Commonwealth Bank
Commonwealth Bank
Commonwealth Bank is an Australian financial services company spanning retail, premium, business, and institutional banking. Its offering also includes funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment, and sharebroking services. With more than 52,000 employees and over 800,000 shareholders, Commonwealth Bank operates across a broad range of financial products and services designed to help customers manage and build their finances.

Senior Engineering Manager, Group Security Data Engineering (Sydney)

Lead CommBank’s cloud security data platforms using AWS and Snowflake. Guide data engineering teams through platform transformation and the delivery of secure analytics capabilities.

Description

  • Lead, mentor and grow a high-performing data engineering team
  • Set and deliver the engineering strategy for Group Security data platforms and products
  • Direct the migration of data capabilities from legacy systems to a modern cloud environment
  • Provide technical direction across data architecture, modelling, integration, platform design and engineering standards
  • Oversee secure, resilient and scalable data pipelines, services and reusable data products
  • Advance engineering quality through automation, testing, observability, CI/CD and disciplined operations
  • Work with product owners, architects, security specialists and engineering leaders to turn complex needs into effective solutions
  • Balance transformation goals, delivery commitments, platform health, risk and technical debt

Requirements

  • Substantial experience leading and developing data engineering teams, including mentoring senior technical professionals
  • Demonstrated success delivering large-scale data platforms, data products or analytics solutions
  • Advanced capability in data architecture, modelling, integration and platform design
  • Hands-on experience designing and delivering solutions with AWS data services and systems
  • Background leading complex platform transformation or migration programs
  • Strong understanding of modern data engineering, distributed processing and cloud-native platforms
  • Ability to influence senior stakeholders and explain complex technical decisions with clarity
  • Strong focus on risk management, security, reliability and operational excellence
  • Snowflake experience is strongly preferred
  • Experience with Python, SQL, Spark, AWS services such as EMR, Glue or Redshift, and enterprise self-service data platforms is highly regarded
  • Cybersecurity experience is beneficial but not required

Benefits

  • Accessible, inclusive and respectful workplace
  • Support and workplace adjustments for applicants who need them
  • Career development opportunities within the Commonwealth Bank Group

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