Data Platform Roles Raraunga Rāngai Rorohiko

Shape Aotearoa's Data Future
Tūranga Aronui e Whakarite ana i te Anamata Raraunga o Aotearoa

**Ngā wāhi e wātea ana | Opportunities Available**

Stats NZ is growing our technical leadership capability to deliver on one of the most ambitious public data modernisation initiatives in the country. |We are recruiting for three senior roles that will collectively guide the architecture, platform, and engineering evolution of our national data infrastructure:
**Principal ICT Architect - Data Platform** - Lead our enterprise and solution architecture direction and ensure alignment of systems, investments, and strategies across Stats NZ.

**Technical Lead - Data Platform** - Own the technical vision and evolution of the Azure-native Stats NZ Data Platform, enabling trusted, scalable services for all of government.

**Principal Cloud Data Engineer** - Drive the design and delivery of data pipelines, analytics environments, and automation that power our integrated, cloud-native data platform.

**About Us | Ko mātou**

Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1200+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.

**What's in it for you? | Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe**

We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about the Way We Work at Stats NZ and also check out our benefits. We want working for usto work for you

Other benefits of joining Stats NZ include:

- Flu Vaccines, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Eye Tests and corporate rates for a variety of services and products
- Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
- Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
- 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
- State of the art, 6-star green building in Wellington

**The roles | Te tūnga**

These roles are critical to building secure, high-performing, and future-ready digital foundations for the decades to come. Join us to shape how New Zealand manages, protects, and shares its most valuable public data.

**Principal ICT Architect - Data Platform |**Kaikawe Matua o te Hangarau Rorohiko**

As Principal ICT Architect, you will:

- Develop and maintain Stats NZ's enterprise data platform architecture and integrated system blueprints.
- Lead data platform architectural governance, design alignment, and the adoption of emerging technologies.
- Engage with senior leaders, agencies, and stakeholders to co-design future-proof solutions.
- You'll need:

- Extensive experience leading architecture in large, complex environments.
- Deep expertise in modern ICT systems, cloud platforms, integration, and digital transformation.
- A strategic mindset, public sector acumen, and commitment to te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- Shape, Picture

**Technical Lead - Data Platform |**Kaiārahi Hangarau - Raraunga Rāngai Rorohiko**

As Technical Lead, you will:

- Lead the design and delivery of our Azure-based Data Platform, including Databricks and Stats data products.
- Mentor engineers and drive innovation, scalability, and operational excellence.
- Partner with architects, analysts, and data product teams to align platform capabilities with business needs.
- Champion best practice in DevOps, CI/CD, observability, and platform governance.
- You'll need:

- Proven leadership in cloud data platforms (preferably Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, Spark).
- Hands-on experience with IaC (Terraform), containerisation, and secure integration.
- Ability to translate complex architecture into clear, actionable solutions.
- Shape, Picture

**Principal Cloud Data Engineer | Pūkenga Matua Raraunga Kapua**

As Principal Cloud Data Engineer, you will:

- Lead the development of robust, automated, and secure data pipelines for streaming and batch workloads.
- Design reusable frameworks, libraries, and patterns that enable productivity and reliability at scale.
- Uplift engineering practice and work closely with architects, analysts, and governance leads.
- Optimise performance, cost-efficiency, and observability of platform workloads.

You'll need:

- Deep technical experience with Spark, Delta Lake, and Azure Databricks.
- Fluency in modern data engineering languages (Python, SQL), tooling (dbx, MLflow), and patterns.
- Strong understanding of metadata, lineage, and data quality practices.

**What you bring | Nōu te rourou**

We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with u