About the role

The Systems Engineer is an experienced IT infrastructure professional who leads, delivers, and supports BAU and project work. The role keeps Ravensdown’s core infrastructure robust, reliable, secure, high performing, and fit for purpose, while identifying opportunities to better align technology with business strategy.

What you'll do

• Align infrastructure services with Ravensdown’s strategy and business needs.
• Manage the lifecycle, availability, performance, and resilience of key infrastructure components and endpoints.
• Plan, design, implement, and support infrastructure across cloud, storage, networking, security, operating systems, virtualisation, backup, disaster recovery, monitoring, and related applications.
• Support automation, infrastructure as code, and cloud modernisation initiatives to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency.
• Support operational standards, monitoring, and cost optimisation across all platforms.
• Provide after-hours, troubleshooting, and on-call support as required.
• Log incidents, resolve technical issues, and create knowledge articles to support future resolution.
• Manage assigned projects, including scope, timelines, budgets, resources, risks, mitigations, and stakeholder communication.
• Support SecOps activities and work with the Security team to strengthen infrastructure security and resilience.
• Mentor Service Desk Engineers and contribute to their development through knowledge sharing and practical guidance.
• Stay informed on Ravensdown’s IT programme of work and support dependent business platforms.
• Identify technology improvement opportunities and contribute to proposals and recommendations.

About you

The role requires demonstrated practical experience and a thorough understanding of core infrastructure services. The candidate should be dedicated to continuous improvement, highly collaborative, and able to engage with stakeholders both within and outside the business. The position involves working with a collaborative team, where maintaining a positive attitude is important.

Ideal skills & experience

Essential Skills

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least five year's experience in IT infrastructure, systems engineering, or a related area.
• Strong technical problem-solving skills, with the ability to own issues through to resolution.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise Microsoft cloud services, including Microsoft 365.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure platforms, including AWS and Azure.
• Good understanding of end-user computing environments, including build, management, and deployment practices.
• Experience using project methodologies and project management skills to deliver multiple projects.
• Experience working in multi-vendor environments and building strong vendor relationships.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with desktop and application virtualisation platforms and tools.
• Relevant industry certifications from Cisco, Microsoft, AWS, or similar providers.
• Strong networking and security knowledge.
• Experience with IT systems that interface with plant equipment.

Benefits

In return for your skills, we offer a very competitive package that includes an array of insurances, phone, laptop, plus excellent training opportunities in a supportive cooperative environment.

How to apply: Create a profile and submit your CV and Cover letter.

Applications Close: Wednesday 08 July 2026 (Advertised internally only)

About the company

Ravensdown as a co-operative is all about essential farm inputs, and smart people using smart tools with the latest science in mind and our shareholders’ interests at heart. 

Our work is guided by strong values that shape how we operate every day:

We Connect | Whanaungatanga
We Respect | Kaitiakitanga
We Deliver | Kotahitanga

These values are central to our culture and are actively lived, recognised, and celebrated across the organisation.

We are an integral part of the food creation process. We are the only co-operative that tests for, advises about, buys, ships, stores, spreads, measures and maps food creating nutrients and fertiliser in a truly integrated way. 

Using technology, science, and smart people, we work in partnership with our farmers to provide the nutrients and agronomic solutions they need, together with innovative environmental products and services. 

Through this, we are committed to Smarter farming for a better New Zealand, Ka pūkekotia a Rongomātāne, ka poho kererū a Aotearoa

Ravensdown is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. The successful applicant will be required to undergo a pre-employment drug and alcohol test.