Theta (NZ)

Digital Solution Architect

Theta (NZ)

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Auckland • 🇳🇿 New Zealand

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

AzureCloudGraphQLKubernetesTerraform

About the role

  • Lead and contribute towards end-to-end Azure solution architecture (landing zones, micro-services, event streaming, data platforms) for mission-critical workloads.
  • Define domain-driven designs, API contracts and integration patterns that enable high-throughput, high-availability and global scale.
  • Promote DevOps, GitOps and IaC (Terraform/Bicep) pipelines; champion automated testing, blue/green deployments and FinOps disciplines.
  • Facilitate architecture workshops with C-suite, product owners, delivery partners and offshore teams; provide technical governance through sprint reviews and release gates.
  • Mentor senior engineers and junior architects; share patterns, code samples and POVs through Theta guilds and lunch-and-learns.

Requirements

  • Hands-on track-record designing cloud-native, micro-services or event-driven systems on Microsoft Azure for large enterprises (5k+ users, multi-region).
  • Fluency in containerisation and modern API-management; comfortable guiding teams that use orchestration platforms without necessarily being the in-depth Kubernetes expert.
  • Strong software-architecture background (DDD, REST/GraphQL, messaging), with solid grounding in infrastructure, networking and security.
  • Outstanding client-facing skills—able to simplify complexity for non-technical execs and inspire engineering squads.
  • Knowledge of Zero-Trust security, DevSecOps and FinOps (Desirable).
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect or DevOps Expert; familiarity with AKS or other orchestrators advantageous but not mandatory.
Benefits
  • Professional growth and learning opportunities
  • A competitive salary (commensurate with experience)
  • Hybrid working model (minimum 2 days per week in the office)
  • Fully subsidised medical insurance for employees
  • Heavily discounted medical insurance for immediate family of employees
  • Enhanced parental leave payment – salary top-ups plus return-to-work incentive
  • Volunteer days
  • Internal Referral Incentive
  • Staff Assistance Programme
  • Annual Flu injections
  • Sick leave from your first day on board
  • Remote working options where practical and mutually agreed
  • Daily fresh fruit basket, coffee machine, wide selection of teas and biscuits in all of our offices.
  • We are also an accredited employer with INZ

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Azure solution architecturemicro-servicesevent streamingdata platformsDevOpsGitOpsInfrastructure as Code (IaC)TerraformBicepAPI management
Soft skills
client-facing skillsmentoringtechnical governancesimplifying complexityinspiring teams
Certifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions ArchitectMicrosoft Certified: DevOps Expert