Solution Architect - Infrastructure & Cloud

This is an opportunity to work across a diverse technology environment, influence enterprise architecture decisions, and help shape the future of one of New Zealand’s most recognised brands. You’ll collaborate with talented technology professionals, contribute to transformational initiatives, and play a key role in defining how technology enables business success. At SkyCity, we value innovation, collaboration, curiosity, and continuous improvement. We foster an environment where people are empowered to challenge thinking, share ideas, and make a meaningful impact., We’re looking for a Solution Architect - Infrastructure & Cloud to join our Architecture team and play a pivotal role in shaping technology solutions that support SkyCity’s strategic direction and digital evolution. Reporting to the Head of Solutioning, you’ll work across projects, product teams, and technology domains to design and guide solutions that align with our architecture principles, roadmaps, and business objectives. As a trusted architecture leader, you’ll provide guidance across cloud, infrastructure, and technology solutions, ensuring platforms and services are fit for purpose, scalable, secure, and aligned with SkyCity’s long-term technology strategy. You’ll partner closely with product teams, ICT leaders, vendors, and business stakeholders to influence solution design and technology decisions across the organisation.

• Designing end-to-end technology, cloud, and infrastructure solutions aligned to strategic roadmaps and architecture principles
• Leading architecture and solution design activities across projects and product teams
• Providing expert advice on cloud platforms, infrastructure, architecture patterns, and technology selection
• Ensuring solutions align with security, infrastructure, application, and business architecture requirements
• Providing thought leadership and mentoring across the wider technology community

Are you an experienced Solution Architect with a passion for cloud, infrastructure, and enterprise technology transformation? Do you enjoy solving complex business challenges and designing scalable, secure, and future-focused solutions?, You’ll be a strategic and pragmatic architect who can connect business requirements with technology outcomes and influence stakeholders at all levels.

• Significant experience in Solution Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, or Cloud Architecture roles
• Strong experience designing enterprise-scale cloud and infrastructure solutions
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, with AWS and GCP experience also highly regarded
• Experience working across infrastructure, cloud, networking, virtualisation, and enterprise technology platform
• Experience working in agile delivery environments and supporting complex technology initiatives

• A supportive, diverse company culture
• Work with a fun and hardworking team
• $2.50 cooked meals in our staff cafeteria (there’s some healthy salads as well)
• Staff convenience store (discounted milk, bread, eggs, butter etc)
• Heavily discounted staff car parking
• Career progression
• Medical insurance
• Discounts at our outlets
• Free trips for you plus one as many times as you like up the Sky Tower (if you like heights and not too busy!)

At SkyCity, our career opportunities are as diverse as our workforce. We don’t just embrace differences; we value and support them. Our hiring is centred on capability and performance, regardless of gender, gender identity, race, origin, age, educational background, disability, or religious beliefs. We’re here to empower you to shine. Our willingness to adapt ensures you can chart your path with us! Join us at SkyCity and be extraordinary by being you.

SkyCity takes its commitment to Host Responsibility seriously. Every member of our team, no matter their role, contributes towards SkyCity’s culture of customer care.