DevOps Engineer

Join our diverse and talented people and work at the heart of national security, providing essential intelligence to the NZ government to protect New Zealand and its people.

At the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) | Te Tira Tiaki, our mission is to protect and enhance Aotearoa New Zealand's security and wellbeing. We provide Signals Intelligence and Cyber Security and resilience to organisations of national significance to successfully navigate in an unpredictable world.

Our Intelligence Directorate is seeking DevOps Engineers to support a specialist Software Research & Development team. You will join a team of driven individuals and will have a tremendous opportunity to shape the future direction and approach, while solving a number of day-to-day issues as you build, maintain and optimise our software development and deployment systems and practices.

The role:

The DevOps engineers work with Developers to facilitate better coordination among operational, infrastructure and development teams by automating and streamlining the testing and deployment process. DevOps engineers will maintain the environment, systems and tools to allow for the efficient development, testing, and release of software, whilst implementing continuous integration processes.

You will collaborate across our various teams, systems and technologies to solve unique, challenging problems to support the security and wellbeing of New Zealand and enhance your skills.

Who we are looking for:

To be successful in this role, you will be confident in your communication and problem-solving abilities, a team player, and be driven to find new ways of doing things. You will also have strengths in a number of the following areas:

• Working knowledge and relevant experience in software automation, software testing or similar
• Proven experience in software programming, preferably Python
• Proven experience in DevOps tools and conventions, e.g. Ansible, Terraform, Docker, GitLab, Infrastructure-as-Code,
• Experience with Linux, especially Enterprise Linux such as RHEL desirable, Red Hat Certification a plus
• Expertise in working in virtualised/containerised environments
• Knowledge and experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding of the design and implementation of automation frameworks in software development systems
• Understanding of cyber security concepts and vulnerabilities, exploit techniques and methods for their remediation desirable
• C, C++, C#, .NET software development skills desirable

Enthusiasm and tenacity will be necessary when working with your peers and the wider development team to establish DevOps best practice.

Why work for us

Alongside getting to work with other talented people, we also offer a range of comprehensive benefits which include:

• Medical Insurance and Vision Care packages
• Enhanced employer contributions to your Kiwisaver
• Generous Leave benefits, including additional paid days off and enhanced sick and parental leave
• Childcare allowance for your preschoolers
• Onsite free gym
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth and career pathways across the intelligence community
• Great work-life balance

Before you apply

Working within our unique environment means we have to ensure you're eligible for employment.

You must:

• Have been a New Zealand Citizen for at least 10 years

OR

Hold a current NZ Residency Class Visa and ideally have been a citizen of the UK, USA, Canada or Australia for at least 10 years

• Be eligible to obtain a Top Secret Special (TSS) security clearance
• Ordinarily, this means you'll have a 15-year checkable background in countries NZSIS Vetting can make meaningful and reliable checks.

Still unsure? Use this online tool to self-check your eligibility for a TSS security clearance:

The NZIC treats all applications for employment in the strictest confidence, and we expect that you maintain a similar level of confidentiality during the recruitment process and throughout your career.

We'll provide you with information and tips throughout the recruitment process, but in the meantime check out our Myth Busting booklet:

You can also learn more about our work and understand our areas of focus by reading New Zealand's Security Threat Environment | New Zealand Security Intelligence Service