Technical Specialist

Bank of New Zealand; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) is hiring for a Platform Engineer based in Auckland. The role focuses on building and operating BNZ core AWS and Azure platforms, with a hybrid work arrangement requiring three days in the office and two days flexible.

You’ll automate provisioning, patching, and compliance, and work on platform reliability and performance improvements. You will partner with engineering teams to enhance developer experience, platform adoption, and self-service capabilities, while

Qualifications

• Core services knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure)
• Landing Zones – Azure or AWS
• Policy guardrails
• FinOps practices
• Hands on experience with the following services (you don’t need to tick all the boxes but a majority is preferable)
• Virtual machines
• Firewalls
• Networking components
• Access controls
• Observability and monitoring platforms
• Storage
• Serverless
• Operational support (including on-call)
• Infrastructure as Code
• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• CI/CD practices and deployment automation
• Scripting and automation (Python, PowerShell,Bash, )
• Security andcompliancecloud-native services

Responsibilities

• Build, operate, and improve core AWS and Azure platforms.
• Automate platform operations, provisioning, patching, and compliance activities.
• Contribute to solutions around platform, reliability, and performance challenges.
• Partner with teams to improve platform adoption, developer experience and self-service capabilities.
• Contribute to best practice platform standards, documentation, and engineering guidance.
• Drive improvements in security, reliability, automation, and developer experience.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Landing Zones

Policy guardrails

FinOps

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Security & compliance cloud-native services

Observability tools

Job description

Worker Type:

Permanent

Here at BNZ, it’s about more than just banking. We work together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions through our promise “If you can imagine a better future, let’s find a way.”

We support wellbeing, flexible working and have a generous leave offering. There is the opportunity for growth, learning and career development. No two days are the same.

Komātoutēnei| This is Us

At BNZ, our Platforms Domain is focused on enabling technology teams through platform products that are simple to use, secure, resilient, and fit for purpose. We embrace Infrastructure as Code, automation, and cloud-native engineering practices to help teams deliver great outcomes for our customers.

TheCloudteam builds and operates BNZ’scoreAWS andAzureplatforms, enabling hundreds of engineers to build, deploy, and run applications safely and efficiently across cloud environments. We also support relatedinfrastructuretechnologies and services that form part of BNZ’s wider container ecosystem.

Our mission is simple: deliver secure and resilient cloud platforms that accelerate innovation and empower tech teams across the bank. Whetherit’spre-configuredcloudenvironments,guard railsanddefault compliance, automation tooling, or developer enablement,we’reconstantly looking for ways to make life easier for ourselves and most importantly our customers.

We’rea team that values learning, experimentation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Ifyou’repassionate about cloud technologies, platform engineering, and helping others succeed,you’llfeel right at home.

MōteTūranga| About the Role

We sat down with the People Leader (who you would report to)and they told us the following about the role:

This role will be based in Auckland. It is a hybrid role withthree days in the office andtwo days where you can work flexibly.

What are 5day to day tasks the person in this role will complete?

• Build,operate, and improvecoreAWSand Azureplatforms.

• Automate platform operations, provisioning, patching, and compliance activities.

• Contribute to solutions around platform, reliability, and performance challenges.

• Partner with teams to improve platform adoption, developer experience and self-service capabilities.

• Contribute to best practice platform standards, documentation, and engineering guidance.

• Drive improvements in security, reliability, automation, and developer experience.

What is the team culture and environment like?

We’rea collaborative, high-trust team that enjoys solving complex problems together. We value autonomy, continuous learning, and knowledge sharing, giving people the freedom to drive improvements and make an impact.You’llwork alongside experienced engineers who are passionate about cloud technologies, automation, and helping others succeed.

What skillsand experiencesarerequiredfor this role?

We are after someone who has a range of experience across the below. We don’t expect you to tick all of the boxes, so if you have knowledge across some spaces we still want to hear from you.

Core services knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure)

• Landing Zones – Azure or AWS

• Policy guardrails

• FinOps practices

Hands on experience with the following services (you don’t need to tick all the boxes but a majority is preferable)

• Virtual machines

• Firewalls

• Networking components

• Access controls

• Observability and monitoring platforms

• Storage

• Serverless

• Operational support (including on-call)

Infrastructure as Code

• Terraform

• CloudFormation

• CI/CD practices and deployment automation

• Scripting and automation (Python, PowerShell,Bash, )

• Security andcompliancecloud-native services

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, kandi he toa takitini” - Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.

Closing Date: 11 November 2026

Applications will be reviewed regularly across the advertising period, but we do reserve the right to close applications early.