Senior DevOps Engineer: Secure CI/CD Leader & Mentor

New Zealand Government Joba; Wellington; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site gym

Flexible working arrangements

Career development

Job summary

New Zealand Customs Service is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to provide technical leadership across the product lifecycle. You will mentor engineers, coordinate sprints and deployments, and design solutions aligned with NZICS standards.

The role emphasizes hands-on delivery within a fast-paced environment, supporting business-critical services and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver high-value outcomes.

Qualifications

• Five years+ in software development or infrastructure engineering.
• Experience in product-led software development teams across a broad range of technologies.
• Hands-on experience across the product lifecycle and supporting business-critical services.
• Strong knowledge of development languages, databases, methodologies, DevOps practices, build pipelines, automation, APIs and cloud concepts.
• Understanding of networking, security compliance, capacity management, user experience and product development.
• Proven ability to mentor, influence and provide technical leadership to others.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to deliver quality outcomes under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and coach engineers, helping the team grow its technical capability and adopt new technologies and ways of working.
• Help plan and coordinate sprints, deployments and incident response activity.
• Contribute to the design of technical solutions and produce clear design and operational documentation.
• Implement and test solutions that meet Customs standards and customer requirements.
• Design, implement and maintain continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines.
• Build secure, sustainable and supportable products, aligned with New Zealand Information Security Manual and Customs cyber security requirements.
• Provide operational support for business-critical products and services, including participating in an on-call roster.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders and delivery partners to refine requirements, manage priorities and deliver valuable outcomes.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

Cloud

Automation

Mentoring

Security

Networking

Job description

New Zealand Customs Service is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to provide technical leadership across the product lifecycle. You will mentor engineers, coordinate sprints and deployments, and design solutions aligned with NZICS standards.

The role emphasizes hands-on delivery within a fast-paced environment, supporting business-critical services and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver high-value outcomes.