Senior Platform Engineer – DWSS Identity Governance and Administration

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

Job summary

Kiwibank is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join the DWSS Identity Governance and Administration team. The role is based in central Auckland or Wellington and offers flexible working with on-call duties, and hands-on engineering across IGA platforms to keep access secure, auditable and well-governed.

You will partner with the Lead Engineer and Product Lead to design, implement and operate identity governance capabilities, automate access workflows, and support the growth of security

Qualifications

• Experience in identity governance and administration in a large/complex environment.
• Hands-on design, implementation and operation of IGA capabilities.
• Automation, APIs, Git and infrastructure-as-code tooling experience.
• Experience integrating enterprise systems via SCIM, REST APIs and LDAP.
• Agile or DevOps collaboration across engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Build identity platforms that protect Kiwibank and Kiwi.
• Collaborate with Lead Engineer and Product Lead to deliver IGA work.
• Mentor teammates and improve engineering delivery.
• Automate access processes to scale IGA services.
• Support governance, risk, and security requirements in delivery.

Skills

Identity governance

Automation

Cloud technologies

Programming

Scripting

Agile/DevOps

Communication

Tools

Git

Terraform

REST APIs

LDAP

SCIM

Job description

About the role

Kiwibank is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to work in our Digital Workplace Security Services (DWSS) Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) team, within our Enterprise Technology Hub. Role is based in either central Auckland or Wellington.

What you'll do

• Build critical identity platforms that protect Kiwibank and Kiwi
• Grow your expertise in security, automation and cloud technologies
• Enjoy flexible working, wellbeing support and medical cover

As a DWSS IGA Senior Engineer at Kiwibank, you’ll play an important role in building, running, and improving the identity governance capabilities that help ensure the right people have the right access at the right time.

You’ll work as part of a talented engineering team, partnering with the Lead Engineer and Product Lead to deliver planned work across IGA platforms and services that are secure, reliable, auditable, and aligned to industry best practice. You will help support engineers across the team, contribute to quality delivery, and take responsibility for detailed implementation and design activities across access lifecycle, identity governance, access reviews, entitlement management, and automation. These platforms are critical to the safety of the bank, supporting strong access controls, governance obligations, and a better experience for our people and partners. This is an opportunity to bring strong technical ownership, deepen your identity governance expertise, and help improve how access is managed across Kiwibank. And yes, it’s a hands-on role with an on-call component. Join us on this exciting journey!

Ownership and attitude

You look for ways to move things forward, even when the path is not straightforward. You take ownership, stay pragmatic, and help the team work through challenges.

Technical leadership

You lead through your technical contribution, helping others understand good engineering practice and supporting the team to deliver quality outcomes.

People focus

You care about making access simple, secure, and timely for our people, while ensuring governance and control expectations are met.

Automation mindset

You look for opportunities to automate repeatable access processes, improve reliability, reduce manual effort, and make IGA services easier to support at scale.

Regulated environments

Experience in banking or another highly regulated environment would be valuable, especially where identity governance, access controls, auditability, risk, and compliance are part of day-to-day delivery.

Communication

You can explain complex technical topics clearly, adjust your message for different audiences, and keep people aligned.

Delivery

You have a track record of contributing to meaningful outcomes, from day-to-day improvements through to larger initiatives.

Required Experience

• Good experience across identity governance and administration in a large or complex environment, with exposure to access lifecycle, joiner-mover-leaver processes, role-based access, entitlement management, and cloud or on-premises directories.
• Hands-on experience contributing to the design, implementation, and operation of IGA capabilities, including access requests, approvals, certifications, segregation of duties, governance controls, and operational support.
• Experience working with automation, APIs, code versioning tools such as Git, and infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Terraform to integrate identity systems, improve access workflows, and support reliable platform delivery.
• Experience integrating enterprise systems using a variety of protocols and interfaces, such as SCIM, REST APIs, and LDAP.
• Ability to work effectively in an Agile or DevOps environment, collaborating with other engineers to plan, deliver, and improve team practices.
• A strong security and governance mindset, with experience working alongside information security, risk, audit, and data governance teams to support safe and well-controlled access outcomes.
• Comfortable sharing knowledge, supporting other engineers, and contributing to the growth of engineering capability across the team.
• Strong experience with at least one programming or scripting language.
• Comfortable working in an agile delivery environment, supporting sprint planning and contributing to larger initiatives over time.

Applications close on Thursday 24th September.

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