Solution Specialist

Ko wai mātou | About us   

Ko tō mātou kaupapa nui ko te tuku atu i tō mātou pūngao ki te wāhi e tika ana, kia whakahaukino kore ai i te rāngai pūngao o Aotearoa me te whakatairanga atu i te #changematters.  E kaingākau ana mātou mō tō mātou whāinga matua, ā, e whakahīhī ana anō mātou i te iwi tangata kei muri i a mātou e whaiwhai ana i te whāinga kotahi.  Nā runga i tēnei whāinga teitei, tērā pea ka ui ake koe ki a koe anō--ka pēhea tēnei āheinga e tautoko ana i tētehi Aotearoa pai ake, Aotearoa mā ake?

Our purpose is to put our energy where it matters, to decarbonise the New Zealand energy sector and promote #changematters.  We are passionate about our mission and proud to have a tribe of people behind us working towards a common purposes.  With such an ambitious goal, you might ask yourself – how does this opportunity help support a better, cleaner NZ?

Here’s the exciting part

Essentially, you’ll be a people centric technology enabler (specifically SharePoint). You get the exciting challenge of driving high-quality level of service to the enterprise across a variety of technologies. The old saying of no two days will be the same, this couldn’t be truer of this position. You’ll get involved in BAU and exciting projects. You’ll be part of all the action.

There is a clear focus on collaborating and supporting new and improved functionality across the enterprise within the SOE. Not only that, but we also have a culture that supports diversity of thought, your opinion matters. This means you are not afraid to share your thoughts (especially if it means we can do an even better job than we are now). Here’s a snap shot of some of your new tasks:

• Shape the SharePoint and modern work place technical direction for current and future technology -hands on working with the business to meet their requirements and this vision.
• Design and deliver great user experience covering & M365, Azure Policies and Security (MDM, MDI, MDE)  -
• Implement and system configuration; vendor integration and security as needed.
• Talk comfortably about Microsoft Modern Desktop environments - including Windows 10,  Autopilot, M365 product suites,, Office 365, SharePoint, MS Teams, Application packaging, Power Apps. 
• Implementing and operating secure cloud environments and authentication solutions including Hybrid Azure AD joined domains, Conditional Access, Windows Hello for Business, Single Sign on for apps.
• Automation/configuration management and tools for cloud platforms (power automate)

What we’d love to see in your application

You’ll have plenty of stories to share with the team where your customer focus approach has helped you succeed coupled with your expertise in some cool foundational pieces of work such as Active Directory, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), Firewalls, Networks,  VPN’s. Here’s a few other things to note;

• Knowledge and experience of using Cloud platforms like Azure or AWS. 
• Working knowledge/experience writing complex logical expressions or SQL and scripting (PowerShell) to support system workflow design and implementation.
• Demonstrate agile ability to effectively prioritize, collaborate with Support teams and execute tasks in a fast-paced team environment

He mea nui ngā paki kōrero ki a mātou i Contact, nā reira, mēnā kei a koe tētehi e hāngai pea ana ki tā mātou e kimi nei i tēnei tūranga kei raro iho nei--kei te hiahia mātou kia whakapā mai ai koe!

We are big on stories here at Contact, so if you have one that you think might align with what we are looking for in the role below – we would love to hear from you!

Contact Energy is committed to being an inclusive employer. We want people to be themselves, after all, they can't be anyone else!

Please note, only candidates with the right to live and work in New Zealand will be considered for this role.