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Role Overview
Reporting to our Digital Practice Lead, you will own solution architecture for complex cloud, hybrid and integration projects centred on Microsoft Azure. You will work side-by-side with senior public-sector stakeholders—guiding them through NZISM, privacy-by-design and procurement frameworks—while still rolling up your sleeves to validate designs, set patterns and mentor teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted advisor across ministries, Crown entities and tier-one corporates, translating business, regulatory and security needs into reference architectures.
- Produce functional and non-functional designs, architecture decision records and road-maps that align with NZ Government Digital Strategy, All-of-Government cloud-hosting standards and Well-Architected frameworks.
- Lead design reviews, risk assessments and assurance gates; resolve complex Azure and hybrid issues spanning identity, integration, data and security.
- Coordinate partner vendors and internal Theta squads to deliver end-to-end outcomes.
- Coach other architects and engineers; contribute reusable patterns and thought-leadership to our national Architecture Community of Practice.
Essential:
- 5+ years’ New Zealand (or other Five-Eyes country) architecture experience on Azure or hybrid platforms.
- Proven success delivering solutions into Wellington’s public-sector ecosystem (e.g., familiarity with NZISM, GCIO guidelines, AoG procurement).
- Depth in application-integration, identity, API management, infrastructure-as-code and automated compliance testing.
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and written/verbal communication—able to brief CIOs and programme boards with equal ease.
- Exposure to AWS, M365, Dynamics 365 or Power Platform in Government contexts.
- TOGAF / SAFe certs, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
- Security or privacy-engineering certifications (CISSP, ISO 27001).
We have 30 years of experience as a New Zealand-owned technology consultancy. We take pride in our multicultural and diverse team of circa 290 skilled professionals. Our offices are in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, and Christchurch.
Working with clients in both the public and private sectors, we strive to deliver innovative solutions and enable smarter outcomes. Our company attracts some of the brightest minds in the industry, as we foster a culture of excellence and continuous learning.
Our values are:
- Our people are our greatest asset.
- We conduct business ethically.
- Invention, imagination and creativity are the foundation for growth.
- We work with positive energy, enjoyment, humour and work/life balance.
- Excellence is our passion and we deliver what we promise – or more!
- We strive to take a pragmatic approach to all of our activities
- We value and appreciate our natural environment and seek to play our part to maintain it!
Theta offers a family friendly work environment with flexible work hours where practical; especially relevant for caregivers. We embrace gender equality and are committed to providing a supportive, diverse and inclusive work environment.
Theta is committed to giving back to the community and are avid supporters of Cure Kids. We compete in various adventure races and do many other things to raise money for Cure Kids. And we make time for the fun things in life!
We currently provide the following benefits to ensure your professional development and personal wellbeing:
- Professional growth and learning opportunities
- A competitive salary (commensurate with experience)
- Hybrid working model (minimum 2 days 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
- You have resided in this country continuously for at least the last five years, OR
- Are a citizen of, and/or has resided continuously in one or more of the following countries for the last five years: either Australia, Canada, NZ, the United Kingdom (UK) or the United States of America (USA); and has a background history that is verifiable and can be assessed as appropriate by the NZ Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) towards a recommendation of suitability for a security clearance at this level.
Note: We are only accepting applications from those already residing in NZ with the relevant visas
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