment, and support for multiple cloud environments.
• Support product lifecycles with IaC, pipelines, and automation.
• Monitor and enhance application, platform, and infra monitoring.
• Collaborate with development, test, and release teams.
• Refine resources based on performance testing.

Skills

AKS

Azure Cloud

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Helm

Python

PowerShell

Bash

SQL

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud cost optimisation

Education

Bachelor Degree

Tools

Azure Kubernetes Service

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Helm

Cloudflare

Job description

The perfect next step for a technically strong engineer ready to champion cloud-based platforms.

This role requires a technical engineering background with strong emphasis on cloud-based platforms (Azure and Cloudfare) involving hands on delivering and day-2 operations experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Own application build, deployment, and ongoing support for multiple cloud environments.
• Support product delivery lifecycles using infrastructure-as-code, pipelines, and automation.
• Manage and enhance existing application, platform, and infrastructure monitoring systems.
• Coach and provide technical assistance, peer reviews, and capability building.
• Collaborate closely with development, test, and release management teams.
• Refine application and infrastructure resources based on performance testing.

Skills & Experience

• Proven technical expertise with strong, hands-on experience in Azure Kubernetes Service.
• Deep knowledge of Azure Cloud, Helm, Azure DevOps, and Terraform.
• Proficient with SQL databases and scripting languages like Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Strong communication skills to bridge technical delivery with general business requirements.
• Willingness to handle production support and resolve critical incidents under pressure.
• Desirable knowledge of Cloudflare platforms and cloud cost optimisation strategies.

Skills

Technical engineering on cloud based platforms (Azure and Cloudfare), day-2 operations, CI/CD pipelines, Azure Cloud, Azure Kubernetes, Helm, ADO, Terraform, SQL database, Scripting (Python, Powershell or Bash)

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree

education

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

• Please note, we can only consider applicants that are legally entitled to work in New Zealand at the time of application.

key responsibilities

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