Responsibilities
- Design and build reusable platform services, APIs, tooling, automation, and internal developer platform capabilities.
- Create tested infrastructure, deployment patterns, operational practices, and self-service capabilities for engineering teams.
- Build secure, resilient, scalable, observable, and cost-effective platform solutions.
- Implement SLOs, recovery capabilities, security controls, and compliance practices across platforms and delivery pipelines.
- Diagnose incidents and performance issues and drive continuous operational improvement.
- Partner with product, engineering, and security teams to identify recurring needs and develop reusable platform capabilities.
- Influence technical decisions and engineering practices across the team and adjacent engineering teams.
Requirements
- Experience designing, building, and operating platform or internal developer platform capabilities.
- Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP; Kubernetes; Docker; Linux; and networking.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, OpenTofu, or Ansible.
- Experience with GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux and CI/CD platforms including GitHub Enterprise and Harness.
- Experience with observability platforms such as Prometheus or OpenTelemetry.
- Knowledge of API-first and distributed systems design, security engineering, and software supply chain controls.
- Software engineering capability, ideally using Go, Rust, or TypeScript.
- Experience building platform software, automation, command-line interfaces, or developer tooling.
- Strong debugging, reliability, systems-thinking, and end-to-end production support skills.
- Understanding of AI-native engineering practices, agentic systems, and platforms supporting an AI-powered SDLC.
Benefits
- Supportive and inclusive community welcoming people regardless of age, gender, background, or abilities.
- Additional support is available for veterans, Indigenous Australians, and neurodiverse community members.
- Recruitment adjustments and contact information are available through the company FAQs and support pages.
- The advertisement may close early if a suitable candidate is identified.
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About Westpac
To turn doing into done, it takes a little Westpac. From rescue helicopters and signing the Equator Principles, to paying super during parental leave and initiatives like Westpac SaferPay and SafeCall that help protect customers from scams... we have a proud history of stepping up to be first for our customers, communities and people. We are Australia’s oldest bank and first company and have been supporting customers for over 200 years. Our purpose is creating better futures together – it’s what we do, who we are and why we come to work every day. With this purpose in mind, we’ve set ourselves a bold ambition - to be our customers’ #1 bank and partner through life. Westpac acknowledges the traditional owners as the custodians of this land, recognising their connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to Australia's First Peoples, and to their Elders, past, present and future. Westpac Banking Corporation ABN 33 007 457 141. AFSL and Australian credit licence 233714.