Senior Systems Specialist

ASB Bank; Auckland; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible leave options

Learning & development pathways

Mentorship and career growth

Job summary

ASB Bank is seeking a Senior Systems Specialist to lead cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering across SAP Banking workloads. You will own infrastructure as code, DevSecOps practices and monitoring to boost reliability and security on Azure and Linux platforms.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable solutions, maintain compliance, and drive continuous improvement in a banking environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building and supporting cloud/hybrid infrastructure in Azure and enterprise settings.
• Expert-level Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, JSON and Ansible.
• Experience delivering CI/CD and GitOps with Azure DevSecOps.
• Extensive Bash scripting to automate operational processes.
• Collaboration with infrastructure, security and application teams on enterprise-scale tech.

Responsibilities

• Build Cloud Infrastructure – secure, scalable cloud infra aligned to business objectives.
• Drive Infrastructure Automation – IaC with Terraform and Ansible to speed provisioning.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

GitOps

Bash scripting

Cross-team collaboration

Banking/enterprise security

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

JSON

Azure DevOps

Job description

Kia ora, Talofa lava, Kia Orana, Malo e lelei, Fakalofa lahi atu, Bula Vinaka and Namaste!

Mo te tūranga | About the role

In This Role, You Will

As a

• Build Cloud Infrastructure – implement and continuously improve secure, scalable cloud infrastructure solutions that meet agreed business, availability and performance objectives.
• Drive Infrastructure Automation – implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible to reduce manual effort, improve consistency and accelerate environment provisioning.
• Enable Platform Reliability – establish monitoring, alerting and observability capabilities that proactively identify issues and improve platform resilience.
• Champion DevOps Practices – develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps capabilities to support automated deployment and operational excellence.
• Support Enterprise SAP Platforms – deliver infrastructure and operational support for SAP environments, ensuring platform stability, security and ongoing optimisation.
• Maintain Linux Platform – maintain and modernise Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms, including upgrades, migrations and lifecycle management activities.
• Improve Security and Compliance – embed security controls, operational governance and automation practices to reduce risk and improve compliance outcomes.
• Provide Technical Leadership – act as a subject matter expert across cloud infrastructure, automation, Linux and platform engineering domains while supporting capability uplift across teams.
• Collaborate Across Engineering Teams – partner with platform, infrastructure, security and application teams to deliver reliable and scalable solutions that meet business needs.

Kia ora, Talofa lava, Kia Orana, Malo e lelei, Fakalofa lahi atu, Bula Vinaka and Namaste!

At ASB, we're committed to helping our customers get "One Step Ahead" by giving them the tools and support they need to thrive.

Mo te tūranga | About the role

In This Role, You Will

As a Senior Systems Specialist in Digital & Engineering – Core Tribe, you’ll lead the build, automation, operation and continuous improvement of cloud infrastructure platforms supporting critical SAP Banking workloads. You’ll drive Infrastructure as Code, DevSecOps, monitoring and platform engineering practices to improve reliability, security, patching and operational efficiency across Azure and Linux-based environments.

• Build Cloud Infrastructure – implement and continuously improve secure, scalable cloud infrastructure solutions that meet agreed business, availability and performance objectives.
• Drive Infrastructure Automation – implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible to reduce manual effort, improve consistency and accelerate environment provisioning.
• Enable Platform Reliability – establish monitoring, alerting and observability capabilities that proactively identify issues and improve platform resilience.
• Champion DevOps Practices – develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps capabilities to support automated deployment and operational excellence.
• Support Enterprise SAP Platforms – deliver infrastructure and operational support for SAP environments, ensuring platform stability, security and ongoing optimisation.
• Maintain Linux Platform – maintain and modernise Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms, including upgrades, migrations and lifecycle management activities.
• Improve Security and Compliance – embed security controls, operational governance and automation practices to reduce risk and improve compliance outcomes.
• Provide Technical Leadership – act as a subject matter expert across cloud infrastructure, automation, Linux and platform engineering domains while supporting capability uplift across teams.
• Collaborate Across Engineering Teams – partner with platform, infrastructure, security and application teams to deliver reliable and scalable solutions that meet business needs.

Ngā mea kia whai angitū ahau? | What do I need to be successful?

To Thrive In This Role, You’ll Bring

• Strong hands‑on experience implementing and supporting cloud and hybrid infrastructure solutions across Azure and enterprise environments.
• Proven experience at an Expert level delivering Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform, JSON and Ansible to automate provisioning, configuration management and platform lifecycle activities.
• Proven capability implementing CI/CD and GitOps practices using Azure DevSecOps and Git‑based development workflows.
• Extensive scripting and automation experience using Bash to streamline operational processes, reduce manual effort and improve platform reliability.
• Proven experience collaborating with infrastructure, security and application teams to deliver enterprise‑scale technology solutions in complex environments.
• Experience working within large enterprise and banking environments, supporting critical business systems while maintaining security, operational and compliance requirements.

He aha tā mātou | What can we offer

• Get the work‑life equation right.We know life is full of priorities, from soccer practice to side hobbies. We're here to help you find balance, with a flexible and supportive working environment.
• What's important to you is important to us.We support your wellbeing in meaningful ways, including comprehensive health insurance, wellness initiatives, parental and flexible leave, and customisable benefits to suit your lifestyle.
• Bring your whole self to work every day.Whether you're into scrap booking, spontaneous karaoke sessions, or just hanging out with the family, ASB is working hard to create a culture where everyone feels safe, included and part of our shared purpose of helping Kiwi get one step ahead.
• The whole "one step ahead" thing applies to you, too.With mentorship, flexible learning pathways, and opportunities to deepen your expertise, ASB is a place where you can take on exciting challenges and step forward to reach your goals, both in and out of office.