Cloud Engineer - Wellington
Kaipūkaha Kapua: Cloud Engineer (Azure)
Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua, the TEC - is a small Crown agency with a big job to do - ensuring New Zealanders have the skills and the knowledge they need to build a great life, and ensure New Zealand thrives. We invest over $3 billion annually across the tertiary education and careers systems.
If you're looking for your “why”, then come and join us at TEC. We truly believe in the transformational benefits of education and vocational training and as a result we invest $3 billion a year in tertiary education and training and seek to lift the aspirations and skill bases of all New Zealanders from ages 7 to 74.
It's an exciting time in the careers and education sector with large scale and meaningful change taking place.
We are looking for a Cloud Engineer to join our Security, Infrastructure & Applications Team. This role has a focus on Azure, with experience in IaC and Terraform.
He angitūtanga: About the Role
An ideal opportunity for someone who is seeking to be part of a close-knit team to design, implement and support cloud-based systems and applications. You will provide technical leadership and support of TEC's Enterprise Azure Environment and help facilitate TEC's cloud migration journey, as we transition from legacy on-premises to future Azure cloud services.
You will design, implement and support TEC's Enterprise Azure Environment via IaC
You will be supporting the Agile processes, including feature development, backlog grooming, PI and sprint planning
You will be creating, peer-reviewing and documenting code
Work in collaboration with our architects, other technical team members and our customers ensuring we deliver the best possible outcome for the organisation
He kōrero mōu: What we are looking for:
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who possess great technical skills in the Cloud space, but also has the ability to facilitate conversations with a wide variety of internal and external customers - soft skills are critical to this role. We are also seeking someone who has a genuine desire to mentor, guide, and share knowledge with others in the team. We are looking for someone with experience in the following:
Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer (minimum 3 years)
Solid Azure cloud experience and where relevant with recognised Microsoft certificate/qualification(s) (desirable but not required: Azure fundamentals (AZ900), Azure admin (AZ104) and Devops (AZ400)
Experience with IaC - Terraform, Bicep, ARM - (Terraform preferred, incl. Terraform Cloud
Knowledge of multiple branching strategies (eg Trunk-Based, GitFlow, GitHub Flow)
Experience in etting up or migration of on-premises to the cloud (Azure)
Experience in working in delivering and operating cloud infrastructure in a devops structure
Proven track record of working in both agile and waterfall methodologies
Experience with measuring, analysing, monitoring, and optimizing cloud performance including cloud system reliability and availability
Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou: What's in it for you
Three additional (TEC Days) leave days
A range of benefits including flexible working options, a wellness programme and the ability to purchase extra leave.
A motivated and supportive manager, keen to make the most of your skill set
Reduced premiums through our Health Insurance Group Scheme
A focus on Career development and internal opportunities
At TEC we are committed to supporting a range of flexible working arrangements to help staff manage their work and personal commitments, we also expect team members to be in the office at least three days per week to help collaboration.
The salary range for this position is $111,456 to $131,125 + 3% KiwiSaver which is negotiable depending on demonstrable skills and experience.
Me pēhea te tuku tono: How to Apply
To view the job description and/or apply for the role, please click Apply For This Job or visit the TEC Careers Portal.
If this sounds like you, please apply now for this great opportunity with your tailored Cover Letter and CV, we welcome your application.
The closing date for this role is 11:59pm 25 June 2025. For more information or if you have any questions, please contact hr@tec.govt.nz.
Applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain the legal right to work in New Zealand.
Prior to the Tertiary Education Commission confirming any offer of employment, pre-employment checks will be undertaken including criminal conviction history and reference checking as a minimum.
The TEC is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Your unique talents and experience will help us deliver exceptional services to New Zealand. We look forward to your application
