Tech Lead

**An exciting opportunity to join NZ Customs as a Cloud Engineering Technical Lead is now available. This role is a full-time permanent position based in our Wellington Customhouse.**

**About this role| Mō tēnei tūranga mahi**

The Cloud Engineering Technical Lead will coach and mentor team members and lead the adoption and improvement of cloud engineering practices. It will lead the Engineering team in the following areas to set them up as centre of excellence for Cloud Engineering.
- Cloud Platform Operations._
- _DevSecOps._
- _Complex Enterprise class Cloud environment Engineering / Operations._
- _IS Engineering Standup of Azure Cloud Platform and Migration of Legacy Services to Azure Cloud and Modernisation, Simplification, Automation of Customs Technologies._
- _Helping Lead delivery of 80% of Legacy infrastructure to be migrated to Cloud over next 2-3 years. Providing Customs with Modern Technologies and environments driving efficient Total cost of Ownership enabling Customs Business with stable, secure 24 x 7 Cloud Platform Operations._
- _Help Lead Delivery on IS Strategy and Long-term investment Plan, relevant to IS Engineering Strategy and plan._

**_ About you | Ko wai koe_**

You will need to be able demonstrate the following, to be successful in this role:

- Strong experience (3-5 Years) as a Senior Cloud Engineer or Technical Lead with a passion for cloud technologies and moving the dial within a Large Enterprise organisation.
- Proven experience in establishing cloud engineering practices across levels of an organisation and utilising those data and insights to ensure capability uplift and more effective delivery practices.
- Understanding of and ability to build in security by design.
- Familiarity with tools including Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, and others.
- A relevant tertiary qualification e.g. BSC or comparable and/or relevant industry certification e.g. Microsoft certified DevOps Engineer Expert.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal with an ability to understand complex challenges/concepts and articulate these in a simplified, easy to understand manner.

**He aha mātou e tuku| What we offer**

At Te Mana Ārai | Customs, we aim to create a great place to work, where our people have a sense of belonging and the capability and desire to meet our future challenges. We are an organisation that is clear about our mission and this is underpinned by Te Pou Tokomanawa (the Foundations) and our Whanonga Pono (Values). Our work really matters to the safety and success of New Zealand.

We care about well-being, personal growth, and job satisfaction, which is supported through:

- offering on-the-job training, formal courses and leadership programmes, and the chance to move across diverse roles
- fostering inclusive and supportive team environment with vibrant social and cultural groups
- supporting flexible working - talk to us about how we can help you achieve your flexible working goals, within our operational requirements
- providing discounted health insurance, and free on-site gyms (in some locations)
- Three days of service holidays, in addition to four weeks of annual leave.

To join Customs in any role you must be a **New Zealand citizen** or **New Zealand permanent resident** and be able to obtain and maintain an Organisational Security clearance.

**OR**

Because of the nature of Customs' work you must have a clear Police record. Organisational security clearances are mandatory and are conducted by Customs. You will also be required to pass a drug test. You must have a background history that is verifiable and can be assessed by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service towards a recommendation of suitability for security clearance at a higher level.

**Applications close at *11pm, Sunday, 16th March 2025.**

**Job details**:

- Reference #
- 43649
- Posted on
- 28 Feb 2025
- Closes on
- 16 Mar 2025
- Location(s)
- Wellington
- Expertise
- Information Technology
- Job level(s)
- Team Leader
- Work type(s)
- Permanent Full Time
- Additional attachment