MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Join our ICT Quality Engineering team  
• Work in a complex and dynamic ICT environment, with an exciting, fast-faced pipeline of work  
• Wellington based, permanent position  
• Salary range between $93,753 and $115,585 per annum

Due to exciting growth in our Quality Engineering team, we are looking to increase our capability in the testing space. This role will be providing leadership to Software Engineering staff and services across MBIE ICT.

Why work for us?

At the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), we are a future-focused organisation working to grow a healthy, high-performing New Zealand economy. Our diverse range of functions and international reach means real career pathways within MBIE. We underpin this with development and training, and a culture that enables our people to work to their natural best.   

Quality Engineering is a newly established team at MBIE as we move swiftly into becoming a Digital Agency. We are tasked with building quality checks and measures into our software and technical delivery. Our team is focused continually improving our ways of working and leveraging technology to drive this. This includes Cloud technology, automation, DevOps, and infrastructure as code. 

Tēnei tūranga -

About the role:

Reporting to the Software Engineer Team Lead this position is a specialist role with the purpose of delivering solutions for MBIE. The Software Engineer will take ownership of the development, implementation, and delivery of complex custom projects. They will take a strategic view and uses leading-edge thinking and tools to develop and deliver solutions for the development and delivery of solutions while working with peers and internal customers to ensure successful outcomes:  

• The point of contact for reporting and resolving problems  
• A positive contributor to the wider Quality Engineering team  
• A champion for development best practices including validation, continuous monitoring, and continuous improvement  
• Responsible for ensuring the quality technology is being delivered and maintained  

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Skills and experience required:

• 5+ years’ experience in ICT development and build delivery including modern development practices  
• Experienced in Application Development including but not limited to .NetCore, Java, C#, Angular 
• Experience using Azure DevOps, pipelines, Azure Services or similar is desirable  
• Has demonstrated experience in working and integrating with SaaS products  
• Demonstrated understanding and experience in modern development techniques  
• A curious mind and a desire to learn about technical innovations and how they may be applied to the MBIE environment  
• A willingness to learn skills in new technology to achieve a common goal  
• An analytical mind who can make connections between various aspects of the organisation and can contribute to a cohesive approach across all aspects of a technology-enabled business  

   

Pre-requisites:

• A tertiary qualification, relevant IT certification or equivalent experience  
• Strong Advocate of Agile and DevOps delivery methodology, working experience is required  
• Certification or equivalent qualification or experience in modern software engineering practices    
• You must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand  

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE -

About MBIE:
 

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.
 

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.
 

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia â€“ Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It
   

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.
 

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Me pēhea te tono -

How to apply:
 

Click here to view a position description. All applications must be submitted via our online process.  Email Dheeraj Deshmukh at Dheeraj.Deshmukh@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/3759 if you have any further questions.

Applications close on 31st March 2022, we shall evaluate the applications as they are received and may close the advert if the role is filled before.

All employees are required to comply with MBIE’s vaccination policy which seeks to protect the wellbeing, health and safety of our people, their whānau and the community. You are required to hold a valid vaccination pass to be employed at MBIE. 
 

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