Senior Network Engineer - Digital Operations

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is dedicated to serving all New Zealanders.

Through integration and collaboration, we're building a health system underpinned by partnership, equity, sustainability, whanau-centred care, and excellence.

About the Role

The Senior Network Engineer provides technical leadership across complex network environments, ensuring the delivery of high-quality solutions and services.

This role is responsible for driving optimisation initiatives, improving service performance, and aligning technical outcomes with organisational standards and best practices.

Working closely with the Team Lead, Engineers, Technical Leads, and vendors, the Senior Network Engineer contributes to technical planning, oversees implementation, and ensures effective issue resolution.

A key aspect of this role is mentoring other engineers and shaping the development of technical standards and processes to support reliable, secure, and scalable network services.

About the Team / Service / Location

The Senior Network Engineer (Te Manawa Taki), Rotorua based, sits within the Network and Communications team, part of the Digital Operations function under the wider Digital Services group.

Reporting into the Practice Lead (Network and Communications Central), this team is responsible for delivering fast, reliable, and secure communication channels across corporate and healthcare facilities.

Their work enables seamless voice and data exchange, supports collaboration, and underpins national standardisation efforts to ensure consistent and equitable digital access across the organisation.

The team plays a vital role in maintaining the digital infrastructure that supports efficient, connected healthcare services.

About you

You will be an experienced network professional with proven expertise in technical planning, solution delivery, and service optimisation.

You'll bring the ability to mentor and guide other engineers while contributing to the development of technical standards and processes.

With strong problem-solving skills and a focus on delivering high-quality outcomes, you ensure network services remain secure, reliable, and aligned to evolving business needs.

You will also have the following skills and experience to support your success in the role :

• Positive attitude and excellent communication skills
• CCNP certification or equivalent
• Excellent operational experience with Cisco switching and routing
• Strong Firewall skillet covering Checkpoint with Fortinet and Palo Alto beneficial
• Enthusiastic technology professional with proven experience in technical leadership and providing expert guidance and oversight across complex IT environments.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in day-to-day technical support roles ensuring service availability, stability, and compliance with technical standards.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the optimisation and improvement of complex IT environments, driving technical initiatives in line with organisational standards and best practices.
• Willingness to travel within the region, participate in an on-call roster and after hours work when required.

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is 'the weaving of wellness'.

We're dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of Aotearoa / New Zealand.

The Equity Work Programme at Health NZ focuses on helping everyone in the health system think about equity when they do their work.

It also promotes the cultural change needed for the whole system to reach equity in health outcomes.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do.

Health New Zealand are committed to being good employers and honouring our equal employment opportunity obligations.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

• We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us.

Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just in formal employment.

If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whanau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.

• We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Maori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To view the position description and / or apply for the role please click "apply now." All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal before 11 : 59pm on Monday 29th September.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact Tegan Gutry at

Whilst Health New Zealand is undergoing change, affected employees will be given preference and priority for this position.