Senior Azure Cloud Engineer

KPMG New Zealand is part of the international KPMG network, one of the world’s leading professional services organisations. We provide audit, tax, and advisory services to individuals, SMEs, not-for-profit organisations, multi-nationals and government agencies.

Our people experience is anchored in a clearly articulated purpose of ‘Fuelling New Zealand’s prosperity’ and our contribution to the shared wealth and lasting well-being for all New Zealanders. In order to deliver this, we must attract, develop and retain the very best people and create a workplace environment in which everyone is able to flourish. We are proud of our reputation for values-driven behaviour that guide our actions and defines what it means to work at and be part of KPMG. We believe in Integrity - We do what is right; Excellence - We never stop learning and improving; Courage - We think and act boldly; Together - We respect each other and draw strength from our differences; and For Better - We do what matters.

The KPMG IT Group consists of Application Services, Infrastructure Services and the Service Desk. The IT Group is dedicated to helping build the future at KPMG through the innovative use of technology.

**The opportunity**:
**Day to day you will**:

- Design, build and maintenance of cloud infrastructure solutions built on cloud-based platforms, Azure and AWS.
- Use DevOps methodologies for the build and deployment of cloud infrastructure and solutions through DevOps CI/CD pipelines and deploying IaC.
- Migrate and modernize on-premise workloads to the cloud and debug cloud stacks, diagnosing and troubleshooting issues, resolving cloud vulnerabilities and providing techinal guidance and support to the team members and stakeholders.
- Monitoring the infrastructure and ensuring SLAs and system RTOs and RPOs are met, and disaster recovery is regularly tested
- Ensure that cloud-based infrastructure and solutions meet KPMG security and compliance requirements, work with IT security and compliance teams to implement security and compliance controls.
- Contribute to the ITS team development and attend management meetings to build awareness of the team strategy and progress against targets.
- Following the correct ITIL process for Incidents, Security, Problem and Change Management.

**What you'll bring to the team**:

- 5+ years hands on experience with Cloud Platforms, Azure and AWS (Azure and/or AWS Certificates are preferred)
- Qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems or another quantitative field
- Working knowledge of on-premises and cloud networking such as VPN, ExpressRoutes etc
- Demonstrated experience in the provision of client centred services and proven ability in business development and advisory
- A high level of self-motivation, energy and drive with ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

**Life at KPMG**

We offer rewarding careers to talented individuals and a holistic range of benefits to support your life balance, whatever your circumstance. We want you to do Work That Matters, Thrive and Grow and know that you Belong here with us, at KPMG.

As a KPMG employee, we will offer you:

- — Access to the firm's annual incentive scheme
- — Opportunities for local and international secondments
- — Hybrid working across a mix of office, client and home hubs to recognise that people have individual circumstances and preferences when it comes to where and how they work
- — The ability to work from overseas and extend time connecting with friends and family outside New Zealand
- — Flexible leave options, including the ability to purchase additional annual leave
- — Gender-neutral support for all stages of the parental journey, including access to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all new parents

- A paid professional association membership of your choice
- — Digital accreditations through our partnership with Microsoft, LinkedIn Learning, with bespoke learning pathways for all employees
- — A wide-range of special offers and discounts on insurances, banking services, and lifestyle goods and services
- — The support, allyship and opportunity to join our many Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Affinity networks, including the Kiwa, Pride, Ethnicity, Accessibility and Wahine groups
- — The opportunity to participate in Green Team activities, as we work toward reducing the firm’s environmental footprint and become carbon zero by 2030
- — An invitation to join your local Social club and enjoy events aimed at bringing people together for social, sporting, cultural, family and fundraising activities
- — Paid time off for volunteering and involvement in citizenship activities
- — An array of health and wellness benefits such as free flu vaccinations, subsidised sporting events, free confidential counselling services, additional 5 days of Wellbeing leave to support you and your family's overall health and wellness, access to our Wellbeing portal with an