DevOps Engineer

**_Calling all talented Linux DevOps engineers _**

We have a fantastic opportunity for a proactive, motivated, and high-performing individual to join Manaaki Whenua's Informatics Team at a time of significant growth and development.

If you are an effective team player, with good problem-solving skills, we'd love to hear from you

**About the opportunity**

We are looking for an intermediate Linux to work across a range of new and existing projects and services. You will be joining the dynamic and stimulating research environment at Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research where we aim to drive innovation in New Zealand's management of terrestrial biodiversity and land information that support effective management of our land resources to both protect and enhance the terrestrial environment and grow New Zealand's prosperity.

You will be working with scientists and informatics researchers throughout our organisation on a range of interesting projects that are important to environmental issues and present real-world challenges.

**_ Permanent, full-time position, preferred to be located at our Lincoln or Palmerston North sites which includes_**
- Working across 'on-prem', Cloud services (AWS/Azure), and High Performance Computers
- Supporting operational services and deployment pipelines as well being a key member of the product and development team creating new products for stakeholders and end users
- Joining a great work culture, collaborative environment - work with a friendly, diverse, talented, values-driven, and Agile team
- Working with a range of automation and deployment tools including Puppet, Vagrant, Foreman, Git, TeamCity
- Being involved in interesting and innovative projects
- Flexible, hybrid - Work Life Balanceoptions
- Wellbeing initiatives that support you to be at your best
- Exceptional opportunities for continued learning and professional development
- Additional employee benefits including additional Kiwisaver, leave days, income protection, and life cover

**About you**

If you are a strong intermediate Linux Devops engineer looking to make a real difference to New Zealand's terrestrial sustainability and you enjoy technical challenges, this role is for you.

**You have**
- a track record in DevOps and automation in Linux environments
- a passion for continuous improvement and best practice approaches
- a strong understanding of source control systems (ideally GIT), continuous integration, issue trackers, and pull request workflows
- experience with containerisation and working across different platform scales
- good awareness of software engineering principles with other scripting such as Bash, Python, Ruby
- some previous experience with web geospatial data delivery and mapping systems
- a drive to produce high-quality, readable, maintainable, and testable deployment pipelines
- excellent written and spoken English, and strong communication and interpersonal skills
- the ability to collaborate well in a team environment, but also able to be self-reliant
- an interest, qualification, or experience in fields such as geospatial mapping, land and landscapes, ecosystems, biology/biodiversity, bioinformatics, environmental data, or data science

**Why Manaaki Whenua**

Our land, our future - this is the essence of why Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research exists. At Manaaki Whenua we undertake research that focuses on preserving New Zealand's rich biodiversity, improving biosecurity, and protecting the health of the land, fresh water, and soil resources we need for a prosperous future. We recognise the importance of partnerships, the special role of Māori, and the need to ensure that all New Zealanders have the knowledge, understanding, and tools to truly live in harmony with our precious environment. We are recognised nationally and internationally for the quality of our research and work with a wide range of organisations within New Zealand and globally.

Manaaki Whenua embraces diversity and is committed to an inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone is valued for their unique contribution. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age.

**What we offer**

As an employee of Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, you will work with passionate and talented people in a caring and family friendly environment; enjoy good staff benefits and the opportunity for personal growth and career development. While our main office is based at Lincoln, we do support a flexible working environment, with requests for both informal and formal flexible work arrangements given due consideration.

**How to apply**

To be considered for this role, you must have New Zealand or Australian citizenship/ permanent residency and have the right to work in New Zealand.

**Applications close on 13 January 2023 at 5pm NZT**