Principal Platform Engineer

4 weeks ago


New Zealand Westpac New Zealand Full time

About us

At Westpac New Zealand, our purpose is to Help New Zealanders Succeed. As a Bank and one of New Zealand's leading employers, we are passionate about helping people. We are taking action today to create a better future for the people who bank with us, work with us, invest in us or are part of our broader communities.

Mō te tūranga | About the Role
- As a Principal Engineer specialising in on-premises Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform implementations, you will be responsible for building and the operationalisation of a new Platform.
- You will leverage your previous skills to work closely with Solution Architects, Platform Owner and existing Team members to build a new Platform for internal Engineering Teams to leverage.
- You will also be assisting and guiding existing Team members to transition from a large Open-source Kubernetes environment to the new OpenShift Platform, including providing knowledge for the migration of existing Container workloads.- Lead the Platform Detailed Design activity.- Lead the Platform build activity.- Provide guidance and direction for the OpenShift Platform Engineers.- Work with supporting teams to operationalise the Platform.- Provide guidance to Solution Architects to migrate workloads.- Work closely with the Engineering community to promote the new Platform.- Assist to define the Developer experience and patterns of use to consume the Platform

Outcomes/Deliverables- Successful implementation of a bare-metal based OpenShift Container Platform.Promotion of the platform’s capabilities to the Engineering community.-
- Successful operationalisation of the platform to production status.-
- Ability to communicate ideas and concepts to business wide groups with differing technology levels.Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?- Experience working in large enterprise environments.-
- Solid operational experience in implementation and support of Kubernetes based container platforms.-
- Solid experience with DevOps, CI/CD and IaC tools (Git, Cloudbees, ArgoCD, Terraform, Chef, Ansible)-
- Linux Server Administration-
- Experience with Red Hat OpenShift Container pPlatform Plus, RHACM, RHACS, RHODF, RedHat Quay products-
- Experience with Red Hat OpenShift Container platform bare-metal implementations.-
- Current Red Hat OpenShift Certification-
- Experience in the Banking or Finance sector-
- Experience with virtualisation technologies.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. The giant ‘W’ on our building doesn’t just stand for Westpac - it says, double you. We’re a place that values, rewards and recognises individuality. Where you can be your whole self, your true self, and your best self. We’re recognised as a place where talent is developed, where passions are fuelled and where ambitions of all shapes and sizes thrive. And it all starts with you

The people of Aotearoa, New Zealand hail from many cultures and backgrounds. At Westpac New Zealand, we draw on this enormous talent pool to cultivate a team rich in ability and empowered to reach its full potential. Our aim is to be brave challengers, celebrating our differences and relentlessly advocating for our customers. It starts with us - we believe that when we care deeply and do our best for our people, they’ll do their best for our customers. We encourage people from all walks of life to apply, including those who are neurodiverse, have chronic health conditions or disabilities - your attitude and passion are as important to us as your experience, qualifications and capabilities.

Mahi tahi tātou, kaha ake tātou | Together Greater



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