Senior Site Reliability Engineer

• Passionate about automation and reliability? Join us
• Lead reliability and performance through SRE practices and automation
• Permanent – can be based in Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth, Palmerston North or Christchurch

Join our team at NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA). Work at scale, solve complex problems, and help shape how we build, run, and improve critical digital platforms at NZTA.

We’re looking for someone with solid senior level experience who is analytical, solutions-focused, and a strong communicator, with proven experience in integration, automation, and cloud technologies (Azure).

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity

In this role, you’ll lift the reliability and observability of our systems while improving development and delivery pipelines across a complex enterprise environment.

You’ll be part of agile teams using modern technologies, including GitHub and GitHub Actions, to deliver resilient, high-performing systems, and will work alongside Software Developers, Product Owners, Business Analysts, QA Engineers, and Technology Leaders - contributing to best practice and helping teams choose the right solutions in cloud environments.

View the  position description.  Appointment salary is from $133,632 to $148,480 commensurate with skills and experience.

Ko koe tēnei | About you   

You’ll bring:

Deep technical expertise and the ability to operate in complex environments, including:

• Strong understanding of solution architecture and system integration (internal and third-party)
• Significant experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub, Azure DevOps)
• Proven capability managing build pipelines and artefacts
• Experience running and supporting large-scale systems and infrastructure

Core technical capability

• Monitoring: Azure Monitor / GCP Cloud Monitoring
• Observability: Application Insights, Grafana
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
• Cloud: Experience with at least one major provider (Azure preferred)

SRE & engineering practices

• Hands-on experience with SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs
• Strong grounding in Site Reliability Engineering concepts
• Ability to apply automation and improve system performance and reliability

Mō mātou |About Us

Te Aukaha | Digital strengthens NZTA through supporting our people and delivering future-focused solutions. We enable digital change, provide quality data, information and security services, and create flexible and collaborative workspaces.

Ka whiwhi koe i te aha | What you will get in return

We offer a comprehensive rewards package including:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Along with our other benefits we have 5 weeks annual leave and a free Life, Income Protection and Critical Illness insurance scheme available for permanent employees.

Rā Katinga | Applications close:

For further information, email: careers@nzta.govt.nz

To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.

Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.

Please note that we may begin shortlisting as we receive applications. We encourage early applications as we may withdraw the advertising at any time.