Senior Systems Specialist - Private Cloud

ASB Bank; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Learning and development opportunities

Staff discounts

Career growth and mobility

Job summary

ASB Bank in Auckland is seeking a Senior Systems Specialist for the Private Cloud Squad to shape and operate our automation capabilities. You will lead the hands-on development and deployment of the Ansible Automation Platform, driving efficiency and reliability across the technology estate.

You'll collaborate with technology teams and external partners, guide automation adoption, and contribute to our Automation Centre of Excellence while thriving in a regulated enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in infrastructure/ Site Reliability Engineering or similar.
• Strong automation and scripting capabilities in enterprise environments.
• Experience with Ansible Automation Platform or similar tooling.
• Ability to guide teams through automation adoption and implementation.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills.
• Ability to operate effectively within regulated enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Build, operate and continuously improve the Ansible Automation Platform
• Partner with technology teams to identify and implement automation opportunities
• Develop automation use cases to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort
• Contribute to ASB's Automation Centre of Excellence
• Collaborate with external vendors and technology partners
• Support ongoing platform reliability and operational excellence
• Create and maintain technical documentation, standards and knowledge assets
• Contribute to squad planning, roadmap initiatives and continuous improvement
• Participate in after-hours support and maintenance when required

Skills

Automation

Scripting

Ansible

Stakeholder engagement

Agile

Tools

Ansible Automation Platform

Job description

Senior Systems Specialist - Private Cloud Squad

Join ASB's Automation Journey

At ASB, we're building technology that enables our people and customers to thrive, and automation is playing an increasingly important role in how we do it. We're looking for a Senior Systems Specialist to join our Private Cloud Squad and help shape the future of automation across our technology ecosystem. This is an opportunity to work on strategic automation initiatives, influence engineering practices at scale, and contribute to the foundations that support one of New Zealand's largest and most complex technology environments.

About The Squad

The Private Cloud Squad sits within our Infrastructure Services Platform and provides the foundational services that power ASB's technology estate. The squad is responsible for server provisioning, vulnerability management, configuration management and compute services consumed by teams across the organisation. As technology continues to evolve, Private Cloud is expanding its focus to include strategic automation and cyber security initiatives, helping ASB leverage modern automation capabilities to improve efficiency, consistency and resilience across the enterprise.

About The Role

As a Senior Systems Specialist, you'll play a key role in developing and operating ASB's automation capability, helping to establish and mature our Automation Centre of Excellence. Working closely with technology teams across the organisation, you'll leverage the Ansible Automation Platform to reduce manual effort, improve operational consistency and enable teams to deliver better outcomes through automation. You'll combine deep technical expertise with strong stakeholder engagement to guide automation adoption and contribute to the ongoing evolution of our platform and roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, operate and continuously improve the Ansible Automation Platform
• Partner with technology teams to identify and implement automation opportunities
• Develop automation use cases that improve operational efficiency and reduce manual effort
• Contribute to the growth and maturity of ASB's Automation Centre of Excellence
• Collaborate with external vendors and technology partners
• Support ongoing platform reliability, maintenance and operational excellence
• Create and maintain technical documentation, standards and knowledge assets
• Contribute to squad planning, roadmap initiatives and continuous improvement activities
• Participate in after-hours support and maintenance activities when required

About You

You're an experienced infrastructure or Site Reliability Engineering professional who is passionate about automation and solving complex operational challenges. You enjoy working across teams, influencing technical direction and helping others adopt better ways of working. Whether you're already an Ansible specialist or have built significant automation capability in enterprise environments, you'll bring a combination of technical depth, practical problem-solving skills and a continuous improvement mindset.

Key Skills And Experience

• 5+ years' experience in infrastructure engineering, platform engineering or Site Reliability Engineering
• Strong automation and scripting experience within enterprise operational environments
• Experience with Ansible Automation Platform or comparable automation technologies
• Ability to guide and support teams through automation adoption and implementation
• Strong understanding of infrastructure operations and engineering best practices
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to operate effectively within a regulated enterprise environment

Highly Regarded

• Experience managing or supporting enterprise automation platforms
• Vulnerability management, server provisioning or VMware experience
• Cyber security, cloud or platform engineering certifications
• Experience working within large, complex technology environments

Working for ASB

At ASB, We're Committed To Helping Our People Grow And Thrive Both Professionally And Personally. Alongside Challenging And Meaningful Work, You'll Have Access To

• Competitive salary and annual performance incentive
• Hybrid working with a minimum of two days per week in our Auckland (C:Drive) office
• Additional lifestyle and wellbeing leave
• Market-leading parental leave benefits
• Banking benefits, insurance offers and staff discounts
• Ongoing learning, certification and career development opportunities
• Access to internal mobility and career growth across ASB
• A collaborative, supportive and inclusive team culture
• Opportunities to work with modern technologies and strategic transformation initiatives