Senior Platform Engineer

• Permanent Position
• Hybrid Work Environment
• Central Sydney Location

At the Bank we recognise people who want to be part of a team, to be recognised for what they do, and how they help the Australian people. We aren't all about interest rates and the economic policies. We also run complex critical systems that provide disaster relief payments, print bank notes, and ensure that all the other banks can work together to allow us to live our lives. These systems rely on Technology, and we are now taking the next steps in our technology journey to strengthen our technology platform and automation capabilities in support of transformational change.
 

We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team. Reporting to the Private Cloud Platforms Team Lead, you will maintain platform tools, processes, and solutions to meet high standards of performance, stability, reliability, and security.

About the role

• Automate infrastructure operations and DevOps processes, ensuring solutions remain relevant and comply with the Bank’s IT policies, standards, and frameworks
• Automate Infrastructure as Code services and capabilities, including establishing and maturing design guardrails, frameworks, and patterns
• Remediate risks and vulnerabilities
• Maintain a working knowledge of the IT Infrastructure platforms, tools, and software packages used
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to refine business and IT requirements
• Champion the development, design, and delivery of software defined infrastructure initiatives to improve IT Infrastructure operational efficiency, security, scalability, and stability
• Maintain technical documentation and associated knowledge sources
• Provide CI/CD and DevOps platform and tooling support

Skills Required

• Must have experience in on-premise or cloud IT infrastructure engineering, preferably within Banking and Government
• Must have experience in developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code solutions and release pipelines using Terraform and CI/CD tools such as Git, Azure Devops Services and Artifactory
• Must have experience in VMware
• Strong experience using scripting languages such as Powershell to automate tasks for large scale IT systems in complex environments
• Strong experience on enhancing security in IT infrastructure and process
• Familiar with Operating Systems configurations for Virtual Machines, including Windows and Linux (RHEL)
• Experience in configuration management tools such as Puppet, Ansible, and Chef a nice-to-have
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum/KanBan teams

About you

• You have at least 4 years hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, DevOps, or infrastructure automation operations or project delivery
• You look to complete tasks the right way, not necessarily the fastest or easiest way
• You are enthusiastic about change, and want to help make things better
• You embrace being a team player and meeting KPI, SLA, and team goals
• You are experienced in developing within an enterprise SDLC framework
• You are experienced in providing operational support within an ITIL framework
• You have excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• You are innovative, creative, and enthusiastic about your subject matter
• You are a great communicator both written and verbally

About the team

At the RBA, Platform Engineering is key to automating the way in which we manage technology lifecycles. The IT Platform Engineering team maintains solutions spanning Cloud, CI/CD, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, and automation services. We are focused on supporting the Bank's journey to adopt Cloud and Infrastructure as Code, technology automation, and maturing platform capabilities whilst also evaluating and onboarding new technologies to ensure technology solutions remain relevant, robust, and secure.

Be More

Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drives the RBA forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.
Why RBA?

Through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking, the RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people. Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives. Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go. Our people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts. We know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward. Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives.  We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community.  We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.

Application Close :

April 06, 2025

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