DevOps Engineer | Hybrid (3 O, 2 H) | Christchurch

Job Overview: We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join a global fintech organization specializing in cross-border payments technology. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys owning infrastructure and operational challenges end-to-end, from cloud architecture and CI/CD pipelines to production reliability and incident response. The successful candidate will play a key role in building scalable, resilient platforms while driving the adoption of modern DevOps and AI-assisted engineering practices. What You Will Do: Own and improve CI/CD pipeline reliability, developer experience, release management, and deployment automation across multiple engineering teams. Design, build, and operate secure, scalable, multi-region cloud infrastructure on AWS. Collaborate with engineering and architecture teams to implement modern developer platforms and AI-accelerated SDLC tooling. Manage production observability, monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes for shared infrastructure. Participate in on-call rotations and drive continuous improvements in reliability and operational excellence. Implement and maintain infrastructure as code solutions and cloud automation practices. Support disaster recovery, networking, identity management, and infrastructure security initiatives. Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure scalable, secure, and resilient platform operations. What Makes You a Good Fit: 3 to 6 years of experience building and operating production infrastructure environments. Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, including multi-region deployments, IAM, networking, and managed services. Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools. Proven experience owning CI/CD pipelines, release automation, deployment strategies, and release gating processes. Hands-on experience with container orchestration technologies in production environments. Strong experience with observability, monitoring, alerting systems, and service reliability engineering practices. Experience managing production incidents and participating in on-call rotations. Daily usage of AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent platforms. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Nice to Have: Experience within payments, foreign exchange, fintech, or regulated industries. Experience with cloud-native identity and authentication platforms. Knowledge of security, governance, and compliance frameworks in regulated environments. Experience with enterprise database resilience solutions, such as Oracle or equivalent technologies. Experience working within globally distributed teams and supporting 24/7 operational environments. What We Offer: Competitive market-based salary package. Annual discretionary bonus. Comprehensive healthcare coverage. Annual leave entitlement with incremental increases based on years of service. Paid birthday leave. Employee stock purchase program. Access to mental health and wellbeing support resources. Paid volunteering day to support a charity of your choice. Opportunity to work with a global fintech organization on large-scale, cloud-native payment platforms. Working Arrangement: Hybrid working arrangement. Out stationed candidates must be willing to travel to the Christchurch office as required for company meetings, collaboration sessions, and events. Opportunity to collaborate with global engineering, architecture, and operations teams.