Lead Engineer - Informaticanew

About UNITE: 

This role sits within our Customer & UNITE Technology division. Westpac's UNITE program is a multi-year, technology transformation initiative to consolidate systems, streamline processes, and modernizing technology infrastructure. This will in turn simplify the bank's operations, reduce costs, and improve both customer and employee experiences. 

About the team:  

We’re a team of passionate engineers transforming our technology stack. Our mission is to simplify, modernise, and enhance scalability, reliability, security, and compliance. We work collaboratively, embrace modern technologies (Java, Python, IDMC), and use agile and DevSecOps approaches to shape the future of our technology landscape.

About the role: 

We are establishing AI first engineering practices where intelligent agents assist and increasingly lead software and data development. In this role you will help drive the adoption of AI driven, agentic development across Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) pipelines and python services —automating coding, testing, documentation, and change delivery while meeting the bank’s regulatory and security obligations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design, develop, and support data integration solutions using Informatica IDMC (Cloud Data Integration, Cloud Application Integration, Data Quality, Metadata).
• Build and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines across on prem, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Act as a subject matter expert for Informatica and IDMC, defining standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Partner with architects and stakeholders to support cloud migration and modernisation initiatives.
• Engineer for non-functional excellence: reliability, security, performance, observability, and operability.
• Ensure that agreed standards and processes within Westpac are adhered to ensure fulfilment of regulatory obligations.
• Apply an AI first approach to automate coding, testing, data mappings, orchestration, and documentation.

What do I need?

• Expert level experience with Informatica PowerCenter &IDMC.
• Experience designing and supporting high volume, time critical batch data pipelines.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large, complex relational datasets.
• Exposure to Git, Bitbucket.
• Computer Science (or closely related degree) with a major in software engineering or equivalent.

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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