Organization:
At CommBank, 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 waiting to be invented and reimagining products that support our customers and help build Australia’s future economy.
Job Title: Senior Platform Engineer
Location: Bangalore
Business & Team: Retail Technology
Impact & Contribution:
As a Senior Platform Engineer – SAP, you will be a key technical member of the Core Banking Platform Crew within Retail Technology, supporting one of Australia's most critical SAP Core Banking platforms. You will be responsible for the engineering, operation, maintenance and continuous improvement of SAP Basis and SAP HANA platforms, while contributing to cloud transformation, resilience, automation and platform modernisation initiatives.
This is a hands-on engineering role requiring strong expertise in SAP Basis, SAP HANA, Linux and AWS, combined with a DevOps mindset focused on platform reliability, operational excellence and continuous improvement.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Support the implementation, upgrade, migration, and ongoing administration of SAP Basis and SAP HANA platforms across Production and Non-Production environments, including upgrades, enhancement packs, support packs, kernel upgrades, add-on installations, SSL certificate management, and system refreshes.
Perform SAP HANA engineering and database administration activities, including installations, SPS/revision upgrades, HANA System Replication (HSR), high availability/disaster recovery solutions, Scale-Up/Scale-Out environments, and performance optimization.
Execute SAP platform transformation initiatives, leveraging tools such as SUM, DMO, and ZDO, while ensuring compliance with security, resilience, and End-of-Support requirements.
Provide L2/L3 operational support for business-critical SAP systems, managing incidents, major incidents, problems, changes, releases, root cause analysis, and recovery activities to maintain service availability and reliability.
Support and optimize SAP workloads on AWS Cloud, working with technologies such as EC2, EBS, EFS, FSx, Cloud Storage, and BACKINT, while contributing to cloud resilience and optimization initiatives.
Drive automation, Infrastructure as Code, and platform standardization efforts, utilizing DevOps tools and practices to improve operational efficiency, reduce risk, and enhance service delivery.
Enhance observability and operational excellence by supporting monitoring, alerting, dashboards, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives across SAP, HANA, and AWS environments.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, including SAP Functional, ABAP, Security, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, Monitoring teams, vendors, and service providers, to support project delivery, technical governance, and knowledge sharing
Essential Skills:
- 8+ years of hands-on SAP Basis and SAP HANA experience in enterprise environments.
- Strong experience supporting SAP production environments and critical business workloads.
- Good expertise in:
- SAP Basis Administration
- SAP HANA Administration
- SAP Upgrades and Maintenance
- High Availability & Disaster Recovery
- Scale-Up and Scale-Out HANA Environments
- Linux Administration (RHEL & SUSE)
- Experience supporting SAP workloads hosted on AWS.
- Exposure to migration and transformation projects.
- Good understanding of:
- Incident Management
- Major Incident Management
- Problem Management
- Change Management
- Operational Support Processes
- Experience working with geographically distributed teams.
Education Qualification:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering in Computer Science/Information Technology.
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Skills Required
- 8+ years of hands-on SAP Basis and SAP HANA experience supporting large-scale enterprise SAP environments
- Strong leadership experience across Engineering, Operations and DevOps functions
- SAP Basis Administration
- SAP HANA Administration
- Scale-Up & Scale-Out Architectures
- High Availability & Disaster Recovery design and operations
- SAP Upgrades and Migrations (SUM, DMO, ZDO)
- AWS Cloud Operations and AWS-hosted SAP platform experience
- Linux Administration experience (RHEL & SUSE)
- Experience leading complex SAP cloud transformation programs
- Experience managing production support, major incidents, problem management, and meeting SLAs
- Knowledge of Change & Release Management, Service Transition, and Operational Readiness
- Experience managing and mentoring engineering teams and technical specialists
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional)
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
- Strong background in software development, testing, automation and passion for DevOps/SRE
- Bachelor's degree in engineering in Computer Science/Information Technology
Commonwealth Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Commonwealth Bank and has not been reviewed or approved by Commonwealth Bank.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — The bank offers additional Life Leave, the option to purchase up to four extra weeks, pet leave, and paid volunteering leave alongside flexible-working options. Public materials indicate these leave features compare well within Australian banking.
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Parental & Family Support — Permanent employees can access up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave, and superannuation is paid for up to 34 weeks of unpaid parental leave. These provisions extend support for new parents beyond standard settings.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Access includes CBHS Health Fund, Fitness Passport, a 24/7 wellbeing platform with telehealth, an Employee Assistance Program, and employer‑paid income protection for up to two years, alongside staff banking perks and share plans. This combination provides day‑to‑day value across health, protection, and financial perks.
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What We Do
Australia’s leading provider of financial services including retail, premium, business and institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment and sharebroking products and services. We are a business with more than 800,000 shareholders and over 52,000 employees. We offer a full range of financial services to help all Australians build and manage their finances.
