Are you an experienced infrastructure engineer looking for an opportunity to make a real impact?
We're looking for a Senior Digital Engineer to join our Digital Services team on a 2-year fixed-term basis This is an opportunity to bring your technical expertise to a diverse technology environment, providing leadership across Council's core IT infrastructure while helping deliver key initiatives that will strengthen and support our digital services into the future.
Working alongside a collaborative team, you'll combine hands-on technical engineering with strategic thinking. You'll design and implement infrastructure solutions, provide expert advice to projects and leaders, mentor other engineers, and help shape the future direction of Council's technology environment. Whether your expertise is in networking and security or platforms and systems, you'll play a key role in delivering secure, reliable and resilient services that support both our organisation and the wider Napier community.
Te Āheinga - The Opportunity
In this role you'll:
Lead the design, implementation and continual improvement of Council's core IT infrastructure
Provide technical leadership across networking, cloud, platforms or security services
Strengthen the security, reliability and performance of Council's digital environment
Provide expert technical advice to projects, programmes and future technology planning
Mentor and support Digital Services team members, sharing knowledge and building capability
Work collaboratively across Council and with technology partners to deliver practical, customer-focused solutions
He kōrero mōhou - About You
You'll bring:
Significant experience delivering enterprise IT infrastructure solutions within complex environments
Strong expertise across infrastructure engineering, networking, cloud platforms or cybersecurity
The ability to analyse complex technical issues and develop practical, well-considered solutions
Experience designing, implementing and supporting secure, resilient infrastructure
Confidence providing technical leadership, influencing decisions and guiding projects from concept through to delivery
Excellent relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams
A collaborative approach, strong initiative and commitment to continuous improvement
Relevant industry certifications, ITIL knowledge, or experience with technologies such as Microsoft Infrastructure, VMware, Aruba or Fortinet will be highly regarded.
Ngā painga mōhou - What we Offer
Employee Assistance Program (OCP)
Quarterly values awards + Birthday vouchers + Social club
Free flu vaccinations (annual)
Ka Awatea Cultural Wānanga + NCC Kapa Haka
Te Reo Māori language classes
This is a 2 year fixed term, full time opportunity working 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday. You will be based in Napier
The annual salary package for this role is $107,375 - $120,008 (including KiwiSaver), with the final offer depending on your skills and experience.
We will be interviewing applications as we receive them and may close the role when we have found the right person.
He kōrero mō Te Kaunihera o Ahuriri - About NCC
At Napier City Council, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and work to make our hiring process fair and accessible. If you need any support or adjustments during your application or interview, let us know—we’re happy to help!
Our success is grounded in strong partnerships with Mana Whenua and Iwi, supported by our Māori Partnerships team, Te Waka Rangapū, which builds cultural capability through education and training.
Before you join, you’ll need to complete pre-employment checks (including criminal background checks, with some roles requiring health screening and drug & alcohol testing). As an NCC employee, you may also be called on to support Civil Defence emergencies when our community needs us most.
Please visit Napier City Council Careers website to see full job description
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