Analyst Programmer

Worker Type:
Permanent
Here at BNZ, it's about more than just banking. We work together in an agile, energising environment to create innovative solutions through our promise "If you can imagine a better future, let's find a way."
We support wellbeing, flexible working and have a generous leave offering. There is the opportunity for growth, learning and career development. No two days are the same.
We have a permanent opportunity for an Analyst Programmer to join Cards & Payments Domain in Technology.
Mō te Tūranga | About the Role
As an Analyst Programmer, you will be responsible for being agile and progressing the design, build and implementation of technology solutions to meet our business and customers’ needs. You will support and continually improve our systems, working with the business, technology and industry professionals to determine requirements and deliver what is needed.
We sat down with our Engineering Lead, and they let us know the following about the role.
What are 5 day to day tasks the person in this role will complete?
The successful candidate will join a team in Cards and Payments domain and will be part of the team that:
Monitor inbox and incident queue, investigate customer queries, collaborate to troubleshoot and look for ways to continually improve.
Analyse, develop and optimise applications and systems that run on mainframe computers using COBOL, JCL and other programming languages.
Working with various cloud services (e.g compute, databases, networking) to build and deploy applications while ensuring application performance.
Provides Production Support including afterhours on-call for our systems to ensure they are continually available for our customers.
Support the Product Owner to recognise opportunities for stakeholders to leverage from existing functionality and make recommendations to increase or improve the usability of our systems and processes.

What projects / work will the candidate be working on now and into the next year?
We are a busy team with many opportunities, the ideal candidate will need to work on BAU incidents and request as well as compliance and upgrades.


The biggest rock for us now is the migration or our critical cards app from Mainframe to cloud.
What is your favourite thing about working for BNZ?
Definitely the people but also the incredible workplace culture, the camaraderie among colleagues, and the extensive benefits that support a healthy work-life balance.
What technical skills are required for this role?
We are looking for someone with experience working with IBM Mainframe Cobol CICS using Endevor & SOAPUI and has experience in Cards / Switching.


We are also looking for someone who has experience with Cloud and DevOps agile development tools like Bitbucket, GIT, Terraform, Ansible and Jenkins.


What attributes will this person display in order to be successful in this role?
The ideal candidate would be a communicable person, who is open and authentic, quick learner and supportive team player. Also, a keen eye for spotting performance issues and the ability to not only solve these issues but look for ways to continually improve and learn from those issues.
Nau Mai ki te Pēke o Aotearoa | Come to the Bank of New Zealand
Applications close 11:55pm, Thursday 31 July 2025.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday.
Please note that the salary range for this position is Hay 15: $88,800 - $111,000.
This is an exciting opportunity to join us! We're bold thinkers who are taking brave steps to create a company that people want to work for, and customers want to bank with. If you're ready to join a fun organisation where we are proud of our culture and how we are helping New Zealander's to 'Find their way', then show your interest by submitting your application - we can't wait to read it.
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini" - Success is not the work of an individual, but the work of many.”
Closing Date: 31 July 2025

New Zealand
Wellington
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