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Senior DevOps Engineer

Westpac GroupSydney, Sydney🇦🇺AustraliaPosted 23 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

Leverage your deep Atlassian expertise to drive innovation and continuous improvement for a leading financial institution, with the flexibility of a hybrid work model. This role offers significant growth potential as you become the technical owner of critical enterprise platforms and collaborate with a reputable company known for its supportive environment. Embrace this opportunity to shape the future of technology and enhance your skills within a dynamic team.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Sydney, Sydney, Australia
ConfluenceJira

Job Description

Create your best future as a Senior DevOps Engineer.

What's the role?

The Senior DevOps Engineer is the technical owner of the enterprise Jira and Confluence platform, responsible for the administration, configuration, integration and continuous improvement of the service.
Reporting to the Principal Engineer, this role ensures the platform remains secure, stable, scalable and aligned to enterprise standards while delivering an excellent user experience. The role combines deep Atlassian platform expertise with platform engineering, automation, integration and operational support capabilities.
As the primary technical specialist for Jira and Confluence, the Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for:

  • Platform Administration and technical ownership
  • Project and space configuration
  • Automation Management and continuous improvement
  • Integration Engineering
  • User provisioning oversight
  • Governance, Risk security and compliance
  • Incident resolution
  • Stakeholder collaboration
  • Implementation of platform enhancements
  • Providing technical leadership and guidance to support analysts and administrators
What do I need?

To be successful in this role, you will have extensive experience administering Jira Software, Jira Service Management and Confluence. You will be well versed in supporting enterprise SaaS platforms within large and complex organisations and have proven experience designing and implementing platform configurations, workflows and automation. You should have strong stakeholder engagement skills and be well versed in translating business requirements into technical solutions.

In addition to the above, the below skills and experience are required:

  • Experience integrating Atlassian products with enterprise systems and services
  • Experience managing platform incidents, problem resolution and operational support
  • Jira Software administration
  • Experience supporting identity management, user provisioning and access governance processes
  • Experience delivering platform enhancements and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Confluence administration
  • Knowledge of risk management and compliance practices.
  • Experience supporting governance frameworks and operating standards.
  • Awareness of data privacy and regulatory requirements.
  • Workflow design and configuration
  • Automation rules and process automation
  • Experience working with business and technology stakeholders to deliver platform outcomes

We're obsessed with becoming our customers' 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

We're all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone - no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community.

If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find more information and contact details on our FAQs and how to contact us page , under the 'Diversity, sustainability and flexibility' section.

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