Platform Engineer

We're embarking on an exciting Data Transformation program and are ready to push the boundaries and deliver engineering best practices to elevate the data quality and availability in our domain

You have knowledge and experience that spans both development and architecture, including data engineering, modelling and cloud architecture

Together we will build tomorrow’s bank today, using world-leading engineering, technology, and innovation.

Do Work That Matters

We're building tomorrow’s bank today, which means we need creative and diverse engineers to help us redefine what customers expect from a bank. Envisioning new technologies that are still waiting to be invented and reimagining products that support our customers and help build Australia’s future economy.

Here, you'll have the chance to bring your passion to life by working with the latest technology on groundbreaking projects that deliver a seamless and unmatched customer experience.

See Yourself in Our Team

This role is part of the Monitoring & Payments Crew within Financial Crimes Intelligence domain , where we design and deliver cutting-edge technology solutions that serve data and analytical use-cases with in Financial Crimes domain .

We are seeking an entry ‑ level Platform Engineer to join our team and support the build and operation of our data and analytics cloud platforms. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers, get coaching and structured support, and build your skills through hands ‑ on delivery in a safe, learning ‑ focused environment.

We’re interested in hearing from people who:

Support the day ‑ to ‑ day operation of our data and analytics platforms (monitoring, basic troubleshooting, and incident support) with guidance from the team

Help build and improve automation (scripts, small services, CI/CD improvements) to make platforms easier to use and more reliable

Contribute to infrastructure and platform changes in AWS using team patterns (reviews, pairing, and documented standards)

Write clear documentation (runbooks, how ‑ tos ) and keep it up to date as the platform evolves

Work collaboratively with engineers, analysts, and security partners to deliver small, incremental improvements and learn secure ‑ by ‑ default practices

Bring a growth mindset —ask questions, seek feedback, and learn new tools and practices quickly.

Skills Required

We use a broad range of tools, languages, and frameworks. For this entry ‑ level role, we’re looking for strong engineering fundamentals, curiosity, and willingness to learn. We value people who can take guidance, apply feedback, and steadily grow their capability over time.

Basic understanding of cloud concepts (compute, storage, networking, IAM) and an interest in learning AWS in practice

Experience in writing code or automation in at least one language (e.g., Python, Java, Scala)

Familiarity with Git and collaborative development practices (pull requests, code reviews)

Exposure to CI/CD concepts (pipelines, automated testing, deployments) and a willingness to learn the team’s tooling

Understanding of reliability basics (monitoring, logging, alerting) and a practical approach to troubleshooting

Awareness of secure engineering fundamentals (least privilege, secrets handling, dependency hygiene) and openness to learning security-by-design

Clear written and verbal communication, including creating and maintaining documentation (e.g., runbooks, how ‑ tos )

Nice to have

Exposure to AWS services used for data and integration (e.g., S3, Lambda, Step Functions) or a strong desire to learn them

Any experience with data processing concepts and tools (SQL, Spark, EMR, streaming)

Experience with containers (Docker) and basic runtime concepts

Familiarity with security tooling (e.g., Snyk, Sysdig ) or vulnerability management processes

Interest in analytics/AI use cases and responsible data/AI practices

Working towards an AWS certification (not required)

Working with us

We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in office .

We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work in the role you’re interested in.

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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