Principal Infrastructure Engineer

Job Description

Information Technology Services (ITS)

Lead the design, security and evolution of the University's end user computing platforms, driving automation, cloud integration and technical excellence across a complex enterprise environment.

• Lead modern endpoint and cloud platform engineering
• Enable digital innovation across a leading university
• Work-life balance practices + Professional development opportunities

Ngā kōrero mō te tūranga – About the role

As Principal Infrastructure Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for the University's end user computing platforms, ensuring secure, scalable and highly available services across Windows, Linux and macOS environments.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the design, delivery and ongoing improvement of end user computing platforms, device management and automation practices.
• Supporting cloud, infrastructure and identity services, including Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID and virtualisation platforms.
• Driving platform security, compliance, patching and endpoint protection initiatives across the University.
• Providing technical leadership, mentoring and engineering oversight to the EUC team and wider ITS colleagues.
• Supporting operational excellence through incident resolution, lifecycle management, project delivery and participation in the on-call roster.

This is a full-time role (37.5 hours a week), based on our Hillcrest Campus.

Ko wai koe? – Who are you?

You are a highly skilled infrastructure engineer with a passion for modern workplace technologies, automation and delivering secure, reliable services.

Ko wai mātou? – Who are we?

Information Technology Services (ITS) is responsible for delivering robust, secure and innovative technology services that enable teaching, learning, research and business operations across the University.