Senior AWS Cloud Engineer — Data Processing & DevOps

Randstad Digital New Zealand; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad Digital New Zealand is seeking a Senior Technical Specialist to lead AWS platform engineering and spatial data processing. You will guide solution decisions, drive CI/CD, and mentor developers as you modernise critical data workflows and APIs in a secure, scalable cloud environment.

The role emphasizes architecture, production backend services, serverless design, and IaC with a strong focus on security, observability, and cost optimisation while collaborating with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as AWS cloud developer.
• Bachelor degree in a relevant field.
• Legal entitlement to work in New Zealand.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture decisions and code reviews, upskilling peers.
• Design, build, and support production backend apps and serverless architectures.
• Create IaC and automated delivery pipelines; manage releases.
• Modernise data workflows and migrate legacy systems to AWS.
• Apply security-by-design and establish observability and cost controls.

Skills

AWS

Cloud Architecture

PostgreSQL

Python

Bash

Docker

AppStream

CDK

GitHub Actions

React

GIS

Education

Bachelor Degree

Tools

AWS CDK

GitHub Actions

Job description

Randstad Digital New Zealand is seeking a Senior Technical Specialist to lead AWS platform engineering and spatial data processing. You will guide solution decisions, drive CI/CD, and mentor developers as you modernise critical data workflows and APIs in a secure, scalable cloud environment.

The role emphasizes architecture, production backend services, serverless design, and IaC with a strong focus on security, observability, and cost optimisation while collaborating with stakeholders.