Software Consultant

At ASB, we're all about doing what we can to help our customers get "One Step Ahead" by giving them the tools they need to manage their lives and plans for their families and future. Our products don't just serve ads or stream movies - they underpin our economy and touch people's lives. **About the role**: As a Platform Engineer in Identity and Integration platform, you'll be part of our team at the forefront of ASB's establishment of new modern integration platform. In the Engineering Practice at ASB, we encourage our teams to work autonomously in an agile way while actively growing their skills and expertise to improve customer outcomes continuously. You'll bring significant platform engineering and support experience and solid IT infrastructure experience. You will have to be comfortable with designing, configuring and maintaining integration solution hosted on Cloud platforms. Automating these processes in the future is also in the mix. We advocate for T-Shaped teams which will take you through all facets of engineering on any given day. We are looking for a mix of technical skills to support the following activities: We are looking for a mix of technical skills to support the following activities: - Design and Implement Service Mesh and API gateway solutions - Building AKS infrastructure, deploying and maintaining namespaces - Creation and maintenance of Infrastructure as Code (Bicep and Terraform) - Work closely with Service Delivery Managers to keep customers informed of both proactive and responsive work undertaken. - Contribute to continuous improvement of the Cloud team's technical capabilities, standards, and practice. **About you**: We'll value your proven initiative, problem solving abilities and leadership skills as we look for every engineer to lead from their position. With regards to background, the following capabilities are a must: - Expert level Azure cloud exposure - Strong technical, architectural and design skills - Significant experience in building AKS infrastructure, deploying and managing workloads within AKS and associated services, through CI/CD with Bicep or Terraform. - Linux and Windows knowledge. - Understanding of Application development and software engineering lifecycle. - Experience with cloud infrastructure, cloud management, Identity (Workload identity) networking (Azure CNI), Application routing, Azure policy, AKS Monitoring, Service Mesh, release management and workflow automation - Cyber Security knowledge and approach with secure by design - Prior experience with automation process and orchestration tools. Build, Release and management of the configuration of all production systems. - Motivated to learn new technologies and practices. - Any two of these certifications: AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-400, CKA These capabilities are not mandatory and would be favourable: - Experience working within Agile and DevOps frameworks **Working at ASB**: ASB's sense of who we are and what we stand for is grounded in our values. They guide our business in our day-to-day interactions with our team, customers, and community. They are what makes ASB - ASB. Along with our interactions, values guide our actions and conduct, making ASB a safe and inclusive environment for both our people and our customers. They show that we care, are passionate and courageous, and that we act with integrity. Most importantly they unite us - because they are ASB. **How to apply?** If we've nailed our pitch and this role sounds like it might be the one for you then please click "apply"we'd love to hear from you **Job details**: - Reference # - EP1107JN - Posted on - 27 Aug 2025 - Location(s) - Auckland - Expertise - IT (Other) - Work type(s) - Full Time Application closes on