Engineering Platform Manager - Cloud Hosting

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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.

Are you an experienced technology leader who has led leaders and their engineering teams at scale? Do you bring deep AWS and/or Azure platform experience, with a track record of shaping cloud strategy, resilience and operational excellence?

We're looking for an Engineering Platform Manager - Cloud Hosting to lead BNZ's cloud hosting and container platforms, enabling engineers across the bank to build, deploy and operate services securely at scale.

Mō te Tūranga | About the Role

We sat down with our Head of Tech - Platforms, and they let us know the following about the role.

What are 5 day to day tasks the person in this role will complete?

• Own and evolve AWS/Azure foundations (landing zones, identity, networking, guardrails) and the cloud hosting roadmap.

• Own and evolve containerisation across cloud and on premise.

• Lead incident, problem and change management for cloud hosting platforms, meeting ITIL measures, CHF and SLAs.

• Partner with Architecture, Security and Risk to ensure platforms are coherent, secure and compliant.

• Drive adoption and improve developer experience through self-service, standards and automation (including governed AI tooling).

• Manage vendor relationships, budgets and cost optimisation for cloud hosting services.

What projects / mahi (work) will the candidate be working on now and into the next year?

Evolving BNZ’s cloud landing zones and guardrails, strengthening identity and network integration, maturing container/hosting technologies, and improving resilience, observability, security posture and cost efficiency. You’ll also help shape governed AI productivity and automation tooling so it’s secure, scalable and genuinely useful for engineers.

What is the most exciting thing about this opportunity?

You’ll have real platform ownership-setting strategy and delivering outcomes on foundations that power BNZ Technology at scale. The work is visible and measurable, and you’ll influence how engineers across the bank build, deploy and run services in the cloud.

What is the most challenging thing about this opportunity?

Balancing speed, resilience, security and cost in a regulated environment-while aligning multiple stakeholders and driving operational maturity. You’ll need to make pragmatic trade-offs, lead through ambiguity, and keep service reliability front and centre.

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

Success looks like a cloud hosting platform that is measurably more resilient, secure and cost-efficient, with clear service measures and continual improvement. Engineering teams can reliably self-serve what they need, incidents and operational risk are reduced, and you’ve built a high-performing team with strong engagement and accountability.

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

A strong sense of ownership and accountability, comfort leading through ambiguity, and the ability to influence across multiple teams. You’ll be pragmatic, data-informed, and calm under pressure, with a continuous-improvement mindset and a genuine focus on enabling other engineers to move faster safely.

What specific tech skills would be beneficial?

We are looking for significant experience in enterprise cloud platforms in AWS and/or Azure environments, including ownership of cloud strategy, landing zones, identity, networking, infrastructure standards and platform governance.

You'll have experience operating cloud services at scale, driving platform modernisation, containerisation strategies and engineering excellence across multiple teams. Experience balancing platform reliability, security, operational risk, cost optimisation and developer experience within complex environments will be highly regarded.

Nau Mai ki te Pēke o Aotearoa | Come to the Bank of New Zealand

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.”

Applications will be reviewed regularly across the advertising period, but we do reserve the right to close applications early.