Principal Platform Engineer

4 weeks ago


Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia Commonwealth Bank Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced and technically astute Principal Platform Engineer to lead the delivery and operations of large-scale, enterprise-grade platforms. As a trusted leader and skilled software engineer, you will be responsible for shaping our platform architecture, delivering large-scale change initiatives, and optimising the operations of our products and services.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead process optimisation and technology change initiatives.
  • Provide technical guidance in developing and maintaining platform solutions using Python and Go, ensuring security and performance.
  • Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and best practice engineering.
  • Optimise clustered infrastructure for scalability, resilience, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions integrating security into the pipelines, and ensuring compliance and best practices.
  • Manage and optimise Kubernetes clusters for high availability and scalability.
  • Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) development using tools like Terraform.
  • Develop and maintain monitoring and logging solutions using Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and promote continuous improvement.
About You

We are looking for an established, highly experienced, and technically astute Principal Platform Engineer with demonstrated success in leading the delivery and operations of large-scale, enterprise-grade platforms. You will be a trusted leader and skilled software engineer, with notable contributions that have galvanised platform optimisations and influenced teams towards a culture of continuous improvement in efficiency through process automation.

As a technical leader, you will bring well-established expertise in Platform Engineering tools and practices such as Python, Go, and Linux, alongside advanced Linux engineering in large-scale environments, expertise in developing software automation using Python and/or Go, and expertise with opensource development practices.

You will also have expertise with Ansible or Terraform for infrastructure as code, automation, and orchestration, experience with Kubernetes and large cluster operations, and proven ability to design, implement, and manage secure CI/CD pipelines using GitHub actions, focusing on automating testing, deployment, and monitoring.

Proficiency with cloud native software components and architecture, proficiency in data processing and analysis, especially for monitoring system performance and handling large datasets with Prometheus and Grafana, and proficiency in networking and systems programming, including custom networking tools, load balancers, and API gateways.

Extensive experience with Cloud native software for optimising clustered infrastructure and competence in developing private cloud environments are also required.



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