Job offer: Technical Product Lead

Are you a Technical Product Lead with extensive technical expertise in API and Microsoft Azure as either an Administrator or Engineer? If so, we would love to hear from you. This position is suitable for an experienced API and Microsoft Azure Administrator or Engineer who can combine technical and administrative experiences, whilst motivating and inspiring themselves and other team members.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for meeting allocated technical, project and supervisory objectives, establishing milestones and assignment of tasks and responsibilities.
• Provide operational oversight and planning advice across infrastructure and technical services.
• Define the product development process and implement best practices to deliver towards the Digital Strategic Plan.

Knowledge, Experience & Skills Required:

• Experience across the full system delivery life cycle.
• Programming/software development. The design, creation, testing and documenting of new and amended technical components from supplied specifications in accordance with agreed development and security standards and processes.
• Solid technical leadership skills backed by hands-on experience that achieve desired technical outcomes across the end-to-end service delivery life cycle.
• Experience with cloud platforms, specifically Microsoft Azure managed services (Virtual Machine management, Web Hosting & Database, Networking & VPN Connectivity, Storage and Backup Services).
• Experience in product support such as by providing advice or training to peers as well as working with vendors and incident management teams to resolve technical issues would be beneficial.
• Systems design. To be able to provide specification and design of information systems to meet defined business needs. The identification of concepts and their translation into implementable design. The retention of compatibility of systems with enterprise and solution architectures, and the adherence to corporate standards within constraints of cost, security and maintainability.
• Solid understanding of Agile and Development methodologies would be advantageous.
• Have an understanding and appreciation of Tikanga Māori.

Benefits:

• 22 days holiday leave
• Extended parental leave
• Online professional development portal
• Discount on private health care
• Contribution to prescriptions for glasses
• Flexible work hours where possible
• Enhanced sick leave arrangements
• Free influenza vaccinations
• Free, confidential counselling services.

If this sounds like a good fit for you, please send your CV and Cover Letter to: [email protected]

To apply for this role, you must already have the rights to work in New Zealand.

Job# 128787