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BNZ

Senior Technical Specialist

  • Posted 2w ago
  • On Site
  • Full Time
Location

Auckland


Job Description

Here at BNZ, it's about more than just banking. We work together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions through our promise "If you can imagine a better future, let's find a way."

We support wellbeing, flexible working and have a generous leave offering. There is the opportunity for growth, learning and career development. No two days are the same.

The Platforms Domain is super focused on enabling our customers through building platform products which are easy to use, resilient, operationally excellent, secure, and fit for purpose. We adopt modern Infrastructure as Code practices and embrace automation and orchestration approaches to our infrastructure which spans both on-prem and cloud.

The Containers Platform tīma build, run and manage the bank’s Kubernetes platforms which are one of the major architectural and strategic platforms on cloud and on premise, the tīma currently manage clusters across Amazon’s Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Azure’s Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and on premise on OpenShift 4 (OCP4).

The platforms enable the bank to concentrate workloads and operate at scale with ease. These are managed platforms which take away infrastructure management complexities from the teams who build the bank’s applications, allowing them to focus on delivering excellent customer experiences. Along with the platforms the tīma also provides the Enterprise Container Registry for teams to store their container images in. The tīma is focused on creating and managing solutions which enable our internal customers to accelerate development and deployment of applications by enabling self-service and removing unnecessary blockers from teams.

The tīma are on a constant learning and development curve, where they experience the new tools and then enable others to benefit from your learnings and development, to make their lives easier.

The tīma are on a constant learning and development curve, where they experience the new tools enabling others to benefit from this learning, to make the end users lives easier!

We offer six weeks annual leave and flexible working make for a great mahi/life balance. There is banking benefits and health insurance discounts as well as awesome staff facilities such as cardio gym, gaming, personal retreat room and on-site café.

Mō te Tūranga | About the Tūranga (Role)

We sat down with the People Leader (who you'd report to), and they let us know the following about the Tūranga:

What are the day-to-day tasks the person will complete?

Across the clusters the tīma manage internet ingress connectivity clusters, PCI DSS compliant clusters and clusters which host important customer facing applications vital to the bank. These clusters are expected to keep expanding as domains and teams requirements change and evolve.

A big focus is on efficiencies and cost savings across the whole of Containers and working with our customers to bring the benefits to life.

Working with our internal engineers in supporting them with the future path and at the same time, ensuring we are there to help support them on incidents and problems.

What is the tīma culture and environment like?

This is truly a tīma that has proven that autonomy and collaboration mahi. This tīma is spread across Auckland and Wellington. You will be part of a supportive tīma to help you along the way.

What is the most exciting thing about this opportunity?

This is a tīma, that nurtures and grows its people. Career growth has seen previous tīma members flourish and develop, and progress not only within the tīma, but across technology.

What Technical skills are required for this tūranga?

  • Kubernetes
  • Containers
  • Cloud (AWS)


What will success look like for the candidate in this tūranga?

Success for the candidate is that they never look back and are always looking forward.

What attributes will this person display in order to be successful in this tūranga?

You will have a can-do attitude and the willingness to learn. At the same time, sharing knowledge is important not only in receiving, but giving.

For internal reference, this tūranga is Hay 16.

PLEASE NOTE: We are back in the office from 13 January 2025 and will review applications after this time.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us!  We're bold thinkers who are taking brave steps to create a company that people want to work for, and customers want to bank with. If you're ready to join a fun organisation where we are proud of our culture and how we are helping New Zealander's to 'Find their way', then show your interest by submitting your application - we can't wait to read it. 

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini" - Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.”


Hard Skills Required

  • Kubernetes Expertise
  • Container Management
  • Cloud Proficiency
  • Infrastructure Automation
  • PCI DSS Compliance Knowledge

Soft Skills Required

  • Problem-Solving
  • Team Collaboration
  • Adaptability
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • Customer Focus

Benefits and Perks

  • 🩸
    Free Period Products
  • 💼
    Life Insurance
  • 🏎
    Competitive Salary
  • 📱
    Discounted Phone or Internet Plans
  • 🤱
    Extended Parental Leave
  • Work-Life Balance Support
  • 🎉
    Employee Discounts and Rewards
  • 📣
    Referral Bonuses
  • 🧠
    Mental Health Workshops
  • 📈
    Professional Development
  • 🧕
    Inclusive Workspace
  • 💚
    Counselling Services
  • Flexible Work
  • Uniform Provided
  • 🏛
    Fully Paid Jury Service
  • 🚶
    Ease Back to Work
  • 🏘
    Work from Home
  • 🩺
    Health Insurance
  • 🌿
    Wellness Program
  • 💯
    Employee Mentoring Program
  • 🏥
    Subsidised Health Insurance

Job Schedule

  • Shift Work
  • Monday to Friday

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