Lead Network Engineer

Exciting **Auckland/Wellington** based opportunity at Kiwibank
- Banking benefits and flexible working

**What's this role about? He aha te ia o tēnei mahi?**

In this newly created role you will be responsible for implementing proactive and pre-emptive networking within the bank through practical work.

**What are we looking for? Tā mātou e kimi nei??**

You will have extensive knowledge of cloud platforms, modern SDN practice as well as implementing best engineering practices.
- Proven ability to help and motivate other team members in an Agile and/or DevOps environment.
- Strong effective verbal and written skills. Skilled at communicating complex information effectively to a range of different audiences. Effective presentation and facilitation skills with the ability to challenge persuade and influence.
- Experience working with Digital channels for mission critical services (i.e. Financial) preferred.
- Values automation and scripting over manual repetition; and shares and encourages others on the team to do the same.
- Self-sufficient in own work as well being able to guide engineers toward self-sufficiency.

**Required experience**:

- Subject matter expert on networking design, build, and general engineering practices; and works closely with the related teams to make sure these practices stay aligned with the best practices from the networking perspective.
- In depth experience with some aspects of Cloud and design principles accordingly.
- Experience and are confident in running large and complex operational projects independently
- Ability to design and implement new network solutions and/or improving the efficiency of current networks.
- Experienced with:

- Have a proven knowledge that encompasses many of the following areas: SDN, SD-WAN, VPN, firewall, direct connect, security
- Cloud networking including access into cloud networks, access within cloud networks, and access between cloud networks.
- Infrastructure-as-Code tools (such as Terraform, Ansible)
- Comfortable writing, using, and expanding use of scripts (using different languages/frameworks/modules)

**What's in it for you**

Our great range of **benefits** include health and life cover, discounted banking, insurance products and an incredible package for new parents. We're also an accredited Living Wage employer.

We want you to get the most out of work and life, so you'll have the option to explore flexible working arrangements that suit both your needs and ours.

When you join us at Kiwibank, you'll be given the support you need to succeed. Our work environment is safe, accessible, and representative of our customers and communities. We're proud to have the **rainbow tick**, we are a **certified B corporation**, and we were the first bank in NZ to get the **gender tick**.

Applications close **Thursday 10th February at 9pm**, although we reserve the right to remove the ad at any time.
- Your employment would start with us during a period of community transmission of Covid-19 throughout New Zealand. As a business operating in that environment, we have responsibilities under the Health and Safety Act 2015 to minimise the risk that our workers might catch or transmit Covid-19 while at work._
- Being fully vaccinated against Covid-19 is therefore a condition of all roles with Kiwibank for any new employee who is able to be vaccinated. Your employment would be conditional on you being fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and providing us with evidence of this._

**At Kiwibank we're all about making Kiwi better off**

As the largest homegrown (and owned) bank in Aotearoa, we strive to create an inclusive culture where everyone - our kiritaki (customers), hapori (communities) and kaimahi (staff) have the opportunity to thrive.

Our culture underpins how we are stronger together, allowing everyone to have a voice, rise to the challenge and make a difference for our customers. This shapes and influences the way we make decisions, how we interact with each other, and ultimately, our drive to get things done.

**It starts with Ngā Kauwaka, our culture.**

Building an inclusive culture that enables our people to develop and grow working together as a strong cohesive team is really important to us. We express this as Ngā Kauwaka.

**Ngā Kauwaka** are vessels that carry knowledge and mindsets that prepare, enable and inspire us all. At Kiwibank we have four kauwaka, each holding a mindset that will enable us to deliver on our purpose of Kiwi making Kiwi better off and our ambition to be Customers' 1st choice:
**Ka tīmata i a tatou** - A place to belong

**Me Māia** - Rise to the Challenge

**Tapatahi** - Better Together

**Ngā Kiritaki** - Customer at the heart.

**Mō ngā kaimahi - For our people**

**Mō Aotearoa - For New Zealand**

We have a unique opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to a more sustainable Aotearoa. This commitment to growing and transforming our business for the better underpins everything we do.

**Māu - F