Mō te tūranga | About the Role
We’re looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our team and help support, modernise and improve Westpac’s critical technology platforms.
You’ll work across platform engineering, infrastructure, automation, CI/CD and production support, helping build reliable, secure and scalable platforms that enable our application and engineering teams.
What you’ll be doing
In this role, you will:
- Build, maintain and support enterprise infrastructure and platform services.
- Develop automation to improve platform provisioning, deployment and operational processes.
- Build and support CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling.
- Support Windows and Linux-based platforms across enterprise environments.
- Troubleshoot platform, infrastructure and application integration issues.
- Work with Control-M for enterprise workload automation and scheduling.
- Support production systems, respond to incidents, implement changes and remediate vulnerabilities.
- Contribute to platform modernisation, security uplift and continuous improvement.
- Support and enhance monitoring and observability using Dynatrace and Splunk.
- Work closely with application, infrastructure, security and engineering teams to deliver reliable technology solutions.
Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?
You’ll bring strong platform engineering experience, technical ownership and a collaborative mindset, including:
- Strong experience with Windows, Linux and enterprise infrastructure administration.
- Experience with CI/CD, automation and DevOps engineering practices.
- Hands-on experience with DevOps and with tools such as Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell or similar technologies.
- Experience supporting business-critical production platforms.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Good understanding of security, vulnerability management and infrastructure best practices.
Nice to have
Experience in any of the following would be beneficial:
- VMware, cloud or container platforms such as OpenShift and Kubernetes.
- Configuration management and infrastructure automation.
- Enterprise monitoring and observability tools.
- Financial services or other regulated environments.
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. We’re a place where you can bring your whole self, your ideas and your ambition, and have the support and opportunities to keep growing. Here, you can do meaningful work, make a difference for our customers and be part of something bigger. Because when we each bring our best and bring it together, there’s no limit to what we can achieve.
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 build a team rich in different perspectives, experiences and abilities. We encourage people from all walks of life to apply, including those who are neurodivergent, have chronic health conditions or disabilities. Your attitude and passion are as important to us as your experience, qualifications and capabilities.
Mahi tahi tātou, tē katia tātou | Together, we’re unstoppable
Applications close:
22 November 2026Skills Required
- Strong experience with Windows, Linux, and enterprise infrastructure administration
- Experience with CI/CD, automation, and DevOps engineering practices
- Hands-on experience with Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell, or similar technologies
- Experience supporting business-critical production platforms
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Understanding of security, vulnerability management, and infrastructure best practices
- Experience with VMware, cloud, OpenShift, or Kubernetes platforms
- Experience with configuration management and infrastructure automation
- Experience with enterprise monitoring and observability tools
- Experience in financial services or other regulated environments
Westpac Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Westpac and has not been reviewed or approved by Westpac.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Extensive paid and unpaid leave options span wellbeing leave, Culture/Lifestyle/Wellbeing days, purchased leave up to 12 weeks, career breaks, and various specialized leaves. This breadth supports work-life balance and accommodates a wide range of personal circumstances.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental provisions include 16 weeks full pay (or 32 at half pay) for primary carers, four weeks for support carers, and continued superannuation during unpaid parental leave. Additional supports cover domestic and family violence leave, Family Pathways leave, and grandparental leave.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing resources include counselling and coaching services, workplace mental health training, free nutrition advice, and health insurance access with pre‑existing conditions covered if joined promptly. Financial and lifestyle perks include banking discounts for employees and families and the myDiscounts program.
Westpac Insights
What We Do
Westpac is Australia’s oldest bank and company, one of four major banking organisations in Australia and one of the largest banks in New Zealand. We provide a broad range of banking and financial services in these markets, including consumer, business and institutional banking and wealth management services. We also have offices in key financial centres around the world including London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. Westpac Group's portfolio of financial services brands and businesses is focused on our vision, which is "To be one of the world’s great service companies, helping our customers, communities and people to prosper and grow.”
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