Senior Digital Engineer - Fixed Term

Napier City Council; Napier; On-site; NZD 107,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program (OCP)

Quarterly values awards + Birthday v"?

Social club

Free flu vaccinations (annual)

Ka Awatea Cultural Wānanga + NCC Kapa 

Te Reo Māori language classes

Job summary

Napier City Council in Napier, NZ, is seeking a Senior Digital Engineer to join the Digital Services team on a 2-year fixed-term contract. You will lead design and implementation of core IT infrastructure, provide technical leadership across networking, cloud, and security, and mentor other engineers to strengthen the council's digital environment.

The role focuses on delivering secure, reliable, and resilient services for the organisation and the Napier community, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering enterprise IT infrastructure solutions within complex environments.
• Strong expertise across infrastructure engineering, networking, cloud platforms or cybersecurity.
• The ability to analyse complex technical issues and develop practical, well‑considered solutions.
• Experience designing, implementing and supporting secure, resilient infrastructure.
• Confidence providing technical leadership, influencing decisions and guiding projects from concept through to delivery.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non‑technical teams.
• A collaborative approach, strong initiative and commitment to continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation and continual improvement of Council's core IT infrastructure.
• Provide technical leadership across networking, cloud, platforms or security services.
• Strengthen the security, reliability and performance of Council's digital environment.
• Provide expert technical advice to projects, programmes and future technology planning.
• Mentor and support Digital Services team members, sharing knowledge and building capability.
• Work collaboratively across Council and with technology partners to deliver practical, customer-focused solutions.

Skills

infrastructure engineering

networking

cloud platforms

cybersecurity

technical leadership

Tools

Microsoft Infrastructure

VMware

Aruba

Fortinet

Job description

Are you an experienced infrastructure engineer looking for an opportunity to make a real impact?

We're looking for a Senior Digital Engineer to join our Digital Services team on a 2-year fixed-term basis. This is an opportunity to bring your technical expertise to a diverse technology environment, providing leadership across Council's core IT infrastructure while helping deliver key initiatives that will strengthen and support our digital services into the future.

Working alongside a collaborative team, you'll combine hands-on technical engineering with strategic thinking. You'll design and implement infrastructure solutions, provide expert advice to projects and leaders, mentor other engineers, and help shape the future direction of Council's technology environment. Whether your expertise is in networking and security or platforms and systems, you'll play a key role in delivering secure, reliable and resilient services that support both our organisation and the wider Napier community.

Te Āheinga - The Opportunity

In this role you'll:

• Lead the design, implementation and continual improvement of Council's core IT infrastructure
• Provide technical leadership across networking, cloud, platforms or security services
• Strengthen the security, reliability and performance of Council's digital environment
• Provide expert technical advice to projects, programmes and future technology planning
• Mentor and support Digital Services team members, sharing knowledge and building capability
• Work collaboratively across Council and with technology partners to deliver practical, customer-focused solutions

He kōrero mōhou - About You

You'll bring:

• Significant experience delivering enterprise IT infrastructure solutions within complex environments
• Strong expertise across infrastructure engineering, networking, cloud platforms or cybersecurity
• The ability to analyse complex technical issues and develop practical, well‑considered solutions
• Experience designing, implementing and supporting secure, resilient infrastructure
• Confidence providing technical leadership, influencing decisions and guiding projects from concept through to delivery
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non‑technical teams
• A collaborative approach, strong initiative and commitment to continuous improvement

Relevant industry certifications, ITIL knowledge, or experience with technologies such as Microsoft Infrastructure, VMware, Aruba or Fortinet will be highly regarded.

Ngā painga mōhou - What we Offer

• Employee Assistance Program (OCP)
• Quarterly values awards + Birthday vouchers + Social club
• Free flu vaccinations (annual)
• Ka Awatea Cultural Wānanga + NCC Kapa Haka
• Te Reo Māori language classes

This is a 2 year fixed term, full time opportunity working 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday. You will be based in Napier

The annual salary package for this role is $107,375 - $120,008 (including KiwiSaver), with the final offer depending on your skills and experience.

We will be interviewing applications as we receive them and may close the role when we have found the right person.

He kōrero mō Te Kaunihera o Ahuriri - About NCC

At Napier City Council, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and work to make our hiring process fair and accessible. If you need any support or adjustments during your application or interview, let us know—we’re happy to help!

Our success is grounded in strong partnerships with Mana Whenua and Iwi, supported by our Māori Partnerships team, Te Waka Rangapū, which builds cultural capability through education and training.

Before you join, you’ll need to complete pre‑employment checks (including criminal background checks, with some roles requiring health screening and drug & alcohol testing). As an NCC employee, you may also be called on to support Civil Defence emergencies when our community needs us most.

Job Description – Senior Digital Engineer