Cloud Operations Lead

About the role:

As Cloud Operations Lead, you’ll be responsible for our hybrid cloud platforms, setting the standard for cloud performance and providing operational leadership to our Cloud Operations Engineering team. Reporting to the Head of Digital Platforms, you’ll operate across platform functions, architecture and security, playing a critical role in ensuring our Digital Platforms are fit for purpose and support business-critical retail and supply chain services as intended.

Leading the day-to-day action and continuous improvement of platforms across AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and on-premises environments, you’ll ensure services are resilient and scalable. The role collaborates with our architecture team, but the focus is on operations rather than architecture design.

About you:

You’ll be an experienced cloud professional with a strong capability in executing tasks, problem solving and system improvements. You’ll bring leadership experience and the ability to drive outcomes across teams. Ideally, you’ll also bring:

• Strong technical knowledge with experience operating and supporting cloud environments (AWS, Azure and/or GCP).
• Comfortable working across multiple teams with the ability to communicate and escalate operational risk appropriately.
• Proven background in cloud operations, infrastructure support, or site reliability engineering roles.
• Solid understanding of observability practices, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and on-call operations.
• Experience applying Infrastructure as Code, automation, and DevSecOps-aligned ways of working.
• Practical understanding of cloud security, networking, identity, and platform resilience fundamentals.
• Strong troubleshooting capability in complex, production-scale technical environments.
• Clear communicator, able to translate technical issues and operational impact for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Don't Meet Every Requirement?

We encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for individuals with diverse experiences and are keen to hear from those who believe they have the drive and potential to succeed in this role.

How to apply:

Ready to take on the challenge? Click “apply” now! Applications will close Sunday 7 June 2026 and will only be accepted via our careers site.

If you have any questions about the role, or experience any issues submitting your application, please email careers@foodstuffs-si.co.nz

Join us in feeding the South Island.

Why join us?

• Our approach to flexible working is based on trusting and empowering our people to manage their time and deliver results while balancing the needs of their personal lives.
• We’re committed to equitable outcomes, and we offer additional paid parental leave, free period products and financial health checks to name a few.
• We support your wellbeing with Southern Cross health insurance for you and your family after a qualifying period, discounts at local gyms, access to online wellbeing tools, and a prayer and privacy room onsite.
• We offer continuous learning and professional growth, as well as access to our extensive online training library and endless opportunities.
• We’re proud of our supportive team environment, and our positive and friendly culture that’s made fun by Furry Friend Fridays and monthly social events!
• We’re a Pride Pledge organisation, and we are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives, every day and we celebrate our diversity as strength.
• Our Papanui based office has free carparking, an in-house café.

About us:

We’re a team of 14,000 who make sure South Islanders have access to the groceries and essentials they need. Proudly 100% Kiwi-owned and operated, our co-operative has more than 180 PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square and On the Spot stores feeding the South Island.

We value being at the heart of our communities, like we’ve always been, to make the South Island a better place – for today and for many generations to come. From sunny Golden Bay all the way to Stewart Island, there’s a Foodstuffs store serving you and your whānau.

Our success is down to our people who bring their skills, experience, passion, and expertise to make Foodies an amazing and rewarding place to work. Our co-op has a wide variety of roles to offer, and endless opportunities for development.

Our values:

At Foodies, together we drive success to be our best and care for our whānau. We recognise that it takes a collective effort to achieve success, and we thrive on fostering a culture of collaboration to drive innovation and embracing challenges as a united team. We are committed to supporting our people, and to positively impact the lives of South Islanders every day.