Senior Platform Engineer
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Job Location:
Wellington - New Zealand
Monthly Salary:
$ 126905 - 179160
Posted on:
13 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
- Own and shape the Azure platform for a small high impact central agency
- Hands on senior technical role with real influence over design and standards
- Permanent role Wellington based with flexible working options
Its an exciting time to join us as we continue to grow and mature our technology platforms to support better social outcomes for New Zealanders. This role offers the opportunity to work across the full lifecycle of a modern Azure environment and make a tangible difference in how government delivers social services.
Kōrero mō te tūranga About the role
As our Senior Platform Engineer you will be the technical authority for the Social Investment Agencys Azure platform and Azurebased data services. This is a senior handson engineering role where you will design build operate and continuously improve secure reliable and wellgoverned cloud environments.
Youll have endtoend ownership of our Azure environments and play a key role in how our platforms integrate across the wider technology landscape. This includes designing and operating integrations with core business systems such as Salesforce and Oracle and working closely with colleagues and vendors as we implement and embed a new security tooling suite across the organisation.
Key aspects of the role include:
- Designing operating and uplifting Azure platform and data services including production support and incident response
- Owning and improving integrations between Azure and enterprise platforms such as Salesforce and Oracle
- Implementing and operationalising security tooling and controls as part of our evolving security ecosystem
- Driving automation and DevOps practices to improve reliability security and delivery outcomes
- Acting as a trusted technical advisor setting standards documenting platforms and mentoring others
This role combines deep technical delivery with pragmatic leadership and influence and is well suited to someone who enjoys owning complex environments and making them work together safely and effectively.
He kōrero mōu About you
Were looking for an experienced cloud or platform engineer who enjoys owning complex environments endtoend and working close to the technology.
Youll bring strong Azure experience and be comfortable operating in a regulated environment balancing best practice with whats appropriate for a small but growing agency.
You will ideally have:
- Extensive handson experience designing and operating Microsoft Azure environments
- Strong capability across platform engineering DevOps automation and operational support
- Experience implementing security governance and access controls in regulated or government contexts
- Confidence communicating complex technical concepts clearly to a range of audiences
- A practical solutionfocused mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
You dont need to meet every requirement were interested in what strengths and experience youll bring and how youll contribute to lifting platform maturity over time.
Utu ā-tau Salary
The salary range for this role is $126905 to $179160. Starting salaries reflect skills and experience relevant to the role with offers generally made between $126905 - $149300.
Ko wai mātou About us
The Social Investment Agency is a central agency set up to lead the social investment approach to improve peoples lives and to support the Government to achieve better outcomes from social service expenditure. Social investment involves using data to understand peoples needs and the best prevention points implementing evidence-based approaches to improving outcomes and testing that theyve been successful. The Agency has a particular focus on cross-sector work to address the most pervasive social sector challenges.
We are committed to have a safe and inclusive workplace and we value the diversity everyone brings. We are proud to have achieved the Rainbow Tick and the Domestic Violence Free Tick.
We welcome applications from everyone regardless of gender identity age ethnicity sexual orientation disability or religion. If you have any support or access requirements we encourage you to tell us when you apply so we can assist you through the recruitment process.
Tono mai How to Apply
To apply for this role please click the Apply Now button and follow the online process. To view a copy of the position description please click here.
Applications close at 11.59pm on Wednesday 20 May 2026; however we will review applications as they come in and may invite people to interview before the close date. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if an ideal person is found before the close date.
If you have any questions please email
We look forward to receiving your application.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
