Senior DevOps Engineer (ERP)

Kainga Ora; Auckland; On-site; NZD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks' leave

Benefits package

Flexible working arrangements

Career development

Job summary

Kāinga Ora is seeking a Senior Platform DevOps Engineer to join our ERP Platform team. You will support the ongoing operation of our Oracle E-Business Suite environment while contributing to the Technology Modernisation journey and the adoption of Oracle Fusion Cloud.

You will ensure business-critical services stay stable, secure, and reliable while helping shape the future state of our enterprise platforms for New Zealand's housing sector.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting and operating enterprise technology platforms with focus on reliability and continuous improvement.
• Proven success leading complex engineering initiatives, including platform upgrades and lifecycle management.
• Strong understanding of IT service management, risk management, and secure, resilient services.
• Lead, mentor and develop engineers, influence outcomes in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex technical challenges and influence engineering direction.
• Maintain and improve platform stability, security and performance.
• Collaborate across technical and business teams to deliver enterprise solutions.
• Balance stability with delivery commitments in a high-pressure environment.

Skills

Platform reliability

Operational excellence

Incident resolution

Engineering leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Security and resilience

Tools

Oracle EBS

Oracle Fusion Cloud

Job description

Jora New Zealand will close on 9th September 2026. Thank you for being with us, we are cheering you on as you continue your career journey.

• Solve complex technical challenges and influence engineering direction
• Enable business success through robust and modern platform capabilities
• Permanent role, 5 weeks leave + a suite of benefits

Te whiwhinga mahi - Our opportunity

Kāinga Ora is seeking a Senior Platform DevOps Engineer to join our ERP Platform team. In this role, you will be working across the ERP Platform, you will support the ongoing operation of our current Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) environment while contributing to Kāinga Ora's Technology Modernisation journey and the adoption of Oracle Fusion Cloud. You will play a key role in ensuring business-critical services remain stable, secure, and reliable while helping shape the future state of our enterprise platforms.

Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu - What you will bring

We are looking for an experienced and influential professional who thrives in complex enterprise environments and is passionate about delivering reliable, secure, and high-performing technology platforms. Here’s what you will bring to the role:

• Experience supporting and operating enterprise technology platforms, with a strong focus on service reliability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement
• Demonstrated success leading complex engineering initiatives, including platform upgrades, technology lifecycle management, and the resolution of incidents and problems within production environments
• Strong understanding of IT service management principles, operational processes, risk management practices, and the disciplines required to maintain secure, stable, and resilient services
• Proven ability to provide technical leadership, mentor and develop engineers, influence technical outcomes, and make sound decisions in fast-paced and high-pressure situations
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams
• Able to balance operational stability, service improvement initiatives, and delivery commitments while managing competing priorities in complex enterprise environments

This role is ideal for a senior technology professional who combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership capability and a commitment to driving operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Nōu te rourou - What's in it for you?

We offer competitive salaries, five weeks' annual leave and a benefits package including a range of insurances, flexible working arrangements and career development. These benefits are described in more detail here https://careers.kaingaora.govt.nz/a-great-place-to-work/benefits As a Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities employee, we want to make sure that you have all the tools and support you need. We want to ensure you are healthy and have work-life balance. We also want to support and grow your personal and career development through on-the-job learning, training courses, secondments and study opportunities.

Mō mātou - Our Organisation

At Kāinga Ora, ours is the important responsibility of transforming New Zealand’s housing choices, outcomes and the entire housing sector by creating homes and communities that allow New Zealanders to thrive. What is exciting about working for Kāinga Ora is getting the chance to make a real and positive impact on New Zealanders’ lives. With skills, planning and purposeful action, our people are creating the homes and neighbourhoods that will build the future of Aotearoa. We are passionate about transforming New Zealand for the better. That includes being a trusted partner for Māori and iwi, protecting and enabling their rights, interests and aspirations under the guidance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Ō tātou uara - Our values

Our values were developed by us, for us. They unite us as an organisation and guide how we work every day. Our values are:

• Manaakitanga – People at the Heart
• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Whanake – Be Bold