Sean Beard

Sean Beard is a seasoned Senior Site Reliability Engineer with extensive experience in various technical roles across multiple organizations. Currently employed at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand since March 2025, Sean has previously held senior engineering positions at DDS IT and the Department of Internal Affairs in New Zealand. Further experience includes a Lead Engineer role at Kiwibank, and prior positions as a DevSecOps Engineer at Roam Digital and Cloud Consultant at The Instillery. Sean's background also encompasses a Cloud Technical Architect role at NTT DATA, Cloud Ops/Design and Build Engineer at Sky New Zealand, Senior Operations Analyst at Tower Insurance, and DMS Systems Analyst at Thomas Cook, demonstrating a diverse skill set in reliability engineering, cloud architecture, and operational analysis.