Kia ora!
At Air New Zealand, we are driven by innovation, collaboration, and a passion for excellence. We’re seeking a talented Cloud Platform Engineer to join our team and play a key role in shaping the future of our cloud infrastructure. This is an exciting opportunity to help move us towards platform engineering practices while contributing to key digital initiatives across one of the world’s leading airlines.
The role you will play
As a Cloud Platform Engineer, you will be at the forefront of building and enhancing Air New Zealand’s cloud platform. You will play a critical role in defining the strategy and governance for our AWS and Azure cloud services, ensuring we meet the demands of the business while maintaining operational excellence. You’ll -drive- contribute to technical leadership, promote, and collaborate with multiple teams to enhance the developer experience and business outcomes.
The role you will play:
- Develop, own, and execute the strategy for Air New Zealand’s cloud platform portfolio, including a range of AWS and Azure services.
- Define and drive the product roadmap, prioritizing new developments and ensuring alignment with business objectives and user community needs.
- Support a cross-functional team of architects, engineers, and technical specialists, offering subject matter expertise and technical consultancy.
- Foster a user self-service approach to reduce operational toil and improve the developer experience.
- Lead and promote DevOps and SRE practices across the organization, ensuring continuous delivery and high operational standards.
- Manage the operational oversight of the cloud platform, ensuring high availability, security, and performance 24/7.
- Support the FinOps practices across the business, enabling cost transparency and efficiency in cloud operations.
- Manage third-party providers and maintain key relationships with cloud service providers and integrators.
- Drive continuous platform enhancements, balancing operational needs with customer-driven improvements.
What you will bring to this role
To succeed in this role, you will bring a mix of technical expertise, leadership skills, and a strategic mindset. You’ll be comfortable working with complex cloud environments and have a strong track record of managing cloud infrastructure in AWS and Azure. You’ll also have a collaborative approach, working closely with internal teams and external partners to deliver results.
We’re looking for strong engineering talent with:
- 5+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering, particularly with AWS and Azure.
- Proven experience in cloud governance frameworks and technical leadership within these environments.
- Strong background in DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, with hands-on experience in CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Demonstrated contribution to a high-performance team culture, and the ability to collaborate with diverse teams
- Experience in cloud FinOps practices, driving cost-effective cloud strategies.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for business stakeholders.
- Relationship management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and manage conflicting priorities.
- A strong understanding of risk, compliance, and operational oversight in cloud platforms.
What can we offer you
At Air New Zealand, we value our people and the impact they make. In return for your expertise, we offer:
- The opportunity to shape the future of cloud services at Air New Zealand and contribute to the transformation of our technology platform.
- A dynamic, forward-thinking environment where innovation and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do.
- Flexible working arrangements that support your work-life balance, with options for hybrid or remote work.
- Ongoing learning and career development opportunities to help you grow both professionally and personally.
- Competitive salary and benefits, and a chance to make a meaningful impact on a global scale.
If you’re ready to take your cloud platform engineering expertise to new heights and help us lead the way in cloud technology for the airline industry, we’d love to hear from you!
Additional Information
At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.
If you have encountered any accessibility barriers and require further information or reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to the recruiter listed on this job advert so they are able to support you to freely participate equitably in our recruitment and selection process.
Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.
"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."
