Senior Platform Specialist

Permanent, Full-time (1 FTE)

Reporting to the Digital Technology Manager, this role is responsible for ensuring the stability, integrity, security, and efficient operation of the digital infrastructure at WelTec and Whitireia. Your duties will encompass analysing platform performance, detecting and troubleshooting system problems, and ensuring seamless operations. Working as part of a collaborative infrastructure team, the environment supports 5,000+  staff, tutors, and students across multiple sites.

This is a networking‑focused role with scope to grow into senior responsibilities over time. Working with the team, you will contribute to the design, operation, and continuous improvement of network services across on‑premises and cloud environments. The role also provides supporting capability across server and cloud infrastructure to ensure end‑to‑end connectivity and platform reliability. This role is well suited to an intermediate engineer ready to step up into broader network ownership.

Primary Responsibility: Networking

• Contribute to the design, operation, and continuous improvement of networking services across all aspects of networking, including LAN, WAN, Wi‑Fi, firewalling, and security
• Working with the team and vendors to design, implement, and maintain robust, reliable, and secure network connectivity across cloud and on‑premises environments
• Participate in the delivery of network-related initiatives, working alongside the wider infrastructure team.

• Monitor network performance, identify issues, and proactively drive improvements to reliability and user experience
• Work closely with other infrastructure and platform specialists to ensure the network is fit-for-purpose and supports organisational needs

Secondary Responsibilities: Server infrastructure

• Develops working knowledge of cloud infrastructure services, particularly Microsoft 365 and Azure, and supports these platforms as part of a wider team.
• Will also have responsibility for support and maintenance of other Cloud areas such as Messaging and Identity, Microsoft Cloud Suite of Applications, Remote Access,
• Security, Monitoring, Backup/DR.
• Will maintain Windows server technologies (areas such as AD, DNS, DHCP, GPO’s, NPS etc) and applications, along with development and maintenance of powershell scripting and automation.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Strong enterprise or large-scale networking experience in complex environments
• Solid understanding of network security principles and best practices
• Experience supporting hybrid or cloud-connected infrastructure
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills

Advantageous (but not required)

• Experience with Extreme Networks and/or Aerohive 
• Experience in education or large user environments

Development & Growth
We are open to supporting the right candidate to grow into broader responsibility over time. This role offers hands‑on exposure to enterprise‑scale networking, cloud connectivity, and modern infrastructure practices, with mentoring and development opportunities available.

About Us

Whitireia and WelTec have been strategic partners since 2012, delivering a range of career training choices and vast opportunities for schools, staff and students. Now we’re one of New Zealand’s most impressive, globally competitive tertiary institutions. Together, will lead and illuminate our communities through tertiary education.

We are known for our distinctiveness (Ahureitanga) and we have special relationships with mana whenua WelTec with Te Ātiawa and Whitireia with Ngāti Toa. Together, we are more than the sum of our parts.

 Mā tātou, mō tātou Ko WelTec ki Te Ātiawa, ko Whitireia ki Ngāti Toa. E haere kōtui nei me kura-takahi-puni tātou.

 Whitireia & WelTec’s vision (Whakakitenga) is:

 Learning together. Transforming lives. Te ako ngātahi. Te whakaahua kētanga o te tangata

How to apply | Me pēhea te tono

Click on the "Apply Now" and complete the online application form.  Please note it is important that you complete all sections of the online application.

For other information please email recruitment@wandw.ac.nz

Applications close: 15 April 2026