Platform Engineer

Younity; Auckland; On-site; NZD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Jora New Zealand is seeking a hands-on Platform Engineer for a 3–6 month contract in Auckland to own a high-impact platform project. You will design and build a configuration and deployment solution across Windows Server, from discovery to production handover.

The role requires strong platform engineering experience, Windows Server expertise, and proficiency in C#, .NET, Java or Python, with familiarity in deployment tooling and security-focused design.

Qualifications

• Strong Platform Engineering / Infrastructure Engineering experience.
• Hands-on Windows Server expertise.
• Software development experience with C#, .NET, Java or Python.
• Experience building deployment, automation, infrastructure or configuration-management tooling.
• Strong understanding of reliability, monitoring, logging, security and operational support.
• Experience with Kafka, Kubernetes and/or Volt would be beneficial.
• SRE, DevOps or production platform experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assess the existing environment and identify technical risks and opportunities.
• Design and build configuration management and deployment tooling for Windows Server.
• Develop robust automation with appropriate logging, monitoring, error handling and recovery.
• Recommend the right architecture and technology stack, with a focus on security and maintainability.
• Work closely with developers and take ownership through to production implementation.
• Document the solution and support knowledge transfer.

Skills

Platform engineering

Windows Server

C#

.NET

Java

Python

Deployment tooling

Monitoring

Security

Reliability

DevOps

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Volt

Job description

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Auckland | Rosedale | 3–6 Month Contract | Hourly Rate

We’re looking for a hands‑on Platform Engineer to join a growing technology team and take ownership of a high‑impact platform engineering project.
You’ll be responsible for designing and building a purpose‑built solution to manage configuration and deployments across Windows Server environments, taking the project from discovery and architecture through to implementation and handover.

What you’ll be doing

• Assess the existing environment and identify technical risks and opportunities.
• Design and build configuration management and deployment tooling for Windows Server.
• Develop robust automation with appropriate logging, monitoring, error handling and recovery.
• Recommend the right architecture and technology stack, with a focus on security and maintainability.
• Work closely with developers and take ownership through to production implementation.
• Document the solution and support knowledge transfer.

Platform Engineer (Contract)

Auckland | Rosedale | 3–6 Month Contract | Hourly Rate

We’re looking for a hands‑on Platform Engineer to join a growing technology team and take ownership of a high‑impact platform engineering project.
You’ll be responsible for designing and building a purpose‑built solution to manage configuration and deployments across Windows Server environments, taking the project from discovery and architecture through to implementation and handover.

What you’ll be doing

• Assess the existing environment and identify technical risks and opportunities.
• Design and build configuration management and deployment tooling for Windows Server.
• Develop robust automation with appropriate logging, monitoring, error handling and recovery.
• Recommend the right architecture and technology stack, with a focus on security and maintainability.
• Work closely with developers and take ownership through to production implementation.
• Document the solution and support knowledge transfer.

What we’re looking for

• Strong Platform Engineering / Infrastructure Engineering experience.
• Hands‑on Windows Server expertise.
• Software development experience with C#, .NET, Java or Python.
• Experience building deployment, automation, infrastructure or configuration‑management tooling.
• Strong understanding of reliability, monitoring, logging, security and operational support.
• Experience with Kafka, Kubernetes and/or Volt would be beneficial.
• SRE, DevOps or production platform experience is advantageous.

The opportunity

• 3–6 month contract
• Hourly rate
• Auckland / Rosedale‑based
• Predominantly office‑based, particularly during the first 3 months
• High‑impact project with tangible outcomes
• Opportunity to influence the technical direction and build the solution from the ground up

If you’re a pragmatic Platform Engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure problems and getting hands‑on with the build, we’d love to hear from you.