Senior Engineer - Mainframe

Westpac Group

Surfers Paradise, AUhybridPosted Jul 23, 2026
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Skills

java

About the role

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Senior Mainframe Engineer.

What’s the role?

Join us in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, on a permanent hybrid basis and help power the technology that sits at the heart of Australia's oldest bank. Our core banking platform supports millions of customer transactions every day, and we're looking for a Senior Mainframe Engineer who wants to make a genuine impact while helping shape the future of engineering.

You'll work across critical mainframe systems and modern technology platforms, using AI enabled tools to accelerate delivery and solve complex problems. This is more than a hands on engineering role. You'll help build capability within a growing Gold Coast engineering hub, mentor fellow engineers and contribute to the evolution of a more connected, full spectrum engineering workforce.

If you enjoy solving meaningful challenges, sharing knowledge and working on technology that truly matters to millions of customers, you'll feel right at home here.

What do I need?

Strong experience with COBOL and/or PLI, supported by knowledge of JCL, CICS, IMS and batch processing

Proven experience supporting and enhancing applications on z/OS platforms

Confidence using AI tools and coding assistants as part of everyday software engineering

Strong troubleshooting skills, including production support, debugging and performance analysis

Interest in working across modern technologies including Java, APIs and event driven services

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

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 , under the ‘Diversity, sustainability and flexibility’ section.

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