Westpac

Platform Engineer - Kafka

Westpac
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1 day ago
Sydney, AustraliaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Administer and support Confluent Kafka environments.
  • Provide administrative support and practical troubleshooting for initiatives onboarding to Kafka.
  • Assist teams with Kafka solution development and testing.
  • Support production issue resolution.
  • Provide basic solution architecture and operational guidance.
  • Support Kafka developers and provide practical guidance to delivery teams.
  • Engage with stakeholders and delivery teams.

Requirements

  • Strong hands-on experience administering and supporting Confluent Kafka environments.
  • Good working knowledge of Confluent Kafka administration, basic solution architecture, and operations.
  • Experience supporting Kafka developers through onboarding, solution development, testing, and production issue resolution.
  • Experience with Confluent Schema Registry and Avro is highly preferred.
  • Experience with Confluent Cloud is preferred but not essential.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Benefits

  • Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including employee-only mortgage rates.
  • Flexible work arrangements and multiple leave options, including Culture, Lifestyle, and Wellbeing leave.
  • Tailored learning and development opportunities within the bank.
  • Opportunities to participate in community volunteering initiatives.
  • The posting is tagged as hybrid (#LI-Hybrid).

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About Westpac

10,000+ employees

Westpac is an Australian banking group that provides retail, business, and institutional banking, payments, and wealth/insurance services to consumers and enterprises. Founded in 1817 and headquartered in Sydney, it operates across Australia and New Zealand under brands including Westpac, St.George, BankSA, Bank of Melbourne, BT Financial Group, and RAMS. Its business model centers on deposit-taking, lending, and financial services fees delivered via branches, digital channels, and partner networks.

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