Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer

Working with the AA | Me mahi tahi tatou ki AA

For over 120 years the AA have been helping Kiwis on their adventures! Today, we're one of New Zealand's most respected and trusted brands. From our humble beginnings as a motoring enthusiast's club, the New Zealand AA (Automobile Association) has grown into a large, dynamic organisation offering many services and products to more than a million Members.  

And now, we’re building the organisation of the future – more connected, modern, and purpose-driven. We are a business in transformation, with opportunities to work cross-functionally, grow new skills, and make a meaningful impact. We’re investing in our people, platforms, and ways of working to stay ahead of what our Members and customers need.

We now have an opportunity for a Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer to drive automation, modernisation, and engineering excellence across our cloud and infrastructure platforms.

What You'll Be Doing | Mō te Tūranga

As a Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing our cloud and infrastructure platforms through automation, modern engineering practices, and technical leadership. This is a hands-on, senior-level position focused on designing, building, and operating secure, reliable, and scalable hybrid infrastructure across AWS and VMware environments. Working closely with the Cloud & Infrastructure Team Lead and Network Lead, you will drive infrastructure transformation initiatives, including the migration to Terraform, the development of reusable Infrastructure as Code solutions, and the onboarding of on-premise and network assets into automated frameworks. You will champion DevOps practices, simplify and standardise deployment patterns, integrate infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines, and reduce manual operational effort through automation. Alongside delivering technical outcomes, you will mentor and uplift engineering capability across cloud, infrastructure, and network teams, fostering a collaborative, cross-functional engineering culture.

About You | Mōu

Success in this role requires deep hands-on engineering expertise, a delivery-first mindset, strong communication skills, and the ability to independently lead complex infrastructure initiatives while ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, operationally supportable, and aligned with industry best practices. You will bring strong experience across AWS and VMware environments, with a proven ability to deliver infrastructure automation and transformation outcomes within complex hybrid environments. Your expertise will include Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CI/CD pipeline development, and automation through Python scripting, combined with a pragmatic approach to solving technical challenges and driving continuous improvement. Experience with networking technologies, including Fortinet FortiGate, Cisco core switching, and Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, will be highly regarded. Above all, you will be a collaborative and influential engineer who enjoys sharing knowledge, mentoring others, and helping teams adopt modern engineering practices to deliver better outcomes.

What We Offer | Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou

• Free AA Membership for you and your whānau
• A day off for your birthday and 2 days wellbeing leave annually
• Hybrid working arrangement 
• Training available / career development 
• Discounted insurance

Here, we offer a lot more than roadside assistance. We're constantly evolving and advancing into new businesses, offering new challenges and a range of opportunities.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now and help drive the future of our cloud and infrastructure platforms.

Our teams celebrate diversity and believe that everyone should be able to bring their true selves to work every day.  We want you to feel comfortable to be your authentic self throughout the recruitment process, please feel free to let us know if there is anything you need to allow you to participate equitably.

Our recruitment process is people-led and relationship-focused—we do not use AI to screen or assess applications. Every application is reviewed by a real person, because we value potential, individuality, and the human stories behind each candidate.

We are aware that there will be candidates who are interested in the role but may only feel comfortable to apply if they have ticked all the boxes. We want you to know that if you feel like you don't meet all the requirements, please still get in touch.  We'd love to korero to see if you might be a great fit for the role.