Vector Looking for Network Systems DevOps Engineer at Auckland CBD, Auckland Full Time

Job Description

About Us
The energy sector is transforming at a rate of knots and we want you to join us and be part of this exciting transformation. Vector is a proudly Aotearoa-owned company, we operate a range of innovative businesses delivering energy and communication services to more than one million homes and commercial customers across Australasia and the Pacific. 

Because we live in a world that is changing fast, we continue to identify and develop better options that will provide value, choice and service for our customers throughout New Zealand and beyond, so the environment and communities we love continue to thrive. To do this, our people are creating a new energy future where power will flow through brilliant infrastructure, smart technology, and clever systems. We need the best and the brightest to capitalise on the convergence of technology, sustainability and customer focus that forms the basis of our strategy. Exciting partnerships with AWS and X, the moonshot factory are key to fulfilling our long-stated ambition to partner with like-minded organisations to accelerate the future of energy for our customers. Join the team and be part of the solution!

About the role
As a Network DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for the design and implementation of infrastructure automation, which is best suited for the Network Digital solutions (software & COTS).  You will work in a high performing cross functional team that deliver solutions through the practice of BizDevOps and will contribute to the agility and continuous improvements of the team. Key responsibilities include:

• Understanding business requirements and translating them into working digital solutions.
• Creating infrastructure as code to deliver software products in a cloud environment.
• Applying automation best practices – separation of concerns and OWASP security coding principles.
• Responding to and resolving incidents as well as participating in PIR and problem management.
• Creating & managing plans for Network digital solutions life cycle management, i.e. upgrade, maintain, support, and decommission.

In addition, you will be required to participate in the on-call roster for out-of-hours support of production infrastructure as and when required. 

Who we are looking for
You’ll have experience working in an agile environment on, on prem and multi-cloud automation and have a thorough understanding of CI/CD pipelines, terraform and CloudFormation. You apply automation best practice such as infrastructure as code and have a high-level understanding of scripting, automation, solutions, and application databases as well as system design. In addition, you have experience with cloud technologies and understand OWASPT or 10 web application security risk. 

What we can offer you
We love working together to create a new energy future. If you want to be part of an organisation with a real and tangible purpose, Vector could be the place for you. We offer –

• A fun, flexible and stimulating work environment, full of interesting work being done by smart and innovative people. 
• Flexibility, including the choice of working from home a couple of days a week, and flexible start and finish times so you can balance work and life.
• Health and wellbeing support
• Great benefits that reflect the importance of family. 

Vector engages a workforce made up of people and teams with diverse skills, values, backgrounds and experiences. We respect and value people who are different from each other, including gender, ethnicity, disability, age, sexual orientation, race and religion.  We are proud of what we have achieved so far –

• First corporate Living Wage Accredited employer
• First Accessibility Tick employer  
• Rainbow Tick accredited
• Winner of three gongs at the 2019 Diversity Awards NZ, including the Supreme Award in 2019 and 2020.  

If you require assistance or accessibility support from us during the application and selection process, please do get in touch with us on 09 978 7636.

Applications will close 4 November 2022.