Principal Technical Lead

Job Description
Create your best future and join Westpac as a Principal Technical Lead - Workload Automation.

What's the role?
As the Principal Technical Lead for Workload Automation, you will be responsible for providing expert technical leadership to advance Westpac's Enterprise Batch (Workload Automation) Services, covering design, build and operations. You will also lead the technical implementation of the Batch strategic roadmap.

This role requires extensive experience in managing Workload Automation tools in a large corporate organisation, with proven hands-on capability in providing BAU Admin support, including troubleshooting of complex issues as well as installing, upgrading, patching and configuring the Batch tools.

Principal level experience with Control-M is a must as well as Senior level experience in ESP Workload Automation and TWS/IWS.

The key responsibilities of the role include:

• Design, building and implementing technical solutions for Control-M, ESP and TWS/IWS, aligning to the Batch strategic roadmap
• Provide expert level support for major incidents which impact the availability of the batch tools
• Provide hands-on support for upgrading, patching and configuring the batch scheduler tools
• Management of agent upgrade, patches and certificate renewals
• Design, build and implementation of automation for managing the batch tools, agents and certificates
• Support, maintain and improve the batch architecture in line with business requirements.
• Manage batch scheduling processes and standards, which are to be adhered to by batch developers.
• Liaise with batch designers and developers to support them in delivering optimal batch flow solutions.
• Technical leadership in migrating scheduling tools to new infrastructure and/or in converting schedules to Westpac's strategic scheduling tool.

What do I need?

• Extensive IT industry experience with at least 10 years in a highly technical role relating to Batch.
• Extensive experience in supporting and maintaining Control-M.
• Senior level experience in supporting and maintaining ESP Workload Automation and TWS/IWS
• Extensive experience with Batch Operations and Batch Scheduling.
• Strategic thinking who can drive forward the strategic roadmap for Batch
• Extensive experience with both mainframe and midrange hosting environments.
• Expert analysis, problem solving and troubleshooting and consultative skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• A tertiary qualification in IT is highly desirable.

Why join us?
We're obsessed with becoming our customers #1 banking partner for life and we're looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return we're committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we're already doing that:

• Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates
• Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank.
• Lots of opportunities to 'give back' to the Community by getting involved in our many volunteering initiatives.

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