• Bring your Infrastructure management experience to this newly created role
• Full-time permanent opportunity based in Wellington
• Salary of $137,436 per annum plus 5 weeks' annual leave and a suite of benefits

Mō mātou - Our Organisation

At Kāinga Ora, ours is the important responsibility of transforming New Zealand's housing choices, outcomes and the entire housing sector by creating homes and communities that allow New Zealanders to thrive.

What is exciting about working for Kāinga Ora is getting the chance to make a real and positive impact on New Zealanders' lives. With skills, planning and purposeful action, our people are creating the homes and neighbourhoods that will build the future of Aotearoa.

We are passionate about transforming New Zealand for the better. That includes being a trusted partner for Māori and iwi, protecting and enabling their rights, interests and aspirations under the guidance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

 
Ko tā mātou mahi - Our Role

The Infrastructure Specialist is accountable for the management of specialised and complex core infrastructure platforms.  This role will provide expert level specialist technical support, be an escalation point for third level systems issues and is responsible for coordinate the technical delivery of Infrastructure components for complex Technology and Business projects.

This position will provide:

• Specialist technical consultancy, and technical leadership for complex technology projects and new systems across a diverse range of technologies, integrating with cloud offerings.
• Accountability for the detailed design of technical solutions by working with Solutions Architects to deliver business solutions.
• A single point of contact responsible for the delivery of complex Infrastructure systems
• Expertise and technical leadership and mentoring of junior team members. This includes;
  • delegation of the delivery of technical components in the detailed design
  • being an escalation point for technically challenging systems issues
  • Oversight of monitoring of all elements of the technical infrastructure, aiming to optimise for efficiency in the short, medium and long-term.

Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu - What you will bring

Our preferable candidate will have extensive experience in implementing, supporting and managing Infrastructure systems (approximately 7+ years).  This experience will have developed:

• Systems analysis and translating user requirements into technical business solutions.
• Expert experience with automation and scripting techniques and tools
• Significant experience in large scale Infrastructure projects to replace or upgrade core infrastructure systems.
• Experience managing core ICT infrastructure technologies. For example: 
  • Microsoft Server Operating Systems
  • Microsoft 365 products and services
  • Systems hosted in Public Cloud Infrastructure (Azure, AWS)
  • Active Directory and Azure Active Directory
  • Enterprise Antivirus
  • Microsoft Exchange and Exchange Online

Nōu te rourou - What's in it for you?  

We offer competitive salaries, five weeks' annual leave and a benefits package including a range of insurances, flexible working arrangements and career development. These benefits are described in more detail here https://careers.kaingaora.govt.nz/a-great-place-to-work/benefits. 

As a Kāinga Ora - Homes and Communities employee, we want to make sure that you have all the tools and support you need. We want to ensure you are healthy and have work-life balance. We also want to support and grow your personal and career development through on-the-job learning, training courses, secondments and study opportunities. 

ÅŒ Tātou Uara - Our Values

We developed our values, for us. They unite us as an organisation and guide how we work every day. Our values are:

Manaakitanga - People at the Heart

Mahi Tahi - Better Together

Whanake - Be Bold

TÅ«hono mai - Join us

To view the position description and apply for this role, please follow the online process via http://careers.kaingaora.govt.nz. Please note: all applicants, including existing employees, need to follow this process. If you have any questions, please contact the recruitment team via Kaingaora.recruit@kaingaora.govt.nz

Applications close 22 February 2022.

Please note that Kāinga Ora is currently in consultation around mandatory vaccination for all staff. The results of this may be in place by the end of January 2022; prospective candidates should give this due consideration before submitting their application. 

We value diversity and are committed to working with each other and our customers in an inclusive and respectful way. We welcome applicants from all walks of life and appreciate the richness of experience that your point of difference brings to the organisation