Systems Engineer – IaC, Automation & Reliability

Statistics New Zealand; Wellington; On-site; NZD 84,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

37.5-hour work week

Sick leave 15 days

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Health benefits

Corporate rates

Study assistance programmes

Active social club

Job summary

Stats NZ in Wellington is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to design, implement, and operate reliable, scalable infrastructure. The role focuses on IaC, distributed systems, and ensuring secure, well-governed services for both BAU and project work.

You will join Technology Services Analytics, reporting to the Manager – Technology Delivery, collaborating with analyst developers and engineers to deliver high-quality data and services while maintaining system integrity.

Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Windows, IIS, SQL Server, and Active Directory/Entra.
• Proficiency with Terraform for IaC and scripting languages (Bash/PowerShell).
• Proficient in Python and code-analysis tools such as SonarQube.
• Experience with Grafana for monitoring and Databricks/R for data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, test, maintain, and monitor systems with minimal supervision.
• Provide operational support, define metrics, optimize services, and support capacity planning.
• Participate in system upgrades and migrations.
• Manage changes, incidents, service requests, and work items effectively.
• Balance cost, customer experience, reliability, scalability, and sustainability.
• Contribute to documentation and operational procedures.
• Follow governance, security, and operational standards.
• Build trusted relationships through clear, open communication.
• Audit systems to identify risks and opportunities.
• Analyse code using a code-analysis tool.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, platforms, and approaches.
• Continuously develop your own technical knowledge.

Skills

Distributed systems

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure automation

Tools

Terraform

Bash

PowerShell

Python

SonarQube

Grafana

Databricks

R

Windows/IIS/SQL Server

Active Directory / Entra

Job description

Stats NZ in Wellington is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to design, implement, and operate reliable, scalable infrastructure. The role focuses on IaC, distributed systems, and ensuring secure, well-governed services for both BAU and project work.

You will join Technology Services Analytics, reporting to the Manager – Technology Delivery, collaborating with analyst developers and engineers to deliver high-quality data and services while maintaining system integrity.