The Role
The Staff Software Engineer will lead automation and DevSecOps practices, manage AWS and VMware platforms, and develop Infrastructure-as-Code solutions to enhance system stability and operational efficiency.
Summary Generated by Built In
Organization:At CommBank, we never lose sight of the role we play in other people’s financial wellbeing. Our focus is to help people and businesses move forward to progress. To make the right financial decisions and achieve their dreams, targets, and aspirations. Regardless of where you work within our organisation, your initiative, talent, ideas, and energy all contribute to the impact that we can make with our work. Together we can achieve great things.Job Title: Staff Software EngineerLocation: BangaloreBusiness & Team: The CTO organisation is responsible for building, running, and evolving the bank’s core technology platforms. It drives technology strategy, software engineering, cloud and infrastructure platforms, reliability, security, and modernisation to enable safe, scalable, and innovative digital experiences for customers and business units. The Storage and Data Protection team designs, engineers, and operates enterprise storage and backup platforms. The team ensures data availability, resilience, security, and compliance across on‑premises and cloud environments by managing storage services, backup and recovery, data protection, migrations, and disaster recovery capabilities.Impact & contribution: You drive reliable, scalable automation and cloud platforms across hybrid environments, improving system stability and delivery speed. Through strong SRE, DevSecOps, and automation practices, you enhance platform resilience, operational efficiency, and secure delivery of business‑critical services.Roles & Responsibilities:Advertising End Date: 30/05/2026
- Lead automation, cloud, hybrid, and DevSecOps platforms ensuring reliability, scalability, and security across enterprise environments.
- Apply SRE and DevOps practices to improve availability, incident response, and operational excellence in hybrid infrastructures.
- Manage AWS and VMware platforms (vSphere, NSX, Aria) including compute, network, and hybrid integrations.
- Develop automation and Infrastructure‑as‑Code using scripting languages and tools such as Terraform, CDK, and CloudFormation.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and version control practices using GitHub/GitLab and modern DevOps toolchains.
- Collaborate with cloud, network, security, and application teams to embed DevSecOps, governance, and automation standards.
- 12+ years Exp in Automation, Cloud, Hybrid & DevSecOps
- Strong background in deploying and managing monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentbit) to ensure system reliability and performance.
- Experience with configuration management Ansible automation platform (formerly Ansible tower
- Experience in Software Engineering/DevOps/SRE/System Engineering in a Hybrid environment.
- Cloud/AWS fundamental service (IAM, VPC, EC2).
- Experience with VMware products like VCF, NSX, VMware Aria
- Exposure to networking technologies SNMP, firewall, KVM and switching
- Highly proficient working with various scripting/programming languages such as - PowerShell, Bash, Python, Typescript.
- Confident working with Infrastructure as Code will be highly desirable - CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform
- CI/CD tools like CodeBuild, CodePipeline, Artifactory, ArgoCD, Github actions
- Experienced with distributed version control systems- GitHub, GitLab
- Bachelor’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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Skills Required
- 12+ years experience in Automation, Cloud, Hybrid & DevSecOps
- Strong background in deploying and managing monitoring tools
- Experience with configuration management Ansible automation platform
- Experience in Software Engineering/DevOps/SRE/System Engineering
- Cloud/AWS fundamental service knowledge
- Experience with VMware products
- Exposure to networking technologies
- Highly proficient with scripting/programming languages
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code
- Knowledge of CI/CD tools
- Experienced with distributed version control systems
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The Company
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.
