Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer - AWS at Westpac Group

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

27 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

29 May, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Amazon EKS, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, DevOps, Cloud Security, SRE, Cloud-native Architecture, VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda

Industry

Financial Services

Description

What’s the role? The Lead Cloud DevOps Engineer - AWS plays a key role in leading the design, delivery and evolution of secure, scalable AWS cloud platforms, setting engineering standards, driving strategic outcomes and ensuring reliable, compliant and cost-effective platform capabilities across the enterprise. * Provide hands-on technical leadership across AWS, with strong expertise in EKS, leading the design of scalable, secure and resilient container platforms * Own the end-to-end delivery of cloud platform initiatives, ensuring effective incident management, continuous improvement and operational excellence * Drive engineering excellence through adoption of IaC, CI/CD, DevOps practices and security-by-design aligned to regulatory standards * Lead and mentor engineering teams, building capability in cloud-native and Kubernetes practices while fostering a strong team culture * Partner with stakeholders across architecture, security and product to align solutions, manage risk and ensure platform governance and compliance What do I need? * Deep expertise in Amazon EKS, including cluster design, operations, scaling, upgrades and troubleshooting * Strong hands-on experience with AWS services such as VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda and EventBridge * Proven knowledge of Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures, including networking, observability, security and multi-cluster environments * Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation practices, particularly Terraform * Proven track record operating enterprise-scale, highly available cloud platforms with strong CI/CD and DevOps capability * Strong understanding of cloud security, compliance and regulated environments, including performance, cost optimisation and SRE practices * Demonstrated technical leadership, stakeholder engagement and team capability uplift, with relevant certifications (AWS, ITIL) and experience in regulated industries advantageous Why join us? We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we’re looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return, we’re committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we’re already doing that: * Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates! * Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave. * Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank. * Lots of opportunities to ‘give back’ to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives. Create your future today To get started, simply click on the APPLY or APPLY NOW button We’re all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find more information and contact details on our FAQs and how to contact us page [https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westpac.com.au%2Fabout-westpac%2Fcareers%2Ffaq-contact-us%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cdakotah.bishop%40westpac.com.au%7Cd15ccf34ab1e42eba8b108de7044f492%7C57c64fd466ca49f5ab382e67ef58e724%7C0%7C0%7C639071638622937325%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CVu4NaILh3E9bnppTkmFikGV3MAwuAh5JuFwMi%2FFj5o%3D&reserved=0], under the ‘Diversity, sustainability and flexibility’ section.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable AWS cloud platforms with a focus on EKS and containerization. Drive engineering excellence through IaC and CI/CD while mentoring teams and partnering with stakeholders for governance and compliance.