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"Platform Engineer - Online UC | UC Online"

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Platform Engineer - Online UC | UC Online

Technical Support Service | Digital Services

Located in Christchurch | Christchurch, New Zealand | New Zealand

  • Continuing full-time 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)

Āu Mahi | What You Will Do

The role of Platform Engineer is to provide consulting, technical and domain expertise to build and continuously improve the Tuihono UC | UC Online infrastructure and processes. This role will provide outstanding technical expertise, advice, and support to our customers across the ecosystem.

Mōu | Who You Are

To be successful in the role, you will have:

  • Significant skilled digital experience platform.
  • Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, detail orientated and gets to the root cause.
  • The ability to articulate technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
  • A solid technical background in a hosted services environment including infrastructure networks, hardware, software and telecommunications.
  • Experience working with integrations and APIs for enrolment, application and learning platforms.

Working Together | Who You Will Work With

Our Digital Team is on an exciting transformation journey, supporting UC to deliver a large amount of change. You will be part of our Tuihono UC | UC Online team that sits within Digital Services.

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC

Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here.

We are committed to accessible higher education, service to the community and the encouragement of talent without barriers of distance, wealth, class, gender or ethnicity. The University explicitly aims to produce graduates and support staff who are engaged with their communities, empowered to act for good and determined to make a difference in the world.

We offer a range of fantastic benefits including flexible work practices, study opportunities and generous superannuation and leave provisions. For more information, please visit us: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus/benefits/

For more information about The University of Canterbury | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/

The closing date for this position is: 5th April 2024 (midnight, NZ time)

Please note applications will be reviewed after the close date.

How to apply | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to WorkatUC@canterbury.ac.nz

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency to be considered for this role. If you hold a valid work visa and are physically present in New Zealand then you may also be considered.

Job Details

Reference #19869Posted on27 Mar 2024Closes on05 Apr 2024 23:55Location(s)ChristchurchExpertiseInformation TechnologyJob level(s)Entry/GraduateWork type(s)Continuing (Permanent) full-timeMore details (document)Online Engineer Platform 2024.pdf

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