Systems Engineer | Kaipūhanga Pūnaha

Systems Engineer | Kaipūhanga Pūnaha

The role | Te tūnga

If you enjoy using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to create reliable cloud and on‑prem solutions, this is a great opportunity to bring your skills to meaningful work.

You might be an intermediate systems engineer who enjoys programming, or an analyst developer keen to build on your systems engineering experience.

We’d value your knowledge of:

• Complex distributed systems in always‑available environments
• Infrastructure cost controls, versioning, provisioning, security, governance, logging, monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting
• CI/CD automated pipelines
• Code analysis and patch management
• Load balancing, networking, routing

You’ll be welcomed into Technology Services Analytics, reporting to the Manager – Technology Delivery. Together with analyst developers and systems engineers, you’ll help deliver safe, reliable, and scalable services, supporting both BAU and project work while protecting system and data integrity.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Install, configure, test, maintain, and monitor systems with minimal supervision
• Provide operational support, define metrics, optimise services, and support capacity planning
• Participate in system upgrades and migrations
• Manage changes, incidents, service requests, and work items effectively
• Balance cost, customer experience, reliability, scalability, and sustainability
• Contribute to documentation and operational procedures
• Follow governance, security, and operational standards
• Build trusted relationships through clear, open, and collaborative communication
• Audit systems to identify risks and opportunities
• Automate routine operational tasks
• Analyse code (using a code analysis tool)
• Evaluate and recommend tools, platforms, and approaches
• Continuously develop your own technical knowledge

You’ll have experience with:

• Microsoft Windows (multiple versions)
• Microsoft IIS
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Entra
• Microsoft Azure fundamentals, Azure Bicep, Azure DevOps, Azure landing zones, Azure Resource Manager templates
• Terraform
• Bash, PowerShell, or similar scripting languages
• Python
• SonaQube, or similar
• Grafana

Experience with any of the following may give you an edge:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu Linux
• Containerisation technologies
• Databricks
• R

What you bring | Nōu te rourou

We recognise that valuable skills can come from both paid and unpaid work. You might have gained experience in education, hospitality, technology, public service, the marae, or the arts. You might have experience from community involvement, volunteering, or whānau responsibilities. We welcome and value all forms of transferable skills. Please bring your full unique self to your application.

For all our roles, we’re looking for people who:

• Act with integrity, take responsibility, and do what’s right even when it’s hard.
• Understand the ‘why’ behind their work and focus on delivering real value.
• Stay curious and open to learning, seeing challenges as chances to grow.
• Build respectful and inclusive relationships, grounded in care for others.
• Work collaboratively across boundaries and contribute to collective outcomes.

We don’t expect you to know everything. What matters is your genuine interest, commitment, and readiness to grow with us. Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.

About Us | Ko mātou

Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa is the National Statistics Office, leading the way in data and insights. While this is our focus, it’s our people who are central to everything we do. We value diverse perspectives and experiences, recognising that our work is strengthened by the people behind it.

The data and insights we produce help shape decisions across government, communities, and businesses, and plays an important role in telling the story of Aotearoa New Zealand. Our mahi supports informed decision making at both national and local levels, helping improve outcomes for people, the economy, and the environment.

We’re proud of the role we play in guiding and strengthening the data system, with a goal of delivering high quality data with equitable access for all.

What’s in it for you? | Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe

Take a look at our Stats NZ careers site to learn more about our organisational values: He pēwhea ā tātou tikanga mahi | The way we work.

Some key benefits include:

• 37.5 hours work week.
• 15 days sick leave allowance (to be used for yourself or people under your care).
• 3 extra days off (taken during end-of-year office closure).
• Annual flu vaccines.
• Funded counselling and coaching through our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Visual and hearing health benefits
• Corporate rates for a variety of services and products.
• Study assistance programmes.
• Rōpū Waiata – weekly cross agency connection.
• An active social club in each office.

Starting salary for this position: $84,027- $113,683 + kiwisaver

How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono

Sound like you? Click ’Apply now’ to be redirected to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.

Our process is to screen applications as we receive them, so we move to interview stage quickly. You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video.

Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.

Please reach out to recruitment@stats.govt.nz if you have any pātai / questions.

Note to recruitment agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.