Senior Digital Infrastructure Architect – Hybrid Cloud

Devopsroles; Hamilton; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Waikato seeks a Senior Digital Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, and continuously improve core infrastructure platforms. You’ll work across server, virtualization, storage, backup, cloud and identity, delivering secure, stable, and scalable services for on-premises and hybrid environments.

You’ll contribute to technical leadership, architecture decisions, automation projects, and service improvements, while supporting infrastructure engineering capability across

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise infrastructure environments with senior-level responsibilities.
• Knowledge of Linux and Windows Server administration, virtualization, and cloud platforms.
• Strong communication and mentoring capabilities for technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure, resilient infrastructure across on-prem and hybrid cloud.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and automation initiatives.
• Provide senior technical leadership and mentorship across ITS teams.

Skills

Linux

Windows Server

Nutanix

Azure

M365

Entra ID

Backup & recovery

Security

Automation

Leadership

Education

Tertiary IT qualification

Tools

Nutanix AHV/AOS/Prism Central

HPE management tools

Cohesity

Qumulo

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

The University of Waikato seeks a Senior Digital Infrastructure Engineer to design, implement, and continuously improve core infrastructure platforms. You’ll work across server, virtualization, storage, backup, cloud and identity, delivering secure, stable, and scalable services for on-premises and hybrid environments.

You’ll contribute to technical leadership, architecture decisions, automation projects, and service improvements, while supporting infrastructure engineering capability across