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Contract Platform Engineer

CompanyWestpac New Zealand
LocationNew Zealand
Work ModeOn Site
PostedAugust 10, 2026
About The Company
We’ve been helping New Zealanders find the right financial solutions to suit their lives since 1861. We opened during the Otago gold rush as the Bank of New South Wales and became Westpac in 1982. Along the way we’ve grown stronger by joining forces with the Commercial Bank of Australia and Trust Bank – to become Westpac New Zealand Limited. We bank all sorts of people and businesses – from kids, to first home-owners through to big corporates and the New Zealand Government. Nearly a quarter of all Kiwis bank with Westpac, so we’ve got great experience and knowledge to draw on when it comes to helping people with their very first bank account, all the way through to their retirement. With close to 100 branches, and more than 350 ATMs, we’re one of New Zealand’s largest banks. We provide a full range of banking and financial services for personal, business and agribusiness banking.
About the Role

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 Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for the engineering, automation, operational support, and continuous improvement of critical platform services.

Working within a collaborative engineering team, you'll help deliver highly available and secure platforms that support application deployment, integration, observability, and operational excellence.

You'll contribute to the full platform lifecycle, including architecture, deployment automation, maintenance, capacity planning, security hardening, troubleshooting, disaster recovery, and continuous optimisation.

Nā tāu rourou | What will you bring?

  • Strong experience administering Linux-based systems and platforms.

  • Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes and/or OpenShift environments.
  • Sound understanding of networking concepts.
  • Experience with databases and storage technologies such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MSSQL, or object storage platforms.
  • Knowledge of high availability, resilience, clustering, disaster recovery, and failover architectures.
  • Strong scripting and automation skills using Bash, Python, PowerShell, or similar technologies.
  • Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or comparable tools.
  • Understanding of GitOps and modern platform delivery practices.
  • Experience with platform security, identity management, and access control.
  • Knowledge of authentication and federation technologies such as LDAP, Active Directory, SAML, and OIDC.
  • Experience with monitoring, observability, alerting, and platform health management.
  • Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins or CloudBees.
  • Experience with Bitbucket, Jira, SonarQube, and related DevOps tooling.
  • Experience with Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar observability platforms.
  • Experience working within highly regulated enterprise environments.
  • Exposure to cloud platforms and container ecosystem technologies.
Key Skills
LinuxKubernetesOpenShiftNetworkingPostgreSQLMySQLBashPythonPowerShellTerraformGitOpsCI/CDJenkinsObservabilityInfrastructure as Code
Categories
TechnologySoftwareEngineeringFinance & Accounting
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
You will be responsible for the engineering, automation, and operational support of critical platform services. This includes managing the full platform lifecycle, from architecture and deployment automation to disaster recovery and continuous optimization.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
5-10
💼Company Size
4308
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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