Senior (HPC) Cloud DevOps Engineer
Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity
REANNZ is a Crown-owned membership organisation operating and supporting a specialist high-performance digital network tailored to meet the unique demands of Aotearoa’s research and education sector. From July 2025, with the integration of the National e-Science Infrastructure (NeSI) people and services, REANNZ will offer a comprehensive hub for eResearch in Aotearoa.This new scope will combine the unique capabilities of both organisations to deliver: network products and services; advanced computing (HPC, AI/ML, data-analytics) infrastructure and services; community development and skills training; and, researcher-focused support and consulting.
Due to this exciting phase of growth, REANNZ is on the lookout for a Senior HPC Cloud Platform DevOps Engineer for a newly created permanent position.
The Senior HPC Cloud Platform DevOps Engineer will:
- Provide technical expertise and services to support the operations, integration and build of advanced computing platforms within REANNZ’s national infrastructure.
- Be responsible for providing compute, data, and other eScience enabling platforms and services to researchers and partner organisations across New Zealand’s science community, optimising availability, ensuring security, and enhancing efficiency.
- Help design future systems, evaluate vendor offerings, manage implementation, acceptance testing and commissioning.
Mo to matou ropu | About the team
Together REANNZ & NeSI provide computational capability and connectivity, empowering Aotearoa’s researchers and science organisations, for our future benefit and prosperity. Every day, we support researchers to solve demanding problems. We are a modest team who tackle advanced computing and data technologies in a unique and creative environment, in the service of science and research.
He korero mou | About you
Ideal candidates will bring the following skills and experience to this opportunity:
- Experience in the design, specification, implementation, and operation of distributed computing and/or data services based on Linux and/or Unix, preferably with some having been mission-critical services.
- Comfort with contemporary infrastructure automation and/or configuration management tools such as Ansible (or similar).
- Operational expertise with one or more of: HPC clusters, OpenStack, Linux virtualisation, Kubernetes.
- Experience applying CI/CD tools and techniques to the management of infrastructure and systems services.
- Familiarity with Python (e.g., ability to read, perform basic debugging, and develop new scripts at small scale) or other scripting/programming languages.
If you do not tick all these boxes but are excited by this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you regardless. Please apply or reach out, as we are happy to answer your questions..
Me pehea te tuku tono | How to apply
Applications must be submitted online, by the closing date of Sunday the 18th May to be considered. Please include your CV and a cover letter highlighting how you meet the skills and experiences detailed above.
Kia ora, Comspek and our clients fully support and encourage diverse hiring and inclusive recruitment processes. Don’t meet every single requirement of this job description? That’s ok - You do not need to tick every box or have expertise in the full JD.Comspek is dedicated to building diverse, inclusive and authentic workplaces based on different clients’ needs. So, if you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.