Senior Staff Platform Engineer

• Work with world leading technology teams, tools and platforms
• Competitive rem, annual bonus and enviable staff benefits
• Limitless learning and development opportunities

See Yourself in the Team

Our Virtual Hosting Crew is at the forefront of building a robust, multi-layered hosting infrastructures that support our diverse applications and cloud-native deployments. They deliver flexible, efficient ecosystems optimised for both hybrid and cloud-native environments, and empowering teams with scalable and secure resources. Using advanced tools, our team ensures performance, reliability, and high standards across all our virtualised environments.

As a Senior Staff Platform Engineer, you'll take a leadership role in driving the optimisation, automation, and security of our virtual hosting platform. This position involves implementing Site Reliability Engineering practices, managing distributed storage systems, and mentoring junior engineers. Your expertise with automation, advance load balancing, storage management, monitoring and virtualisation, will be instrumental in building resilient infrastructures that meet the organisation's dynamic needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead infrastructure automation initiatives with Ia C, ensuring streamlined, consistent resource deployment across all environments.
• Oversee and optimize traffic management using AVI Load Balancer, focusing on scalability and fault tolerance to maintain high availability.
• Architect and manage scalable virtual resources with VMware, CEPH, and Min IO, supporting high-demand applications and data integrity.
• Implement Calico for secure, efficient container networking and enforce network policies for distributed applications.
• Establish monitoring best practices, manage incident response frameworks, and mentor junior engineers to foster a culture of reliability and collaboration.

Key Skills & Qualifications

• Extensive experience in platform engineering, Dev Ops, and SRE, with a strong focus on infrastructure reliability.
• Advanced proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Power Shell, or Bash).
• In-depth knowledge of distributed storage systems (e.g., CEPH, Min IO).
• In-depth knowledge of Dev Sec Ops principles and practices, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Ia C), and security automation.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Github actions, Cloud Formation.
• Strong background in deploying and managing monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Splunk) to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Solid understanding of cloud-native technologies, networks, virtualisation, and containerisation (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Working with us

Whether you're passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with Comm Bank is 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 our technology hubs in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. We really love working here, and we think you will too.

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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Advertising End Date: 23/11/2024

Job ID REQ222776