Manager - Data Engineering

Kainga Ora; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks leave

Benefits package including insurances

Job summary

Kāinga Ora is seeking an experienced Manager - Data Engineering to lead the delivery, operation, and evolution of its enterprise data engineering capability. This strategic role ensures data platforms, pipelines, and analytics environments are reliable, secure, and scalable to support business outcomes.

In this Digital IT leadership position, you will drive modern data engineering practices and partner with technology operations, architecture, security, and business teams to meet growing data

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading data engineering and platform teams in large enterprises.
• Strong knowledge of modern data platforms, pipelines, governance, and security.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and strategic partnership skills.
• Experience delivering reliable, scalable data solutions for decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery, operation, and evolution of Kāinga Ora's data engineering capability.
• Oversee data platforms, pipelines, analytics environments, and security.
• Collaborate with Technology Operations, Architecture & Security, Data, and business teams.

Skills

Data leadership

Data platforms

Cloud data services

Stakeholder engagement

Governance & security

Tools

Data engineering tooling

Platform lifecycle mgmt

Job description

Jora New Zealand will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

• Lead the data engineering and data platforms that power data-driven decision-making across Kāinga Ora
• Ensure data capabilities continue to meet the growing needs of our business
• Permanent Auckland or Wellington based role, 5 weeks leave and a range of other benefits

Te whiwhinga mahi - Our opportunity

We are looking for an experienced Manager - Data Engineering to lead the delivery, operation, and continuous evolution of Kāinga Ora’s enterprise data engineering capability. This is a strategic leadership role responsible for ensuring our data platforms, pipelines, and analytics environments are reliable, secure, scalable, and capable of delivering timely insights that support business outcomes across the organisation.

As a leader within our Digital IT function, you will drive the development of modern data engineering practices, oversee critical data platforms, and ensure our data capabilities continue to meet the growing needs of the business.

Working closely with Technology Operations, Architecture & Security, Data, Integration, and business teams, you will ensure data platforms are resilient, secure, cost-effective, and capable of supporting current and future organisational needs.

Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu - What you will bring

We're looking for a collaborative and technically strong leader who can combine strategic thinking with operational excellence. Your leadership and excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build effective partnerships across technical and business teams will be key to your success in this role.

Here’s what you will bring to the role:

• Proven experience leading and developing high performing data engineering and data platform teams within complex enterprise environments
• Experience managing enterprise data platforms and environments, ensuring stability, performance, and continuous improvement
• Strong knowledge of modern data platforms, data platforms operations, cloud-based data services, data pipelines, and data integration technologies
• Expertise in data engineering practices, governance, security, operational support, and platform lifecycle management
• Experience delivering highly available, secure, and scalable data solutions that support organisational decision-making
• Strong understanding of operational management, service delivery, SLAs, incident management, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning
• A passion for continuous improvement and enabling data-driven outcomes.

Nóu te rourou - What's in it for you?

We offer competitive salaries, five weeks' annual leave and a benefits package including a range of insurances, flexible working arrangements and career development. These benefits are described in more detail here https://careers.kaingaora.govt.nz/a-great-place-to-work/benefits

As a Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities employee, we want to make sure that you have all the tools and support you need. We want to ensure you are healthy and have work-life balance. We also want to support and grow your personal and career development through on-the-job learning, training courses, secondments and study opportunities.

Mó mátou - Our Organisation

At Kāinga Ora, ours is the important responsibility of transforming New Zealand’s housing choices, outcomes and the entire housing sector by creating homes and communities that allow New Zealanders to thrive.

What is exciting about working for Kāinga Ora is getting the chance to make a real and positive impact on New Zealanders’ lives. With skills, planning and purposeful action, our people are creating the homes and neighbourhoods that will build the future of Aotearoa.

We are passionate about transforming New Zealand for the better. That includes being a trusted partner for Māori and iwi, protecting and enabling their rights, interests and aspirations under the guidance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Ō tátou uara - Our values

Our values were developed by us, for us. They unite us as an organisation and guide how we work every day. Our values are:

• Manaakitanga – People at the Heart
• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Whanake – Be Bold

We value diversity and are committed to working with each other and our customers in an inclusive and respectful way. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and appreciate the richness of experience that your point of difference brings to the organisation. If you don't tick all the boxes in this listing but think that you could be a great fit based on your unique background and skillset, we would welcome an application from you. Don't hesitate, as we may review applications as they are received and reserve the right to close advertising early.