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Leveraging your expertise in cloud technologies, automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and modern engineering practices, you will create and evolve platform capabilities that enhance developer productivity, improve operational excellence, and support the delivery of customer-focused solutions.\nIn this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining platform services that are secure, highly available, performant, and cost-effective. You will design, build, and continuously improve infrastructure and platform components using Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD practices, with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, and operational resilience.\nWorking closely with engineering and development teams, you will drive automation across provisioning, deployment, monitoring, and operational processes, while promoting Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles to improve platform stability and service performance. You will also play a key role in troubleshooting complex technical issues, optimising platform performance, and enhancing the overall developer experience.\nAs a senior member of the team, you will contribute to engineering standards, mentor other engineers, evaluate emerging technologies, and identify opportunities to improve platform capabilities, operational efficiency, and organisational resilience through continuous improvement and innovation.\nNā tāu rourou | What will you bring?\nExperience in high-scale environments and SRE practices.\nExperience building automated CI/CD Pipelines using Jenkins. \nStrong Linux administration skills.\nThe ability to implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) including knowledge of appropriate technologies for configuration management (eg. Templating, Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Ansible) is essential.\nHands on experience leveraging monitoring and observability tools such as Elastic, Splunk, Prometheus, Dynatrace (or similar). \nCertifications in cloud technologies is an advantage.\nKnowledge of security engineering practices and tools is necessary, implementing compliance and security in an automated way.\nKnowledge in Agentic AI is an advantage.\nAbility to diagnose and solve technical issues.\nExcellent problem-solving and communication skills.\nAbility to work in cross-functional teams and lead technical initiatives.\nAbility to review and recommend new deployment techniques and vendor products and make recommendations on the acquisition of advance technology toolsets.\nSolid understanding of networking, security, and distributed systems.\nWestpac Hei Wāhi Mahi | Working at Westpac\nIn addition to immersing yourself in a supportive team environment, you'll receive some great job perks and benefits including:\n4 weeks standard holiday + 5 additional days of wellbeing leave to support you to be your best \nAdditional purchased leave options up to 4 weeks per year\nBanking benefits, insurance discounts and superannuation scheme \nGrowth and development - we provide opportunities for development and promote internal mobility \nRecognition - we recognise and reward our star performers\nSchool holiday subsidy - help you balance work and family during school holiday\n2 Volunteer days per year\nKo mātou tēnei | Our Organisation\nAt Westpac, we’re working together to build a fairer and stronger New Zealand for our people, customers and communities. For over 160 years we’ve been driven by our purpose to Create Better Futures Together.\nWhat makes us unique are the incredible people we’re lucky enough to have walk through our doors every day. We’re a place where you can bring your whole self, your ideas and your ambition, and have the support and opportunities to keep growing. Here, you can do meaningful work, make a difference for our customers and be part of something bigger. Because when we each bring our best and bring it together, there’s no limit to what we can achieve.\nTono mai ināianei! | Apply Now!\nApply today with your CV and Cover Letter.\nThe people of Aotearoa, New Zealand hail from many cultures and backgrounds. At Westpac New Zealand, we draw on this enormous talent pool to build a team rich in different perspectives, experiences and abilities. We encourage people from all walks of life to apply, including those who are neurodivergent, have chronic health conditions or disabilities. 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