Forward Deployed Azure Engineer
DXC Technology7 days ago
Wellington, New ZealandSenior
Responsibilities
- Build and enhance enterprise Azure landing zones and shared platform services using Infrastructure as Code.
- Develop reusable, tested Bicep and Terraform components, parameter sets, and deployment patterns.
- Automate workload migrations and landing-zone deployments to Azure New Zealand North.
- Design and maintain secure CI/CD workflows using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
- Implement policy as code, compliance checks, secrets management, least-privilege access, and software supply-chain controls.
- Engineer Azure networking, private connectivity, DNS, identity integration, logging, monitoring, backup, and resilience capabilities.
- Create automated validation, testing, linting, plan review, drift detection, and remediation processes.
- Build and support AKS and container-platform capabilities, including deployment automation and lifecycle management.
- Integrate platform delivery with observability, incident response, configuration management, and service-transition processes.
- Resolve complex platform, pipeline, identity, networking, and deployment problems through root-cause fixes.
- Produce engineering documentation, runbooks, as-built records, and handover materials for restricted and audited environments.
- Lead customer engineering engagements, collaborate with customer and DXC teams, mentor engineers, and contribute reusable standards and assets.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience engineering Microsoft Azure platforms in enterprise environments.
- Practical production experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD solutions.
- Experience migrating or landing workloads on Azure using automated and repeatable methods.
- Solid knowledge of Azure identity, networking, security, governance, monitoring, and operations.
- Experience applying secure engineering practices within formal change, assurance, or audit requirements.
- Ability to diagnose complex issues across code, pipelines, and Azure services and communicate findings clearly.
- Ability to lead customer engineering engagements, build trust with customer counterparts, and provide hands-on technical direction.
- Knowledge of NZISM, Protective Security Requirements, or New Zealand Government or regulated-environment delivery is desirable.
- Experience with Azure New Zealand North, Azure Verified Modules, Bicep, policy as code, configuration as code, Azure DevOps, GitOps, Kubernetes security, platform APIs, developer portals, or self-service platform engineering is desirable.
- Experience with Ansible Automation Platform, ServiceNow integration, SRE practices, FinOps automation, Azure Arc, data platforms, AI platforms, or Azure AI services is desirable.
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert and Azure Administrator Associate certifications are strongly preferred; Terraform Associate, Azure Security Engineer Associate, Azure Network Engineer Associate, CKA, or CKAD certifications are advantageous.
- A tertiary qualification in information technology, engineering, or a related discipline is desirable, with equivalent professional experience considered.
Benefits
- The work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances.
- DXC promotes an inclusive environment where employees can thrive.
- The role offers opportunities to work with customer and DXC teams, contribute to reusable engineering assets, and mentor other engineers.
Tech Stack
Categories
Forward Deployed
About DXC Technology
DXC Technology is a public IT services and consulting company that runs and modernizes mission-critical systems for large enterprises and governments. It provides managed services, cloud migration and operations, cybersecurity, application development, and industry BPS, monetizing through long-term outsourcing and consulting engagements. Formed in 2017 from the merger of CSC and HPE Enterprise Services, DXC is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia and trades on the NYSE as DXC.