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Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer (Contract)

Auckland | Rosedale | 3–6 Month Contract | Hourly Rate

We’re looking for a hands-on Platform Engineer to join a growing technology team and take ownership of a high-impact platform engineering project.
You’ll be responsible for designing and building a purpose-built solution to manage configuration and deployments across Windows Server environments, taking the project from discovery and architecture through to implementation and handover.

What you’ll be doing
  • Assess the existing environment and identify technical risks and opportunities.
  • Design and build configuration management and deployment tooling for Windows Server.
  • Develop robust automation with appropriate logging, monitoring, error handling and recovery.
  • Recommend the right architecture and technology stack, with a focus on security and maintainability.
  • Work closely with developers and take ownership through to production implementation.
  • Document the solution and support knowledge transfer.
What we’re looking for
  • Strong Platform Engineering / Infrastructure Engineering experience.
  • Hands-on Windows Server expertise.
  • Software development experience with C#, .NET, Java or Python.
  • Experience building deployment, automation, infrastructure or configuration-management tooling.
  • Strong understanding of reliability, monitoring, logging, security and operational support.
  • Experience with Kafka, Kubernetes and/or Volt would be beneficial.
  • SRE, DevOps or production platform experience is advantageous.
The opportunity
  • 3–6 month contract
  • Hourly rate
  • Auckland / Rosedale-based
  • Predominantly office-based, particularly during the first 3 months
  • High-impact project with tangible outcomes
  • Opportunity to influence the technical direction and build the solution from the ground up
If you’re a pragmatic Platform Engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure problems and getting hands-on with the build, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now or get in touch for a confidential conversation about the opportunity.

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