Senior SRE Engineer

Senior SRE Engineer needed!!! (06-month contract)

Location: Anywhere in New Zealand!


Tō tūranga hou | Your new role

As a Senior SRE Engineer, you'll be instrumental in designing and maintaining cloud-native infrastructure, improving system reliability, and enabling development teams to deliver faster and safer. Key accountability includes:

  • Architect and maintain scalable infrastructure on Microsoft Azure using Terraform and IaC principles.

  • Design and implement monitoring, alerting, and incident response systems.

  • Manage and optimise Kafka clusters for high-throughput, low-latency data streaming.

  • Collaborate with development teams to embed reliability into CI/CD pipelines.

  • Lead root cause analysis and postmortems for production incidents.

  • Champion DevOps and SRE best practices across the organisation.

Ngā uara me ngā pūkenga e angitu ai koe | What you'll need to succeed

  • Proven experience in SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure roles.

  • Strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud services.

  • Expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code methodologies.

  • Deep understanding of Kafka architecture, performance tuning, and operations.

  • Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Python, PowerShell).

***Applicants for this position must have NZ residence or a valid NZ work visa***


Me aha koe ināianei | What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
E: Giovana.Piazzetta@hays.net.nz | 09 884 1523

Summary

Job Type
Contract
Industry
Banking & Financial Services
Location
Auckland CBD
Specialism
Cloud
Ref:
2941984

Talk to a consultant

Talk to Giovana Piazzetta, the specialist consultant managing this position, located in Auckland
Level 36, The ANZ Centre, 23-29 Albert Street

Telephone: 098841523