Senior Cloud Engineer

Equinox IT; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Staff events

Flexible working

Job summary

Equinox IT in Auckland is seeking a Cloud Engineer to deliver and manage cloud-based infrastructure for clients across NZ. You will provide technical advice, consult with customers, and drive improvements while delivering hands-on delivery work.

The role emphasizes Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, with exposure to AWS/GCP advantageous. You should have strong communication, a growth mindset, and a passion for security, networking, and modern OS approaches in cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Must have growth mindset and willingness to obtain Microsoft certifications.
• Strong empathy to understand client needs and deliver value.
• Broad hands-on infrastructure experience across security, networking, operations and OS in cloud contexts.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to coach, mentor and share knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical advice to key managed services clients.
• Consult with clients across multiple domains and situations.
• Strive for continuous improvement in engagement, support and management of clients.
• Deliver solutions through hands-on delivery work with internal and customer teams.
• Form and grow long-term trusted advisor relationships with clients.
• Share knowledge with the wider business.
• Participate internally, mentor others and contribute to service development.

Skills

Azure

Microsoft 365

AWS / Google Cloud

Support experience

Communication

Cloud infrastructure

Security

Networking

Operations

Operating Systems

Job description

Who are we?

We are a proudly New Zealand owned and operated IT consultancy that offers DevOps & Agile, Cloud Transformation and Business Change services designed to help our clients succeed. We do this with a focus on people, because for us people come first. We work in highly pragmatic ways, right-sizing approaches to New Zealand conditions and delivering excellent results.

Our people have autonomy, work with broad and challenging problems, and get lots of opportunity to learn and grow. They make a difference every day for our clients and the communities our clients serve.

We are a consultant led business, our consultants are a part of, and actively involved in the continued evolution of Equinox IT and the ongoing impact of change we provide to our customers.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to fairness and opportunity for all regardless of race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, culture, parental status or disability. In summary, regardless of how you choose to identify yourself, we’re interested in meeting you. We believe a diverse workforce is essential for providing diversity of thought to challenge each other’s ideas, share different experiences and get the best results for our clients.

The role

As a member of our team of Cloud Engineers, you will enjoy a variety of project and managed services engagements, and be able to:

• Provide technical advice to our key managed services clients
• Consult with a variety of clients, across multiple domains and situations
• Strive for continuous improvement to how we engage with, support and manage our clients
• Deliver solutions by helping internal and customer teams as well as hands-on delivery work
• Form and grow long-term trusted advisor relationships with clients
• Share your knowledge and expertise with the wider business
• Participate internally within Equinox IT, mentor and be mentored and contribute to the ongoing development of services we provide

What we are looking for

• A focus on Microsoft technologies, particularly Azure and Microsoft 365.
• Exposure to other cloud providers like AWS and Google Cloud would be advantageous, but not required for this role.
• Experience working in a support role.
• Growth mindset with a desire to obtain Microsoft certifications if not already achieved
• Empathy – this is crucial to your success in understanding a client's needs
• Breadth and depth of hands-on infrastructure experience, covering Security, Networking, Operations, and Operating Systems modernised to cloud-based technologies
• Superb communication skills, with a willingness to learn and share knowledge through coaching, mentoring and training.

What's in it for you

• This is a permanent, full-time position
• Flexible working when you need it
• A respectful work environment that values individual strengths
• We provide you with all the equipment you need to fulfil your role
• Professional development plan including training, workshops, courses, conferences
• Career coaching with like-minded people to help you achieve your personal and/or professional goal(s)
• Medical insurance
• Staff events

Equinox IT is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Note for non-New Zealand residents:

While we welcome international inquiries, we will only consider and respond to candidates for this vacancy who are legally entitled to work in New Zealand and have obtained work permit status. This is due to some of the strict requirements our clients need pertaining to security clearance. We also expect that candidates can make themselves available for face‑to‑face interviews in New Zealand.