Job Description

Worker Type:

Permanent

Here at BNZ, it's about more than just banking. We work together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions through our promise "If you can imagine a better future, let's find a way."

We support wellbeing, flexible working and have a generous leave offering. There is the opportunity for growth, learning and career development. No two days are the same.

At BNZ we are diving into new technology with the latest Cloud, Virtualisation, Containerisation and Automation Technologies.    

We have an opportunity for an experienced Senior Technical Specialist to join Cloud Platforms team and support our infrastructure services to progress the design, build and implementation of Technology and Infrastructure Solutions to meet our business and customer's needs. 

This is an Auckland or Wellington based role and is a hybrid role with three days in the office per week.

  Mō te Tūranga | About the Role

We sat down with our Head of Tech -Platforms, and they let us know the following about the role. 

What are some of the day to day tasks the person in this role will complete?

• Deliver Outcomes: Lead the delivery of complex features, systems, or technical initiatives, balancing speed, quality, and alignment with strategic goals. Take responsibility for on-call participation and production support within your domain, helping maintain reliability and respond to incidents effectively.

• Demonstrate Technical Excellence: Apply advanced engineering knowledge to design and build robust, scalable systems. Make technical decisions that account for long-term sustainability and operational impact.

• Solve Problems: Navigate ambiguity, shape problem definitions, and propose practical, effective solutions. Guide others through problem solving and system design.

• Collaborate and Influence: Build strong relationships across disciplines. Influence technical direction through clear communication, structured thinking, and constructive challenge.

What projects / mahi (work) will the candidate be working on now and into the next year?

The candidate will play a key role in BNZ’s significant migration from on-premise infrastructure to AWS New Zealand. A core focus will be helping ensure the transition delivers a customer experience that is as frictionless, reliable, and repeatable as possible.

What is the most exciting thing about this opportunity?

You’ll have the opportunity to be doing highly visible, measurable work while mentoring others and influencing how engineers across the bank build, deploy, and run cloud services.

What is the most challenging thing about this opportunity?

The biggest challenge will be bringing the AWS and Azure teams together to work cohesively, while aligning practices where it makes sense.

What attributes will this person display in order to be successful in this role? 

We’re looking for someone who is curious about emerging technology and trends, motivated by team success, and eager to share knowledge and lift the capability of those around them.

You’ll bring a sharp eye for identifying performance issues, along with the ability to resolve them and continuously improve systems and processes based on those learnings.

What specific tech skills  would be beneficial?

We are looking for people with solid knowledge in any of the following areas to help us on our tech journey:  

• Experience working with AWS & Azure technologies in an enterprise environment as a senior technical specialist or similar role  
• Workflow Automation experience - tools like Ansible and Ansible Tower and Jenkins., terraform
• Software Content management platforms, like Satellite, SCCM, AD and Group Policy, and DNS.  
• Infrastructure experience - both on-prem bare-metal and virtual platforms, as well as an understanding of public cloud offerings.
• Experience and understanding of application security techniques and principles. 
• Experience with Infrastructure build, application server setup, configuration and automation 
• Ability to apply security, OAuth 2.0, TLS, certificates, KeyStore, and Trust store for the platform 
• Good understanding of REST API, JSON, TCP/IP and Load balancers 
• DevOps/Agile/SCRUM/KANBAN  

  Nau Mai ki te Pēke o Aotearoa | Come to the Bank of New Zealand 

This is an exciting opportunity to join us!  We're bold thinkers who are taking brave steps to create a company that people want to work for, and customers want to bank with. If you're ready to join a fun organisation where we are proud of our culture and how we are helping New Zealander's to 'Find their way', then show your interest by submitting your application - we can't wait to read it. 

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini" - Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.”

Closing Date: 05 July 2026

Applications will be reviewed regularly across the advertising period, but we do reserve the right to close applications early.