Senior Data Engineering Manager & Platform Lead

Kainga Ora; New Zealand; On-site; NZD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks leave

Benefits package including insurances

Job summary

Kāinga Ora is seeking an experienced Manager - Data Engineering to lead the delivery, operation, and evolution of its enterprise data engineering capability. This strategic role ensures data platforms, pipelines, and analytics environments are reliable, secure, and scalable to support business outcomes.

In this Digital IT leadership position, you will drive modern data engineering practices and partner with technology operations, architecture, security, and business teams to meet growing data

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading data engineering and platform teams in large enterprises.
• Strong knowledge of modern data platforms, pipelines, governance, and security.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and strategic partnership skills.
• Experience delivering reliable, scalable data solutions for decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery, operation, and evolution of Kāinga Ora's data engineering capability.
• Oversee data platforms, pipelines, analytics environments, and security.
• Collaborate with Technology Operations, Architecture & Security, Data, and business teams.

Skills

Data leadership

Data platforms

Cloud data services

Stakeholder engagement

Governance & security

Tools

Data engineering tooling

Platform lifecycle mgmt

Job description

Kāinga Ora is seeking an experienced Manager - Data Engineering to lead the delivery, operation, and evolution of its enterprise data engineering capability. This strategic role ensures data platforms, pipelines, and analytics environments are reliable, secure, and scalable to support business outcomes.

In this Digital IT leadership position, you will drive modern data engineering practices and partner with technology operations, architecture, security, and business teams to meet growing data