Platform Engineer – Cloud  

Responsibilities include:    

• Azure - Designing and implementing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud solutions on the Azure platform. Managing and monitoring Azure cloud infrastructures to ensure optimal performance and cost-efficiency.  

• SRE Practices: Contribute to building SRE practices, including monitoring, incident response, and post-incident analysis to ensure the platform's reliability and robustness.  

• Platform Development: Collaborate with other members of the Platform Engineering team to design and implement new platform features and infrastructure improvements. Participate in the architecture and design discussions to enhance the platform's capabilities aiming at providing improved self-service, automation and engineering standardisation.  

• Issue Resolution: Troubleshoot and resolve platform-related issues, including infrastructure, services, and applications. Implement preventive measures to minimize future issues. ​ 

• Documentation: Develop and maintain documentation related to the platform, its components, and operational procedures. Ensure documentation is up-to-date and easily accessible to team members.  

• Performance Optimisation: Continuously monitor and optimise the performance and scalability of the platform and its underlying infrastructure. Identify bottlenecks and implement improvements to enhance overall system performance.  

About you:     

• Familiar with Platform Engineering concepts and practices.   

• Advanced experience with Azure networking, Security and disaster, Web Services and APIs, Virtualization and Storage. 

• Proficiency in container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or OpenShift, including deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.  

• Expertise in IaC tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation to automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration.  

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools for automating software delivery processes.  

• Exposure or experience with SRE practices such as monitoring, incident response, and post-incident analysis.  

• Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Python, Shell, PowerShell) to streamline operational tasks and reduce manual intervention.  

• Understanding of Agile principles and practices, such as SAFe, Scrum or Kanban, to contribute effectively to Agile development teams.  

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.   

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.    

• Willingness to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and share knowledge with team members.  

Ngākau nui. Āhurutanga. Tikanga.  

Join a proud diverse team, that's always there, always real, always true. If you thrive in a caring, honest and open culture, we think you’ll love working with us.  

We know that it is our team’s culture and wellbeing that will drive us forward. That’s why we prioritise not only professional development opportunities but opportunities to thrive personally, too. We offer exceptional work/life balance and our employees are encouraged to – and rewarded for – living well.   

Southern Cross employee benefits include:  

That’s not all. Need more time to study, volunteer or support your whānau? You’ll have the opportunity to purchase flexi leave. Each year, you will also get to take part in a volunteer day, to contribute to a cause or community with your team.