AWS Cloud Engineer
About the role
We’re looking for a talented and skilled AWS Cloud Engineer to join our Cloud Platform Team in Wellington.
With much of our infrastructure now migrated to the cloud, we’re focused on modernising our banking applications and continuing to evolve our cloud environment. Our team plays a key role in ensuring the operational performance, security, stability, and protection of the Bank’s cloud and hybrid on-premise environments. We’re passionate about leveraging cloud‑native solutions to enhance our architecture, improve efficiency, and reduce costs.
As a Cloud Engineer, you’ll be a key player in shaping the future of our core banking platform. You’ll use your expertise—particularly in AWS—to design, build, and operationalise secure, scalable infrastructure that supports our banking operations.
You’ll be involved across the full lifecycle of our cloud environment, from initial design and implementation through to ongoing enhancement and optimisation of existing solutions. Your contribution will be critical in ensuring our platforms remain reliable, high performing, and secure, enabling the Bank to continue innovating and delivering exceptional service to our customers.
We’re looking for someone who thrives in a collaborative team environment and is passionate about delivering robust, high-quality solutions.
You’ll bring the following experience to the table:
Extensive experience (5+ years) designing, developing, and supporting complex enterprise AWS environments, with a particular focus on:
- DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering
- Observability, monitoring & logging
- Rapid and methodical issue diagnosis and resolution CI/CD pipelines and containerised deployments
- Proactive prevention of operational issues and risk mitigation through the building of resilient systems
Hands on experience with:
- AWS Cloud computing and infrastructure technologies
- Scripting/Coding languages - PowerShell, Bash, C#, Python
- Infrastructure as code - Terraform is a must, CloudFormation also desirable
- Experience with source control, ideally git
- Cloud automation toolsets including Azure DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, TeamCity
On the job experience delivering results within an Agile development framework
Experience working in a multi-talented and cross-functional teams
Proven experience in delivering large projects with tight deadlines
Excellent verbal and written communication
Experience Better with Us
We’re a small and mighty Bank driven by the shared goal of helping New Zealanders bank better. As a proudly customer-owned Bank and Certified B Corporation, not only will you be helping Kiwis achieve their goals, but you’ll also experience better simply by working here:
- Purpose: As a smaller bank, your impact is bigger, you’ll see how your work makes a real difference in delivering exceptional customer experiences and financial outcomes, every single day.
- Career Growth: Expand your skills, take on new challenges and tap into a range of areas across the Bank.
- Support: We support you to balance life and work through generous benefits including Wellbeing Leave, Parental Leave Benefits, Life and Critical Illness insurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Banking Benefits, Profit Share and Workride.
- Belonging: You will feel like part of the team from day one. From the way we work together, our commitment to Pride Pledge, and focus on diversity and inclusion, you’ll be part of a team that’s making banking better for New Zealanders, together.
We’ve been operating for nearly 100 years and support over 180,000 customers across New Zealand. If you’re looking for a role where we work together to make an impact, and you can build a career you’re proud of, you’ve found the right place.
We understand that no candidate is a perfect match for every qualification listed. So, if you are passionate about helping people to bank better and possess some of the key skills, we encourage you to submit your application. For any questions, please contact recruitmenthelp@co-operativebank.co.nz.
Applications Close: 7 April 2026
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