Senior DevOps Engineer — Secure, Scalable CI/CD Leader

Customs; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted health insurance

On-site gym access

Flexible working

Job summary

New Zealand Customs Service in Wellington is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to provide technical leadership and help build, improve and support products that deliver value for Customs and its customers.

As a senior member of our Engineering team, you will mentor engineers, coordinate deployments and incident response, and design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• At least five years’ relevant experience in software development and/or infrastructure engineering.
• Experience in product-led software development teams across a broad range of technologies.
• Hands-on experience across the product lifecycle and in supporting business-critical services.
• Solid knowledge of development languages, databases, development methodologies, DevOps practices, build pipelines, automation, APIs and cloud concepts.
• Understanding of networking, security compliance, capacity management, user experience and product development.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor, influence and provide technical leadership to others.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to deliver quality outcomes under pressure.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information clearly.

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 NZ 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

Cloud

Automation

CI/CD

Mentoring

Communication

Problem solving

Job description

New Zealand Customs Service in Wellington is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to provide technical leadership and help build, improve and support products that deliver value for Customs and its customers.

As a senior member of our Engineering team, you will mentor engineers, coordinate deployments and incident response, and design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.