Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer - Wellington
Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer
Join a collaborative, agile IT services team delivering digital change that matters.
Be part of an organisation committed to meaningful outcomes, about Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - using data and technology to improve lives today and for generations to come.
We're looking for a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic Technology Services team. You'll be a key player in our agile squads—designing, building, and supporting scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure to support our digital products and platforms.
About Us | Ko mātou
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1200+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.
What's in it for you? | Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe
We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about the Way We Work at Stats NZ and also check out our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!
Other benefits of joining our Stats whānau include:
Flexible by default, balance life and work commitments
An environment where we can all be leaders, where your ideas and input are encouraged
3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
City based offices that cater to a variety of working styles and needs
State of the art, 6-star green building in Wellington
Te tūnga | The role
In this role, you'll lead the implementation of cloud-native architecture and DevOps practices across multiple product teams. Working closely with developers, testers, product owners, and security specialists, you'll build robust CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure provisioning, and ensure high system reliability.
You'll also bring a continuous improvement mindset- identifying opportunities to improve our cloud environments and engineering practices, and mentoring others on cloud and DevOps capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
Design, implement and manage scalable cloud infrastructure (Azure)
Build and maintain secure, automated CI/CD pipelines
Collaborate with agile squads to support delivery of digital products and services
Automate infrastructure using IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, ARM templates / Bicep)
Monitor system health and performance; lead incident response and remediation
Promote DevSecOps culture and mentor junior engineers
About You
5+ years' experience in DevOps or cloud engineering roles
Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure) and cloud-native architectures
Proven experience with CI/CD tools (e.g. Azure DevOps and Github Actions)
Strong scripting or coding skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell, ARM Templates / Bicep etc.)
Hands-on experience with containerisation and orchestration using Docker, Azure Container Apps and Kubernetes, with strong infrastructure-as-code skills using Terraform and Helm for managing Kubernetes deployments
Understanding of security, networking, and operational best practices
Bonus: experience in observability tooling or platform engineering
What you bring | Nōu te rourou
We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application.
We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.
Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.
You'll be part of a collaborative and future-focused team that values curiosity, inclusion, and continuous learning. While we are predominantly office based, we also we offer flexible working. The team are Wellington based, and this role will involve a lot of work in our new central city office on the corner of Willis St and Lambton Quay.
This is an opportunity to work on meaningful digital initiatives that make a difference.
For more detailed information about the role, please refer to the job description
How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono
If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirected to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.
We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview. You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.
Please reach out to recruitment@stats.govt.nz if you have any questions.
You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.
