Do you want to help build the future of Aotearoa… Open Plan is looking for an experienced DevOps software Engineer Are you a software developer or engineer? Do you want to use your skills for the public good? Do you love maps, spatial data, flexibility, building data pipelines, open-source tools and cloud native architecture?
If so, we're looking for a third developer to join us on our journey.
We're looking for a committed and experienced DevOps Engineer to join our small but mighty team to lead the development of a cloud native technology platform that helps transform the delivery of civic infrastructure and keeps our critical infrastructure resilient in the face of natural disasters and climate change.
Your skills and expertise will support the following cloud native tools:
The National Forward Works Viewer (www.forwardworks.org.nz): enables organisations to coordinate the delivery of their infrastructure programmes. It's a cloud native platform for federating and analysing spatial data - aggregating planned infrastructure works from multiple organisations into a single repository, enabling organisations to collaborate and coordinate to save money, time and materials. This is an existing tool with a strong customer base. The National Underground Asset Register: a cloud native online map which aggregates subsurface assets from multiple organisations into a single repository, creating an easily accessible, accurate database of underground assets to enable safer and easier excavation. This is a new tool currently in development. You'll be involved in the development process from start to finish, helping develop and size the backlog, building and testing and releasing features, and maintaining the system. Alongside this, we're also building our data pipeline infrastructure.
This role will be supported by our Principal DevOps engineer and provide lots of opportunity for learning and growth. If you have the technical experience outlined below we'd love to hear from you.
Who we are: By joining Open Plan, you'll be part of a friendly, motivated team who are determined to change the status quo of how Aotearoa New Zealand plans and coordinates infrastructure projects and shares data. We have two focus points. The first is providing advice and analysis to public sector clients for large infrastructure programmes. The second is a unique role as the programme lead and managing agent of the Digital Built Aotearoa Foundation (DBAF).
DBAF was established as a charitable trust in 2023 to hold technology solutions that provide a public-good and focus on built infrastructure (road, bridges, pipes, cables etc). DBAF also have a specific focus on technology solutions to support disaster recovery. DBAF, in partnership with Open Plan, want to break down the silos that exist within the infrastructure space, create collaboration opportunities, improve health and safety outcomes within the industry, and enable easy ways in which people can access infrastructure, asset and utility data when it's needed most.
If this sounds interesting, join us! You'll have the opportunity to engage and develop software which enables meaningful change in a huge industry. You'll play a pivotal role in developing both existing and new tools to enable collaboration, with the end goal of improving both infrastructure efficiency and resiliency across the country.
This role offers flexible options—work remotely from home or our shared working space in Christchurch – dogs are allowed if that's a draw!
You'll be working with a small but friendly team at Open Plan, as well as our existing contracted developers. Collaboration, adaptability, flexibility and being responsive to project demands are crucial, as is the ability to work both independently and as part of a wider team.
Work Streams and Responsibilities: As the DevOps engineer you will play an essential role in different major workstreams:
Build, test and deploy our product backlogFull stack developmentBuild and maintain data pipelines and infrastructureMaintaining and updating relevant documentation Must-Have Qualifications, Skills & Experience: Computer Science degree or qualification or extensive experience demonstrating an understanding of computer scienceMinimum of 2 years of commercial web or applications development experienceExcellent communication ability, both written and verbalExceptional attention to detailAbility to learn new technologies as required by the roleAbility to take initiative in improving DevOps systemsExperience developing in cloud native environments We want you to be experienced with the following things Spatial data (particularly formats, i.e GeoJSON)Continual Integration – Continual Development (CI / CD)Application Containerisation (Kubernetes would be a huge advantage)Python / Django Exposure to the following would be beneficial (but not essential) JavaScript / ReactPostgreSQL / PostGIS (Any RDBMS experience is useful)GIS Software (QGIS, ArcGIS, GDAL, GeoServer)Single Sign On (OIDC, oAuth, SAML) Candidates must be based in New Zealand (sorry, we can only consider your application if you are currently resident in NZ).
If you're interested in applying, please contact us today. Please send your CV (a brief covering letter is optional) to the email below.
For more information, please reach out to Angus at Open Plan via email: [email protected]