Database Engineer Lead - Auckland, Christchurch - 62024 - Spark

General information

Location

Auckland, Christchurch

Expertise

Technology

Job Level

Experienced

Employment Type

Permanent full-time

Close Date

31-Aug-2025

Ref #

62024

Description & Requirements

Spark NZ

As New Zealand's largest telecommunications and digital services company, Spark's purpose is to help all of New Zealand win big in a digital world. We provide mobile, broadband, and digital services to millions of New Zealanders and thousands of New Zealand businesses.

We operate in an exciting and constantly evolving industry, where the pace of change brings new and unique challenges every day, so we operate using Agile ways of working to allow us to meet the fast-changing needs of our customers. Agile replaces the traditional hierarchical organisational structure to produce a transparent, collaborative environment with highly productive teams who are empowered to deliver better outcomes for our customers, communities, and all of New Zealand.

About the Role:

This SQL Data Engineer Lead role sits within the Cloud team and is responsible for the development of database systems, including:

Developing and continuously enhancing existing database products to enhance client facing portals, internal portals, data syncs, micro-services, reporting etc.
Integration of new vendor services into existing database systems
Maintaining and enhancing security standards and approaches
Supporting billing and reporting initiatives
On-call 24 by 7 rotational roster

In this role, you will apply your experience of the agile SDLC in a complex database product, in a complex technical landscape, supporting NZ’s largest government and commercial organisations, to a very high security standard.

You will bring:

Growth Mind Set – you are adaptable and open to change and learning, as well as sharing knowledge and experience.
Collaborative Ownership – you take ownership of your own actions and collaborate well with others across a diverse group of people.
Passionate about Client Success – you do what you say you will do, when you said you would do it, and you push for better outcomes.

Day to day you will be involved in:

Defining new systems and platforms architecture and designs and owning relevant architecture and designs once in operation.
Defining technical specifications, ensuring the security, performance and scalability of the environment is maintained
SQL team workload, including backlog grooming and sizing, task implementation
Billing, Reporting & CMDB continuous improvement for operational efficiencies and enhancements as per business needs
Documenting business rules and operational procedures
SQL team’s on-call roster for operational support of MySQL and MS SQL systems.
Independently identifies the root cause of problems, working across system boundaries to identify and implement solutions to these.
Works with a cross-functional teams of infrastructure specialists, developers, BAs and testers.
Support all working processes (including providing constructive feedback on processes and works towards continual service improvement).
Ensures organisations security processes and policies are adhered to.
Participates in agile meetings (including backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives)
Complete deployment activities (including adhering to the documented change management and release management processes).

What experience you'll bring?

Minimum 5 years’ experience of database development/engineering using MS SQL Server, MySQL, Postgres or similar plus Power BI
Excellent knowledge of large-scale distributed systems and cloud computing
Excellent knowledge of systems development lifecycle incl. design, testing and release using Azure DevOps, Jira or similar
Experience in systems integration, API development (e.g. REST, SOAP, WDSL), and MS SQL Server Integration Services
Good knowledge of infrastructure technology (incl. server, network, storage and data) desired
Good knowledge of security best practices
PowerShell, Bash or similar

WHY CHOOSE US:

Diversity and Inclusion: Te Kanorau me te Whakawhāiti mai

At Spark, we are constantly looking for ways to build a more inclusive culture.  Our vision is for diversity and inclusion to be "how things are done at Spark", embedded into our day-to-day activities, standards, and business practices.  We want you to feel totally comfortable bringing your whole self to work regardless of your gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, or ability.

Sustainability: Toitū

Sustainability is a key focus for us.  We are dedicated to supporting Aotearoa New Zealand's recovery and economic transformation.  The principle of equity is at the very heart of our approach, and we remain committed to working in partnership to make a positive contribution to digital equity in line with our focus on Diversity and Inclusion.

Benefits: Awhina

Our people matter and we make sure we look after them. As a valued employee of Spark, we've got our people covered with a range of leading benefits including:

Wellbeing - Comprehensive medical insurance, life and income protection.  Access to wellbeing coaches, EAP and in-house Specialist Clinical support through our leading Mahi Tahi Wellness programme.

Hybrid ways of working - for most teams at Spark this means being in the office for 4 days a week, and 1 day being flexible.

Leave - in addition to four weeks annual leave, we offer purchased leave, enhanced parental leave support and study leave.

Spark Credit – we provide permanent employees with $120 monthly Spark credit to use on any of our amazing products.

Spark Share scheme – periodically we offer the opportunity to buy into our share scheme.

Career development – access to an internal marketplace that connects employees with experiential, on the job learning across Spark.

Due to the nature and urgency of this role, we are only considering applicants that are based in New Zealand with permanent residency, citizenship, or a valid work visa (with at least 18 months remaining).

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