Ko wai mātou – About us

Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE and Four Square right? That’s us!

With 300+ stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life. Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.

Our Support Centre is 1,000+ people strong, which includes 300+ IT employees, who all play a vital role in ensuring the cogs of our Co-op stay turning and our systems stay ‘byte’-sized and ‘bug’-free.”.

Te Tūranga – About the role

At Foodstuffs, we’re looking for a DevOps Engineer , you'll play a key role in building, supporting and continuously improving the platforms that power our business. You'll be at the heart of our Digital Operations team, designing and improving modern DevOps practices that enable fast, secure and reliable delivery. From building Infrastructure as Code and optimising CI/CD pipelines to automating operational processes and improving platform reliability, you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact every day.

Working with cloud technologies, automation tools and modern engineering practices, you'll help ensure our critical platforms remain resilient, secure and always available.

What you’ll do

• Design, build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using modern DevSecOps practices to create scalable, secure and resilient platforms.
• Develop, optimise and support CI/CD pipelines, ensuring reliable deployments and quickly resolving issues that impact delivery.
• Automate operational processes to improve efficiency, consistency and system reliability while reducing manual effort.
• Investigate and resolve complex infrastructure and platform incidents, working collaboratively across engineering teams to restore services and prevent repeat occurrences.
• Contribute to the development of DevSecOps standards, operational documentation and best practices while sharing knowledge and mentoring teammates.
• Help ensure our business-critical platforms remain secure, resilient and available 24x7, supporting the technology that keeps our stores, distribution centres and digital services running every day.
Helping foster a positive, collaborative culture while living the Foodstuffs values every day.

Ngā painga - What we offer

We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits

• Free carparking, we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including 36 EV plugs

• Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores

• Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday

• Inhouse learning and development courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes)

He kōrero mōu - About you

• A Bachelor's degree or tertiary qualification in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent.
• 3+ years' experience in a DevOps, Platform Engineering or similar role.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure, Linux administration and scripting (Bash, Python or similar).
• Experience with tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, Ansible, Maven, Git or equivalent.
• A passion for continuous improvement, automation and building reliable, secure platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to solve complex technical challenges.
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset, with experience working in Agile teams.

Why Join Foodies?

Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.

We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.

We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.

If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to Recruitment.Foodstuffs@foodstuffs.co.nz . Accessibility support could include, interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.

Don’t ‘cart’ around – apply now!