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Site Reliability Engineer - Kafka

HAYSCBD, Auckland City, New ZealandContractSalary not listed · Typical pay in New ZealandPosted Oct 28, 2026

HAYS has an opening for a Site Reliability Engineer - Kafka in CBD, Auckland City, New Zealand. It is listed as a contract position.

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HAYS has an opening for a Site Reliability Engineer - Kafka in CBD, Auckland City, New Zealand. It is listed as a contract position.

Skills and tools named in the text include Kafka and SRE.

No salary is given in this listing, so check the official pay figures in the DGJ Insight section below where they exist.

The advert does not mention visa sponsorship. If you would move to New Zealand for this job, check the official work permit route first (DGJ Insight lists it where we have it).

Dev Global Jobs found this job on Adzuna on Oct 28, 2026.

Employer
HAYS
Location
CBD, Auckland City, New Zealand
Job type
Contract
Pay
Not stated by the employer
Found
Oct 28, 2026 on Adzuna
Employer text
73 words, about 1 min to read
Skills named in the advert
KafkaSRE
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Updated Nov 6, 2026
Pay benchmark
Average wage, New Zealand
NZD 93,116 average / year

Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025

Cost of living · New Zealand 2
79.1 vs New York = 100

UN living-cost index for New Zealand 2 (ICSC post adjustment 38.9), as of 1 Oct 2026.

Source: ICSC post adjustment classifications (icsc.un.org)

Work permit route
  • Accredited Employer Work Visa: Job offer from an accredited employer at the wage threshold
  • Skilled Migrant Category resident visa: Points-based
  • Green List roles: Fast-track residence for listed occupations

Official routes: Immigration New Zealand

Job description

About the role

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Contract role for Site Reliability Engineer based in Auckland Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Location: Auckland About the roleWe're looking for an SRE to keep critical banking platforms reliable, scalable and secure. You will work with engineering and platform teams to improve system reliability, automate operational work and strengthen monitoring across production environments. Kafka is central to the role, so hands-on experience running and supporting it in production is a must. What you'll …

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