Platform Lead: Core Housing & Digital Platforms

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities

Wellington

On-site

NZD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

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Insurance benefits

Job summary

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities in Wellington seeks a Platform Lead to own the performance, delivery and continuous improvement of our Core Housing and Digital Platforms. This permanent role leads a team of Platform DevOps Engineers and Senior DevOps Engineers, ensuring secure, reliable, scalable services and aligning with business objectives.

You will translate strategic priorities into platform roadmaps, drive operational excellence, and foster a culture of collaboration and high-quality

Qualifications

  • Proven track record leading Platform Engineering and DevOps teams.
  • Experience delivering secure, reliable, and scalable platform services.
  • Ability to translate strategy into platform roadmaps and delivery plans.
  • Strong leadership, coaching, and servant leadership capabilities.
  • Experience with incident and problem management, production support.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end platform lifecycle, including delivery, operations, and improvement.
  • Lead an established team of Senior DevOps Engineers.
  • Balance delivery priorities with operational stability and long-term platform health.

Skills

Platform leadership
DevOps leadership
Incident management
Problem management
Service reliability
Roadmap delivery
Team coaching
Delivery prioritisation

Tools

ITSM tools

Job description

Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities in Wellington seeks a Platform Lead to own the performance, delivery and continuous improvement of our Core Housing and Digital Platforms. This permanent role leads a team of Platform DevOps Engineers and Senior DevOps Engineers, ensuring secure, reliable, scalable services and aligning with business objectives.

You will translate strategic priorities into platform roadmaps, drive operational excellence, and foster a culture of collaboration and high-quality

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