Tiakina te anamata, mā te tūhono i ngā tāngata me ngā wāhi o te inamata. Taking care of tomorrow: connecting people and place today.
Mercury is a bold future-focused organisation, providing energy and telecommunications to more Kiwi than anyone else, leading the way with renewable energy and working toward a sustainable future. At the heart is our purpose which pushes us to do all we can to create a better future for our people, our communities, and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Our Opportunity:
Reporting to the Cloud & Infrastructure Platforms Manager, the Cloud Solution Architect will operate at both a strategic and technical level—translating enterprise architecture into actionable designs and providing expert guidance across solution implementation. This role ensures cloud platforms are robust, aligned to architectural standards, and deliver business value across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Translate enterprise architecture into detailed cloud solution designs, collaborating with architecture, engineering, and delivery teams.
- Provide end-to-end technical oversight to ensure alignment between design intent and implementation outcomes.
- Champion initiatives to optimise cloud spend and improve financial visibility and accountability.
- Develop and maintain reusable cloud architecture patterns and infrastructure standards.
- Ensure cloud solutions are compliant, secure, scalable, and aligned with Mercury's technology governance frameworks.
Please note the successful candidate will be required to participate in our on-call roster, this is to ensure organisational support for incidents and problems outside of normal business hours.
We are looking for:
- Significant experience designing and implementing cloud-based solutions (e.g., AWS, Azure) in enterprise environments.
- Strong understanding of architecture frameworks, infrastructure automation, and platform engineering practices.
- Proven ability to optimise cloud costs using Financial Operations methodologies and tools.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to lead across cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with architectural governance, security compliance, and technology lifecycle management.
Mercury offers (full benefits are listed on our Career Page):
- Additional 5 days leave per annum (MyDays)
- $400 one off tax-free payment towards setting up your home office * A diverse workplace where your unique abilities and talents will be recognised and encouraged
- Annual salary reviews with excellent parental leave policy, with the option to purchase additional leave
- The opportunities, career paths and facilities associated with working for one of New Zealand's largest multi-utility providers
- Flexible working policy - The autonomy and trust to work flexibly from our purpose-built premises and from home, recognising the value of this flexibility in the modern world
- Discounted health insurance and free life and income insurance
- Excellent well-being programme including up to $100 annual check ups and confidential assistance programme
- Gender affirmation leave and supportive bereavement leave to be taken when you lose anyone close to you, including your pet
Mercury is a learning organisation that is committed to providing you with opportunities to grow and develop that will benefit you now and in the future. Part of your role includes building your skillset and mindset through a variety of ways. We believe this creates an energised, innovative and agile work environment where you will feel valued.
At Mercury, we believe that having a team of individuals with different backgrounds, experience and capability working together makes us stronger and better as an organisation. We know that some candidates may only apply for a role if they meet all of the criteria. If you want to join our team, we encourage you to apply for any role that matches your skills, capabilities and interests, even if you aren't sure if you meet all of the criteria. If you require assistance or accessibility support from us during the application and selection process, please reach out to [email protected].
A full position description is available below. Applications close Friday 1st August at 5:00pm. Please note that Mercury retains the right to bring a particularly strong candidate through to interview more quickly.
