What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Platform Engineer position at Commonwealth Bank of Australia?
Senior Platform Engineer
You are passionate about simplifying and enriching people's work experiences.
We are a team consisting of visionary thinkers dedicated to shaping the future of banking.
Together we can develop industry-leading product lifecycles that enhance capabilities, support people, and leverage technology.
Do work that matters
We're building tomorrow’s bank today, which means we need creative and diverse engineers to help us redefine what customers expect from a bank. Envisioning new technologies that are still waiting to be invented and reimagining products that support our customers and help build Australia’s future economy.
Here, you'll have the chance to bring your passion to life by working with the latest technology on groundbreaking projects that deliver a seamless and unmatched customer experience.
See yourself in our team
Be a part of Risk Technology team, where you’ll create, manage and optimise the platforms used to power our entire business, and perform application support. You’ll have the opportunity to take responsibility for continuous improvement, ensuring our systems are simpler, faster and more secure.
Bring your expertise in DevOps, automation and platform engineering to shape up the future of Risk Technology.
We’re interested in hearing from people who:
Have hands-on experience in Platform Engineering or a similar role within a DevOps environment
Demonstrated advanced proficiency in scripting languages (Python, PowerShell, or Bash) and experience of at least one programming language (Java).
Hands-on experience of Cloud native technologies with AWS, Docker, and EKS/Kubernetes.
Are constantly demonstrating strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with a proactive approach to debugging and problem-solving.
Are comfortable in designing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions/Teamcity.
Pride themselves on their strong background in deploying and managing monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk) to ensure system reliability and performance.
Have a focus on automation and building efficient systems.
Have ability to understand/develop configuration (helm/yaml) and deployment of containerised software application in different envs.
Provide application support and maintenance.
Tech skills
We use a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. We don’t expect you to know them all but our Senior Platform Engineer should have diversified strengths and broad range of skillsets.
Design and implement secure CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions/Teamcity.
Develop and maintain automated infrastructure with a focus on scripting and programming.
Build, deploy, and manage containerised applications using Docker and EKS/Kubernetes.
Optimise AWS cloud infrastructure for performance and scalability.
Automate workflows to improve system efficiency and resilience.
Integration, knowledge of MQs, REST APIs and Kafka.
Good knowledge of RDBMS – Oracle or PostGres.
Software configuration, packaging and deployment/upgrades in different envs.
Understanding of ETL data pipelines using AbInitio will be desirable.
Ability to interface with wider team of platform and data engineers, Product Owners, Chapter Leads and have good experience in DevOps.
Work in Agile Scrum team with Product owner, to deliver platform engineering tasks and activities in sprints towards application support and maintenance.
Working with us:
Whether you’re passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank is for you.
We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half your time each month connecting in our Sydney office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work for you.
Here, you’ll thrive. You’ll be supported when faced with challenges and empowered to tackle new opportunities. We’re hiring engineers from across all of Australia and have opened technology hubs in Melbourne and Perth. We really love working here, and we think you will too.
If this sounds like you, apply now!
If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.
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