Cloud & Systems Engineer

5 months ago


Auckland City, New Zealand Sandfield Full time

**About Sandfield**:
Sandfield is a leading, Kiwi-owned, software business that prides itself on not just being a conventional tech company.

Our work facilitates high-performance supply chains for the likes of Mainfreight, Qube and HWR Richardsons and keeps millions of orders and data points flowing for Foodstuffs. It also manages business finances for Team Global Express and Green Acres, helps fill seats on the Interislander for KiwiRail and keeps Les Mills members engaged...plus so much more.

Our specialist IT Ops Team works with a variety of customers to manage their systems to ensure maximum performance and cost-effectiveness. We are now looking for a Cloud and Systems Engineer to join our long-standing tight knit team of engineers.

Our collaborative culture is at the centre of everything we do at Sandfield and it makes it a pretty special place to work. We know this because people also don’t tend to leave - i.e. the average length of service here is at least five years and in the IT Ops team the average is 11 years plus.

Our team are a diverse bunch they’re mountain bikers, road bikers, runners, hikers, active relaxers, video gamers, movie buffs, music buffs and foodies. They’re also family people, single people, party people, quiet people, loud people and happy people.

But don’t just take our word for it - here’s what our people say about Working at Sandfield

As an organisation, we’re also very conscious of our environmental footprint and are currently on a journey to become carbon neutral in the very near future.

**About the Role**:
We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Cloud and Systems Engineer to become a part of our dynamic team. Your main responsibilities will include designing, implementing, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure to ensure optimal performance, scalability, and security. This is a crucial role that requires expertise in the field of cloud engineering and the ability to work collaboratively with other professionals.

**Responsibilities**:
**Cloud Architecture and Design**:

- Assist with the design and architecture of our cloud infrastructure, considering scalability, reliability, and performance. Collaborate with customers and development teams to understand requirements.

**Implementation and Deployment**:
**Security and Compliance** - Implement and enforce security best practices for cloud environments. Manage and mitigate security vulnerabilities and incidents.

**Performance Optimisation** - Monitor and optimise the performance of cloud infrastructure to ensure efficient resource utilisation.

**Infrastructure as Code (IaC)** - Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scripts to automate and streamline the provisioning, maintenance and management of a subset of our cloud resources.

**Administration and Knowledge Sharing** - Administer and monitor cloud platforms, Windows Servers and SQL Server instances and troubleshoot incidents. Collaborate with customers and development teams to provide support and share knowledge.

**Cost Management**:

- Monitor and optimise cloud costs to ensure efficiency and budget adherence.

**Experience and Qualifications**:

- Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer or similar role, with a focus on cloud architecture and infrastructure.
- Extensive experience with AWS, including:

- Predominantly IaaS (EC2), some PaaS (Beanstalk, RDS and Fargate) and many supporting services (S3, SNS, CloudWatch, Config, ELBs, DRS, etc.).
- Understanding of and experience with the five pillars of a well-architected framework.
- Basic proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell, Bash) and automation tools.
- Some knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible).
- Solid understanding of networking principles and security best practices.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills with a variety of customers.
- Nice to have:

- Experience with Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with cloud services such as Google Workspace, Office 365 and Cloudflare.
- Some experience with containerisation and orchestration tools (e.g., Fargate, ECS, Docker).
- Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and basic DBA skills.
- Experience with firewall management, in particular Fortinet solutions.
- AWS certifications.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

**Working at Sandfield you will enjoy**
- A huge variety of work
- A relaxed, supportive and social environment
- An opportunity to work alongside some highly experienced engineers
- A flat team structure that emanates lots of positive energy
- Flexible working policy
- Soft skills training
- Regular social events and monthly ‘Fun Food Events’’
- A well-stocked beer fridge (including non-alcoholic) and fruit bowl

If you’re happy with just being a number at a big brand tech company so your Mum can brag at Bridge Club...we’re



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