Cloud Infrastructure Architect

The Role

Fisher & Paykel is an iconic New Zealand brand, a global company with a strong local heritage. Our origins inspire our culture of curiosity and passion to develop solutions designed around people - these are some of the core elements that make us unique.

We are driven by our values of being trusted, sustainably minded, innovative, generous, and curious. As a team we take a collaborative approach and have a working environment where all ideas are heard, evaluated, and tested against our leading goal - to be the world's most human-centered appliance brand.

This role plays a critical role in optimizing the organization's existing cloud infrastructure and supporting the design of scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions for new projects. Operating across both AWS and Azure environments, this senior-level position works closely with multiple teams to ensure that the infrastructure designs align with business needs and industry standards. The architect contributes directly to the organization's strategic goals by accelerating cloud adoption, reducing operational costs, and promoting architectural consistency across a multi-cloud landscape. With a hands‑on approach and deep expertise in cloud-native tooling, the role is instrumental in shaping the future of cloud platforms within a dynamic and evolving environment.

Design and deliver scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure solutions in collaboration with application, security, integration, and operations teams.

Provide technical leadership and architectural oversight across multi-cloud environments, ensuring consistency, compliance, and alignment with governance standards.

Develop and maintain architecture documentation, roadmaps, and best practices to support strategic planning and project delivery.

Actively contribute to architecture review forums, presenting designs, updates, and recommendations for approval and alignment.

Drive cloud cost optimization and operational efficiency through proactive analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.

Stay ahead of emerging technologies and effectively communicate complex architectural concepts to both technical and business stakeholders.

That’s the role, so who are you?

Extensive experience in senior cloud engineering or architecture roles, delivering infrastructure solutions across AWS and Azure environments.

Proven hands‑on expertise with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, and strong understanding of cloud-native services and automation practices.

Solid background in DevOps environments, including CI / CD pipelines, system monitoring, and incident response.

Strong capability in optimizing cloud infrastructure for performance, scalability, security, and cost-efficiency, with practical experience in cost management tools and methods.

Demonstrated experience designing and implementing cloud governance, security, and compliance frameworks to ensure architectural integrity.

Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

What we offer

Our environment is designed to allow people to thrive. Our culture is one in which our people can constantly develop, working alongside a team of talented and skilled professionals. At Fisher & Paykel you will have opportunities for growth and exposure to a variety of things within a global organisation.

You will be part of a team-based culture that offers great development opportunities, a challenging and supportive work environment, leading technology, work / life balance, competitive remuneration, superannuation scheme and a full on‑site subsidised cafeteria (Auckland) and free car parking.

Please note : This job is set to close on 14 / 11 / 2025.

Fisher & Paykel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law.

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