Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer

About nib | Ko Wai M­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ātou

• Free health, life, income protection insurance + discounts for family
• Join a supportive and dedicated team where you can develop and enhance your career
• Great offices located in Auckland’s CBD
• Hybrid work environment with the flexibility to work from home and the office
• An exceptionally generous leave policy including 22 days annual leave, cultural leave, 18 weeks fully paid parental leave for all parents
• Fitness incentives
• Short term incentive programme

Here at nib, we pride ourselves on our innovative and passionate approach in offering Kiwis affordable, world-class health and life insurance. We believe the 'status quo is death' - we admire the diversity of thought and seek out people with an intrinsic need to make the world a better place. Health and wellbeing go hand in hand with our ‘future state’ strategy.  Ehara i te toa takitahi (success is not achieved alone) - you will be joining a collaborative, innovative and driven team.

About the role | He Aha Te Tūranga

The Cloud Engineer is primarily focused on the automation of infrastructure and software delivery processes. The goal is to enable teams to adopt Continuous Delivery/Integration and DevOps practices, which streamline the software development lifecycle and accelerate the delivery of business value.

The position will be responsible for the tools, processes, and culture that enable efficient and reliable software delivery.

Key responsibilities include:

• Empower delivery teams across the organization to embrace Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, and DevOps principles, accelerating the delivery of business value.
• Foster an Agile culture within teams, ensuring seamless collaboration and iterative development to respond effectively to changing business needs.
• Design, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines, leveraging automation tools to streamline build, test, and deployment processes.
• Utilize infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and configuration management tools to provision, manage, and scale cloud resources efficiently and consistently.
• Administer version control systems, artifact repositories, and other development tools to ensure smooth collaboration and code management.
• Develop and implement effective release management strategies, including feature branching and parallel development, to minimize risk and ensure smooth deployments.
• Leverage containerization, serverless computing, and other cloud-native technologies to build scalable and resilient applications.
• Stay current with the latest trends in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), PaaS, IaaS, and relevant software development languages to ensure optimal technology choices.

About you | Ko Wai Koe 

You will have 5+ years Hands-on experience in a DevOps or similar role, with a proven track record of designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in AWS and/or Azure environments. You’ll have experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and AWS CDK, demonstrating the ability to automate the provisioning and management of cloud infrastructure, and experience with serverless architecture and services such as AWS SAM. Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash, PowerShell, Python, or TypeScript for automating tasks and building custom tools is highly desired, along with hands-on experience with version control systems (e.g., Git, GitHub) and build automation tools (e.g., Buildkite, GitHub Actions).

If you're ready to step into a role that will challenge and reward you on a daily basis and provide an opportunity to build on your career, then please apply today!

We embrace an inclusive working environment.  We are LGBTTQIA+, disability and neurodiverse inclusive, and welcome people from diverse backgrounds aiming to create a work environment where employee differences such as age, culture, nationality, accessibility and education are valued to reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.

nib promotes distributed working for all employees, and encourages both working remotely and in the office.  Our new normal requires an appropriate workspace and reliable internet to work remotely.  Talk to us to see how we can make this work for you.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check (including criminal history check) prior to commencement of employment.

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