Senior Platform Engineer at Westpac New Zealand

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Sep, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

22 Jun, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Infrastructure As Code, CI/CD Pipelines, Linux, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Elastic, Splunk, Prometheus, Dynatrace, Networking, Security Engineering, Distributed Systems, Cloud Platforms

Industry

Banking

Description

Mō te Tūranga | About the Role We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Product Engineering team within Cards and Consumer Finance. In this role, you will design, build and support secure, scalable and resilient platform infrastructure that enables our teams to deliver high quality customer experiences. You will bring strong technical expertise along with a passion for automation, reliability and continuous improvement. This is a key role where you will influence platform strategy, support engineering excellence and help uplift our platform capability across the organisation. Ko tō mahi | What you will do In this role, you will: Design, build and maintain platform solutions that are secure, reliable and cost effective Develop infrastructure as code and build robust CI CD pipelines to support scalable delivery Drive automation across deployments, monitoring and platform operations Champion site reliability engineering practices to improve system performance and resilience Partner with delivery teams to enable better platform adoption and outcomes Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across environments Continuously improve platform processes, tools and performance Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend enhancements Support and mentor engineers while contributing to technical standards and best practice Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring You will bring a blend of technical expertise, collaboration and problem solving capability, including: Experience working in high scale environments and applying site reliability engineering practices Strong Linux skills and experience building automated CI CD pipelines Proven experience with infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Puppet or similar Hands on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Elastic, Splunk, Prometheus or Dynatrace Solid understanding of networking, security and distributed systems Knowledge of cloud platforms and security engineering practices Ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues Strong communication and influencing skills with the ability to work across teams A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation Experience mentoring others and contributing to a collaborative team environment Westpac Hei Wāhi Mahi | Working at Westpac In addition to immersing yourself in a supportive team environment, you'll receive some great job perks and benefits including: 4 weeks standard holiday + 5 additional days of wellbeing leave to support you to be your best Additional purchased leave options up to 4 weeks per year Banking benefits, insurance discounts and superannuation scheme Growth and development – we provide opportunities for development and promote internal mobility Recognition - we recognise and reward our star performers School holiday subsidy - help you balance work and family during school holiday 2 Volunteer days per year Ko mātou tēnei | Our Organisation At 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. What makes us unique are the incredible people we’re lucky enough to have walk through our doors every day. The giant ‘W’ on our building doesn’t just stand for Westpac – it says, double you. We’re a place that values, rewards and recognises individuality. Where you can be your whole self, your true self, and your best self. We’re recognised as a place where talent is developed, where passions are fuelled and where ambitions of all shapes and sizes thrive. And it all starts with you! Tono mai ināianei! | Apply Now! Apply today with your CV and Cover Letter. The people of Aotearoa, New Zealand hail from many cultures and backgrounds. At Westpac New Zealand, we draw on this enormous talent pool to cultivate a team rich in ability and empowered to reach its full potential. Our aim is to be brave challengers, celebrating our differences and relentlessly advocating for our customers. It starts with us – we believe that when we care deeply and do our best for our people, they’ll do their best for our customers. We encourage people from all walks of life to apply, including those who are neurodiverse, have chronic health conditions or disabilities – your attitude and passion are as important to us as your experience, qualifications and capabilities. Mahi tahi tātou, kaha ake tātou | Together Greater Applications close: 4 July 2026 Our culture is rich with stories of how our people like to help, our customers, our community and each other. This is reflected through flexible working arrangements to ensure that our people have a balance in their life with those things that are important to them. Through ensuring that we provide opportunities to everyone regardless of what society throws at them, we are a safe place to work where you are treated equally and appreciated.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain secure and scalable platform infrastructure to support high-quality customer experiences. Drive automation across deployments and monitoring while mentoring other engineers to improve platform capability.