Principal Solutions Engineer - GCP

Create your best future and join Westpac as a Principal Cloud Solutions Engineer GCP

What’s the role?

You’ll be at the centre of Westpac’s cloud, AI and digital transformation, designing and building enterprise solutions on Google Cloud Platform that shape how the bank uses technology at scale.

Working within GroupTech, you’ll act as a trusted internal consultant across Institutional Banking, Business Banking and Consumer Banking. You’ll advise teams on GCP strategy, influence architecture decisions and lead modernisation initiatives across cloud platforms, artificial intelligence and machine learning, APIs, middleware integration and digital workflows.

Digital, AI and ML are a core focus of this role. You’ll help teams adopt AI driven development patterns, guide the use of platforms such as Vertex AI, and influence how machine learning solutions are designed, governed and operated across the enterprise.

This role is hands on and highly collaborative. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders in person, running workshops, whiteboarding solutions and shaping technical strategy that supports large scale enterprise engineering. You’ll also mentor engineers and uplift DevOps, platform and reliability practices.

This is a permanent, full time role with hybrid working. Sydney on Warrane, Gadigal Country is preferred due to stakeholder proximity and collaboration needs. Melbourne on Naarm, Wurundjeri Country is also an option.

What do I need?

• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise solutions on Google Cloud Platform, including Terraform and Kubernetes GKE
• Solid software engineering background with strong coding capability in Python, Java or Go, and experience building microservices and distributed systems
• Proven experience working with AI and machine learning platforms such as Vertex AI, including MLOps pipelines and AI driven development patterns
• Deep understanding of DevOps, CI and CD, GitOps and SRE practices, with strong knowledge of cloud security, IAM, network security and compliance automation
• Experience working in Agile or SAFe delivery environments, supported by relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent experience. GCP certifications are preferred

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

Create your future today

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