Onsite Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer — Automation & Reliability

University of Canterbury; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Canterbury invites applications for an Engineer – Cloud and Infrastructure to operate, support and continually improve its hybrid technology environment. You will work across cloud services and core datacentre infrastructure, applying automation and disciplined service management to keep critical platforms running reliably.

Within the Cloud and Infrastructure team you will investigate incidents, implement changes with testing and peer review, develop runbooks and documentation,

Qualifications

• Experience in cloud, infrastructure, systems administration or platform engineering.
• Experience supporting production technology in a complex organisation.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills with a collaborative approach.
• Ability to document procedures and maintain runbooks and knowledge articles.
• Certifications in cloud, infrastructure, or Microsoft technologies are desirable.
• Alignment with UC values and an inclusive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain cloud and datacentre platforms including Azure and AWS.
• Investigate incidents, service requests and technical problems, contributing to root-cause analysis.
• Plan and implement infrastructure changes with testing, documentation and peer review.
• Use PowerShell, scripting, automation and infrastructure-as-code practices to reduce repetitive work.
• Monitor platform health and identify opportunities to improve reliability, security and supportability.
• Maintain runbooks, technical records and knowledge articles.
• Contribute to service reviews, post-incident learning and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with engineers, service teams, project teams and stakeholders across the University.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Infrastructure administration

Automation

Scripting (PowerShell)

Infrastructure as code

Monitoring

Documentation

Education

Relevant IT/CS/Engineering degree

Tools

Azure

AWS

Windows Server

Linux Server

Virtualisation

Job description

The University of Canterbury invites applications for an Engineer – Cloud and Infrastructure to operate, support and continually improve its hybrid technology environment. You will work across cloud services and core datacentre infrastructure, applying automation and disciplined service management to keep critical platforms running reliably.

Within the Cloud and Infrastructure team you will investigate incidents, implement changes with testing and peer review, develop runbooks and documentation,