Haere Mai!

We are the Kaitiaki / Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation. We are proud of our Te Whāinga / Our purpose: Sustainable investment delivering strong returns for all New Zealanders. We invest government contributions to the NZ Super Fund, a global investment fund helping to ensure the country can pay for the growing cost of universal superannuation (New Zealand Superannuation) in the future. We also oversee the Elevate Fund, which invests in small, fast-growing New Zealand companies.

At the Guardians there’s an energy, passion and a shared commitment to excellence: in 2022 the NZ Super Fund was named the world’s best-performing sovereign wealth fund. The work is complex, innovative and intellectually stimulating. Sustainable finance, including a commitment to being net zero by 2050, is core to our Mātāpono / way of working.

The Data Technology team is responsible for the delivery and operation of the data platform and investment data that is required at the Guardians.  These services must be maintained to be timely, reliable, trusted and well understood by our investment professionals to support our investment decision-making.  Data are ingested from a range of global market data suppliers and vendors, including the New Zealand Superannuation Fund’s (“the Fund”) custodian, order and trade management system, and various other market data suppliers.   

About the position

The Data Operations Engineer will be responsible for the stable operation of the Investment Data Platform (Snowflake, ADF and Coalesce), and you will be responsible for:

• Monitoring and supporting the platform to ensure system and data availability for core business functions can proceed during business hours.
• Liaising with business and technology teams and our data vendors to proactively resolve data operational issues which are escalated by the Level 1 Service Desk support team.
• Facilitating recovery, following resolution of incidents. Ensuring that resolved incidents are properly documented and closed.
• Initiating and monitoring actions to investigate and resolve problems in systems, processes and services.
• Analysing causes of incidents, and working with business owners to minimise probability of recurrence, and contributing to service improvement. 
• Continually improving operational performance and efficiency. This includes creation, maintenance and cataloguing of documentation, development of basic automation scripts, workarounds and minor bug fixes where appropriate.
• Acting in an advisory capacity, liaising with users and relaying back to the development teams as to tasks that could/should be prioritised for development.

About you

To be considered in this role you will ideally have a strong Information Systems background and a data focus with reasonable SQL experience.  Working within Agile/ Scrum/ Kanban environments is beneficial, and some experience in C# and Python would be advantageous.  

• Able to reliably work on daily maintenance processes unsupervised; able to effectively collaborate to investigate and manage more complex issues.
• Detail oriented and analytical thinking, with a structured approach to problem solving, process design and execution.
• Some understanding of standard ETL/ELT and data warehouse type patterns, sFTP and API type technologies.  Experience with Snowflake, ADF and Coalesce would be an advantage, but a demonstrated ability to learn and upskill on new technologies is critical.
• Capital markets domain knowledge is desirable, with asset management or buy-side domain knowledge preferred.

 What we offer  

• A dynamic, exciting place to work with a team united by our common purpose of sustainable investment delivering strong returns for all New Zealanders.
• Competitive remuneration package including base salary, discretionary bonus programme, and up to 8% KiwiSaver matching.
• World class professional development, career pathways and job rotation opportunities.
• Comprehensive leave and benefits programme including strong parental leave package and insurance cover.
• Flexible and accessible work environment that reflects our commitment to equity and an inclusive team.

  
How to apply: 
We encourage and welcome applications from people with diverse experience, including applicants interested in discussing flexible work options and those with specific disability needs. As a proudly committed equal opportunity employer, we challenge discrimination and actively work to eliminate bias in our hiring practices. Diversity of experience and diversity of background help us to solve complex problems and deliver on our purpose. 

We recognise the importance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and invest in partnership with a range of Iwi/Māori organisations. We warmly welcome and value Mana Whenua who wish to work with us. We are committed to understanding Te Ao Māori and integrating it into our workplace culture, for the benefit of all future generations in Aotearoa. 

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