Kaunihera Taiao ki Waitaha │ About Environment Canterbury

Waitaha - our Canterbury region - is like no other and we are proud to call it home. We are privileged to be working with Ngā Papatipu Rūnanga, stakeholders, and our wider community to protect our environment, including water, land, and air through regulation and planning. As a Regional Council we're responsible for flood protection, public transport, civil defence, and more.

Together we're taking action to shape a thriving and resilient Canterbury, now and for future generations. Toitū te marae o Tāne, toitū te marae o Tangaroa, toitū te tangata, If the land is well and the sea is well, the people will thrive.

Kōrero mō te Tūranga | About the Role

Join us on our journey as we move our environment to the next level, making automated implementation an integral foundation in this journey.

Environment Canterbury provides an incredibly varied set of services to the people of Canterbury.  As a result, we have a complex network encompassing local and azure cloud, IoT (Internet of Things), Fortinet firewalls; Microsoft augmentation tools like Intune, autopilot and MDM, as part of a heavy focus within the Microsoft environment; and much more.

This role will play a key part in the continuation of our uplift of automation. It is responsible for utilising scripting and low-code tools to reduce the manual and repetitive tasks in our environment. We have focused on the use of Terraform, and this knowledge and skill will set you apart.

This role forms part of a wider infrastructure team, focusing on smooth operations, including engineering enhancements.  The team are skilled in their specialities, and ready to collaborate.  Our team share the load and relish their achievements.

Come and join our team as we lift our digital capabilities.

About You │ Mōu  

You’re a digital-network native, comfortable within the Microsoft technology stack bringing skills in the following:

• 6 years’ + experience working within digital infrastructure
• A strategic mindset and be confident to share your vision, whilst engaging your team of engineers, sharing skills, understanding and responsibilities. You’ll bring proven ‘customer-centricity,’ managing expectations competently
• Confidence to leverage the skills of your colleagues and provide input to initiatives, whilst remaining flexible and open to changing environments and evolving technologies
• Capable of enhancing your infrastructure-as-code skills, utilising them with network objects and to automate operational tasks

Due to the nature of this role, some outside standard working hours may be required,  to meet the needs of the business.

Ngā hua o te Mahi i te Kaunihera Taiao ki Waitaha  | Working at Environment Canterbury  

Our values underpin everything we do. We understand and embrace a diverse workforce; this diversity will enable us to better serve our people, our community, and our greatest taonga, the environment. We value everyone’s contribution, diverse thinking, and skills. 

We're on a journey to become a treaty partner of excellence, including incorporating te ao Māori into our work. We offer supportive opportunities to develop capability in this area and encourage our people to use kaupapa Māori, mātauranga Māori, and te reo Māori in our daily work. We welcome you with an open heart & mind, wherever you are on your personal te ao Māori journey.  

Applications close on 2nd October 2024.  We encourage you to apply early, we will be reviewing applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close the advertising early.  

Short-listed candidates will be required to complete an interview process, reference checks and a criminal check. Further background checking will be required when relevant to the role. 

Me mahi tahi tātou - Together we can.