Senior Systems Engineer | Kaipūhanga Pūnaha Mātāmua at Statistics NZ, Wellington

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

• Lead, design, and champion systems engineering skills and practices to support the organisation's objectives 
• Provide proficient consultancy services, to colleagues, and our business and project teams, in a multisystem environment
• Permenant Wellington based role in our new 6 star offices

About Us | Ko mātou

Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1300+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.

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

We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about the Way We Work at Stats NZ and also check out our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!!

Starting salary: $96,307 - $120,334 + superannuation

Other benefits of joining Stats NZ include:

• Balance life and work commitments
• Develop and grow your career (coaching, training, study support, secondments)
• Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
• 3 extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
• State of the art, 6-star green building in Wellington

The role | Te tūnga

If you’re ready to join a team that values expertise, collaboration, and innovation—and you want a role where your technical leadership really makes an impact—we’d love to hear from you.

What you bring | Nōu te rourou  

We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application.

You’re someone who understands the realities of large‑scale systems and enjoys working in an environment where uptime, quality, and safety really matter. You’ll come with strong knowledge in:

• Complex distributed systems
• SAFe Agile principles and practices
• IT operations in Always‑Up, Always‑Available environments
• Infrastructure as Code for Cloud and On‑Prem deployments
• Load balancing, networking, routing
• Patch management (automated and manual), plus broader security practices

We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.

Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.

How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono 

If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirected to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.

We will be screening applications as we receive them. 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 questions.

You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.

Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.