About us

We're a not-for-profit organisation on a mission to transform ourselves and empower New Zealanders to live their healthiest lives.
 

With almost a million members in our care, we are New Zealand's leading health insurer.

We have an unstoppable focus, delivering outstanding experiences to our members in their time of need. This is an exciting time to be part of our journey and in return for your extraordinary talent, we'll provide a high performing values-based team environment where people are at our heart.

About the role

As an Infrastructure Architect you will be accountable for developing an ‘as is’ current state assessment of our infrastructure and network environment and roadmap for the ‘to be’ state. Whether cloud migration makes sense or not.

This is a 3-month Fixed Term role where you will provide input to the strategic direction of technology investments to assist in the development of the enterprise architecture and maximise the return on technology investment.

You will consult and lead engagements across multiple stakeholder groups to ensure Cloud and Infrastructure change meets strategic, tactical and operational outcomes. You will also be supervising and guiding the move from high level concepts to practical network infrastrcture implementation.   

You will develop the cloud architecture runway and report on delivery commitments to ensure solutions are implemented as expected and to agreed timeframes.

Working within a community of practice and the enterprise architecture team you will undertake high level research, horizon scanning and analysis to identify future digital trends and assess applicability to support business objectives.

Ultimately, you will proactively work to improve cloud architecture capability by seeking out and implementing new practices, tools or approaches.

About you:

• Cloud infrastructure assessment (As-Is) and migration (To-Be.) Understand principles and justification of cloud migration. 
• Provide a best practice assessment of justification to a migration to a cloud infrastructure. Assessing the viability and do-ability to use the cloud from on premise and what is fit for purpose for Southern Cross.
• Provide a viable and realistic roadmap to migration to cloud.
• Provide thought leadership on what is best approach to simplified and consolidate our current state infrastructure.
• Provide coaching and capability uplift to monitor usage of cloud and its FinOps, as well has approach to address capacity demand (just in time)
• Reviews and verifies infrastructure & network designs against non-functional requirements, including validation and error correction procedures, access, security and audit controls
• Validate and assess major aspects of network specification, standards, technologies, and overall network design models within the organisation.

• Produces infrastructure and network design policies, principles and criteria covering connectivity, capacity, interfacing, security, resilience, recovery, and access. Providing guards rails for procurement of infrastructure requirements
• Work within the enterprise architecture team to ensure in line with the technology strategic goals of the organisation.

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.  

Based at our Auckland office Te Kupenga, we offer an excellent work/life balance. You will be supported to continually learn and improve your skills, share knowledge and ideas and be part of an amazing values-based culture where people are at its heart.  

You will be able to participate in aspects of our employee wellness programme to help empower you and your whānau to live your healthiest lives.

At Southern Cross, our strength is our people. Your wellbeing shines through every aspect of your work.

Our commitment to LGBTQIA+ and minority communities is reflected in our culture, and we run a regular Diversity and Inclusion Forum to help ensure this continues to flourish. 

If you share our commitment and passion, then apply now!