Systems Administrator

New Zealand's Stock Exchange; Wellington; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

New Zealand's Stock Exchange (NZX) in Wellington is seeking a Systems Administrator to maintain secure, resilient infrastructure across cloud and on‑premises systems. You will handle incidents, enable remote connectivity, and drive improvement across critical platforms.

Join a collaborative team that values integrity and professional development; the role is full-time, based in Central Auckland or Wellington with on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience in IT Operational / Infrastructure role(s).
• Certifications in Cloud Technologies (Azure, M365, and AWS).
• Experience administering cloud services including Azure, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, AWS.
• Knowledge of load balancing, networking and monitoring technologies including F5, Cisco IOS and NX-OS, Opsview and Elastic.
• Experience with virtualization, containers, storage and operating systems including VMware, Docker, NetApp, Commvault, Microsoft, Red Hat, Ubuntu and Solaris.
• Understanding of licensing, sizing, scalability, capacity planning and ITIL practices, especially Change, Incident and Problem Management.

Responsibilities

• Administer, support and enhance NZX’s cloud and on-premises infrastructure, including secure remote connectivity solutions.
• Monitor and maintain critical systems, managing capacity, performance, lifecycle, patching and operational resilience.
• Respond to incidents, manage escalations and restore services, including participating in the on-call roster and after-hours support.
• Provide technical guidance and escalation support to Desktop Engineering, Service Delivery and wider IT teams.
• Work with architects, infrastructure teams, vendors and service providers to design and deliver new solutions, upgrades and project initiatives.
• Identify infrastructure risks and contribute to security enhancements, governance and continuous operational improvement.
• Develop implementation, testing and backout plans, maintain technical documentation, and keep your technical knowledge current.

Skills

IT infrastructure

Cloud technologies

Incident management

Remote connectivity

Security governance

Tools

Azure

Microsoft 365

Exchange Online

AWS

F5

Cisco IOS

NX-OS

Opsview

Elastic

VMware

Docker

NetApp

Commvault

Red Hat Linux

Ubuntu

Solaris

Job description

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New Zealand's Stock Exchange – Wellington Central, North Island

About NZX

As New Zealand’s Exchange we are passionate about working with our customers and stakeholders to grow the markets NZX operates, which generate wealth integral to New Zealanders’ prosperity, and New Zealand companies getting ahead. To support the growth and development of our core markets business, and to ensure we are well connected to New Zealand investors, NZX owns Smart, issuer of listed Exchange Traded Funds and manager of the SuperLife KiwiSaver scheme. NZX also provides wealth management services for New Zealand advisers via our Wealth Technologies business.

About the opportunity

Join NZX as a Systems Administrator and play a key role in implementing, maintaining and enhancing the secure, resilient infrastructure that supports New Zealand’s capital markets and NZX’s wider business operations. You’ll work across cloud and on-premises technologies, resolve complex technical issues, deliver infrastructure change, support critical systems, and drive continuous improvement. This is an excellent opportunity to expand your technical expertise in a collaborative team that values integrity, innovation, and professional development.

Key responsibilities

• Administer, support and enhance NZX’s cloud and on-premises infrastructure, including secure remote connectivity solutions.
• Monitor and maintain critical systems, managing capacity, performance, lifecycle, patching and operational resilience.
• Respond to incidents, manage escalations and restore services, including participating in the on-call roster and after-hours support.
• Provide technical guidance and escalation support to Desktop Engineering, Service Delivery and wider IT teams.
• Work with architects, infrastructure teams, vendors and service providers to design and deliver new solutions, upgrades and project initiatives.
• Identify infrastructure risks and contribute to security enhancements, governance and continuous operational improvement.
• Develop implementation, testing and backout plans, maintain technical documentation, and keep your technical knowledge current.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience in IT Operational / Infrastructure role(s).
• Certifications in Cloud Technologies (or similar), covering Azure, M365, and AWS.

UNDERSTANDING OF, OR EXPOSURE TO:

• Experience administering cloud services, including Azure, Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, AWS instances and AWS multi-account environments.
• Knowledge of load balancing, networking and monitoring technologies, including F5, Cisco IOS and NX-OS, Opsview and Elastic.
• Experience with virtualisation, containers, storage and operating systems, including VMware, Docker, NetApp, Commvault, Microsoft, Red Hat, Ubuntu and Solaris.
• Understanding of licensing, sizing, scalability, capacity planning and ITIL practices, particularly Change, Incident and Problem Management.

This is a full-time, permanent role based in Central Auckland or Wellington.

For further information or to request a position description, please contact ***********@nzx.com.

Applicants must have legal authorisation to work in New Zealand. For guidance on securing a New Zealand work or residence visa, please visit http://www.immigration.govt.nz.