At Te Tai ÅŒhanga - The Treasury, we are committed to Tiakitanga to make Aotearoa a better place for people today and in the future. We safeguard New Zealand's finances and are the Government's trusted economic advisor. Our vision is to lift living standards for all New Zealanders.

Within Corporate and Shared Services (CSS) IT, Technology Infrastructure focuses on the innovation and maintenance of the IT infrastructure on which our managed central agencies rely.

Kōrero mō te tūranga | About the Role

Technology Infrastructure has an opportunity for a Senior Systems Engineer to join our team on a permanent basis. The primary focus of this role is to manage, maintain and develop the CSS platforms (virtual and public cloud) to enable our agencies to meet their strategic priorities.

As an experienced Senior Systems Engineer, you will have strong skills with Microsoft Office 365, Azure, Windows server, Active Directory and VMware.  As well as server, storage and hypervisor management, there are elements of network management required as a part of the role. There are also opportunities to extend into other areas important to CSS, such as disaster recovery, business continuity planning, and security.

To be considered for this role you should have good technical, communication and interpersonal skills, with your experience ideally supported by relevant industry certifications:

• In-depth experience with Office 365 services
• In-depth experience with Windows server
• Experience with Azure
• Experience with VMware
• Experience with physical server hardware

Ō pūmanawa | About You

• A strong technical aptitude and demonstrated skill in performing technical problem determination and analysis
• A can-do attitude
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A computer science or ICT related university degree or equivalent industry qualifications or experience

Ko ngā hua | What we Offer

• The opportunity to enhance your career path in computer systems infrastructure design and support
• Be part of a friendly and collaborative team providing leading edge information technology services to key government agencies
• Work closely with the Architecture team in developing and delivering new and innovative solutions for our agencies
• The opportunity to interact with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• Supportive environment with a culture of knowledge sharing
• Opportunity to learn new technologies on the job and be involved in decision making, and project planning

The Treasury values diversity amongst its employees and encourages a positive work/non-work balance with flexible work arrangements.