Lead Integration Consultant

Lead the technical delivery of Azure integration projects for some well-known New Zealand organisations. As a Lead Integration Consultant in Theta's Digital Integration team, you'll be the hands-on technical lead for your assigned projects. You'll make detailed design decisions, work closely with our architects and customer stakeholders, lead the team that builds the solution, and own the quality of what you deliver.

About this role | Mō tēnei tūranga mahi

Theta’s Digital practice is full of supportive, exceptional integration specialists and leads who can help take your professional journey to the next level. We design, develop, and implement innovative, leading-edge solutions for our customers using the best that is available in the Microsoft Hybrid Integration space. We are looking for a Lead Integration Consultant to be a part of the Digital Integration team where you’ll be engaged in cloud and hybrid integration projects, largely around the Microsoft stack. This role can be based in either Wellington or Auckland. You’ll bring innovative ideas to each solution, where quality counts and your insights matter.

You’ll get to work in a very supportive environment, with a team of brilliant minds and thought leaders, where opportunities for continued learning and growth are always available.

Skills and experience | Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako

What you'll do

• Lead the technical delivery of integration projects from detailed design through build, testing, and handover.

• Make design decisions within the overall solution design. Choose the right Azure services and patterns to meet customer requirements.

• Build resilient solutions. Plan for resiliency, idempotency, error handling, dead-lettering, and monitoring.

• Design and build APIs using Azure API Management, including policies, security, and versioning.

• Get security and operations right in the build, including Entra ID, managed identities, private networking, and observability.

• Write code when the work requires it. Solve complex issues and set the quality standard for the team's output.

• Lead and mentor the delivery team. Review designs and code and raise the capability of the engineers around you.

• Contribute to scoping and estimation for new work alongside Theta architects and project managers

• What you'll bring

• 5+ years delivering integration solutions on Azure, including time working as the technical lead on an impactful project.

• Deep production experience with Azure Integration Services: API Management, Service Bus, Event Grid, Logic Apps, and Azure Functions.

• Strong knowledge of integration patterns and when to apply them.

• Experience making detailed design decisions and being accountable for how the solution behaves in production.

• Working knowledge of the wider Azure platform: identity, networking, security, and monitoring.

• Customer facing experience and strong communication skills. You can explain technical concepts clearly to both engineers and business stakeholders, understand and communicate the business context and be a trusted technical adviser.

Nice to have:

• Prior consulting experience

• A background in C# and modern .NET development

• Experience working with IaC (Terraform preferred)

• Experience using GenAI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and delivery

• About us | Mō mātou

• We have 30 years of experience as a New Zealand-owned technology consultancy. We take pride in our multicultural and diverse team of circa 280 skilled professionals. Our offices are in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington, and Christchurch.

• Working with clients in both the public and private sectors, we strive to deliver innovative solutions and enable smarter outcomes. Our company attracts some of the brightest minds in the industry, as we foster a culture of excellence and continuous learning.

Our values are:

• Our people are our greatest asset.

• We conduct business ethically.

• Invention, imagination and creativity are the foundation for growth.

• We work with positive energy, enjoyment, humour and work/life balance.

• Excellence is our passion and we deliver what we promise – or more!

• We strive to take a pragmatic approach to all of our activities

• We value and appreciate our natural environment and seek to play our part to maintain it!

• Benefits of working at Theta | Ngā hua ka puta i te mahi ki Theta

• Theta offers a family friendly work environment with flexible work hours where practical; especially relevant for caregivers. We embrace gender equality and are committed to providing a supportive, diverse and inclusive work environment.

• Theta is committed to giving back to the community and are avid supporters of Cure Kids. We compete in various adventure races and do many other things to raise money for Cure Kids. And we make time for the fun things in life!

We currently provide the following benefits to ensure your professional development and personal wellbeing:

• Professional growth and learning opportunities

• A competitive salary (commensurate with experience)

• Hybrid working model – from a minimum of 2 days in the office

• Fully subsidised medical insurance for employees

• Heavily discounted medical insurance for immediate family of employees

• Enhanced parental leave payment – salary top-ups plus return-to-work incentive

• Volunteer days

• Internal Referral Incentive

• Staff Assistance Programme

• Annual Flu injections

• Sick leave from your first day on board

• Remote working options where practical and mutually agreed

• Daily fresh fruit basket, coffee machine, wide selection of teas and biscuits in all of our offices.

• We are also an accredited employer with INZ

• Please note, all potential employees will be required to consent to a Ministry of Justice criminal record check.

• We are only accepting applications from those already residing in NZ with the relevant visas.