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Role: Principal Engineer
Location: Bangalore-Manyata Tech Park (Hybrid)
Business & Team:
Workflow -Engineering is responsible for the world leading application of technology and operations across every aspect of CommBank, from innovative product platforms for our customers to essential tools within our business. We also use technology to drive simplicity and better banking, an essential component of great customer service underpinning a strong emphasis on software development as a craft and the adoption of industry best engineering practices.
The Workflow Crew is responsible for driving the architecture, design, build and governance roadmap across the group for various workflow technologies especially Pega. This is your opportunity to join an established company where there is a focus on personal and professional development.
Impact & contribution
Lead and provide design of various initiatives across the Workflow Capability in providing flexibility to meet the needs of workflow projects hosted OnPrem & on AWS, offering services from the bottom (infrastructure/ software) to the top (business casing/ POC/ solutioning) or individual expertise (design/ built/ test/ run). Innovate various components aligned with Tech Strategy/Dev SecOps & Engineering Tooling etc.
The Workflow Principal Engineer must maintain and build productive relationships with the following individuals:
- Crew Lead
- Product Owners
- Chapter Leads
- Architects
- Delivery teams
Roles & Responsibilities
As a Principal Software Engineer, the primary purpose of the role is to lead, drive, promote, engineer and implement solutions. To drive and continuously improve the tools and process that automate the delivery of code through Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment pipelines which include the build, the testing and deployment capabilities of these pipelines.
- Design and implement solution and specifications under Workflow technology. Ownership and governance of Workflow designs
- Adopt a ‘Design to Run’ mentality to architect robust solutions that are fully supportable in a production environment.
- Provide developmental advice and consult for business case/ideation, discovery, inception and enhancement requests by examining current vs target architectures ensuring align with CBA & Workflow strategy and architecture standards
- Collaborate with Solution Architecture and functional SME’s to prototype solutions to explore alternatives, seeking simple & standard solutions with a low cost of ownership
- Collaborate with upstream and downstream system representatives to ensure an integrated end to end solution is delivered to achieve the desired outcomes
- Proactively seek opportunities for continuous improvement of Core Product systems and data to leverage existing capabilities
- Lead the integration of the latest AI trends and technologies to develop scalable and innovate solutions for business challenges.
- Work with senior technical and business management teams in identifying issues of current state architecture, developing target state architecture with the ability to communicate the features and benefits
- Effectively lead and influence business partners, peers, team members and vendors
- Identifies and engages stakeholders, including architecture disciplines, asset owners, delivery owner, business stakeholders and SMEs to ensure architecture is optimal, and has the greatest chance of success
- Effectively challenges business leaders to obtain the best technology solutions and fit with workflow strategy
- Act as an escalation, advice, and decision-making point for Workflow Platform Architecture.
- Review and contribute to reference architecture and platform initiative involving workflow.
- Provide specialized expertise and development using Java, JEE and Pega Platform
- Expert troubleshooting of implementation, environment and deployment issues.
- Establish new ways of working and promote DevOps culture of CI/CD pipelines and Automation supported by world-class tools
- Have expertise in managing Pega workflow based technical environments
- Expertise to define and effectively communicate a long-term technical vision
Essential Skills
- Pega CLSA Certification – Must Have.
- 16+ Years of industry experience in PEGA and AWS.
- Significant experience in designing and building high available and resilient systems
- Prior experience with Tech modernization journey of a Bank/Financial Services firms
- Excellent Experience in designing and developing Pega and workflow applications
- Various hosting patterns like Pega SaaS, AWS, Azure.
- Cloud domain knowledge – AWS/Azure Certification (Must Have)
- In-depth knowledge of current AI trends, including machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing, with a focus on applying these advancements to various use cases
- Proficient at SQL and working with other larger volume in data
- Experience with debugging and tuning performance issues
- Thorough understanding of large-scale distributed systems, solution design and architecture principles
- Technical leader who can be relied upon to develop and lead engineers
- Proficiency in key capabilities–IT SDLC processes, written documentation/specification skills
- Expertise in setting up DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, logging and monitoring tools
- Technical leadership of tools and technologies within capability (develop, build, test automation, deployment, monitoring & logging, or service management & orchestration) being specialized
- Ability to debug complex technical issues involving multiple system components and excellent problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work and participate in an agile (scrum) environment
- Banking and financial services experience in a complex environment preferred
Education Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree/Master’s degree in Engineering in Computer Science/Information Technology
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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