Your Impact and Contribution
As a Principal Platform Engineer, you will be at the forefront of our database andDevSecOpsstrategy, responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining our database environments. You will play a key role in automating processes, enhancing security throughDevSecOpspractices, deploying monitoring tools, and maintaining high-quality documentation to ensure our infrastructure remains robust, resilient, and reliable.
As part of the
Data Protection & Storage (DPSS) crew
, you'll work with a highly skilled team of engineers and collaborate in an setting that fosters innovation and upholds engineering excellence. In this solution-focused team, you will contribute to the ongoing delivery of world-class outcomes.
The Role
This Principal Platform Engineer role is a
hands-on technical leadership position
specialising in
backup, restore, and cyber resilience within AWS
. You will be accountable for the
design and evolution of scalable, secure, and highly resilient backup platforms
, with a strong focus on
Commvault
,
AWS-native services
, and
air-gapped cyber recovery environments
.
You will set technical direction, establish repeatable patterns, uplift engineering standards, and actively mentor other engineers across the DPSS and broader cloud platform community.
Key Responsibilities
Design and operate
enterprise backup and restore platforms
using
Commvault
on AWS
Engineer
air-gapped and isolated recovery environments
to support ransomware resilience
Build and optimise
restore strategies
, including cross-account recovery
Develop AWS infrastructure using
infrastructure as code
andDevSecOpspractices
Work at expert level across AWS services including
S3, EC2, RDS,CodeCommit,CodeBuild,CodeArtifact
,
GuardDuty
,
Wizand others
Strengthen
security, reliability, and observability
of backup and recovery platforms
Provide principal-level technical leadership,



design assurance, and mentoring,influencing platform direction across multiple squads and crews
Partner closely with security and risk stakeholders to uplift
cyber resilience
, threat modelling, and recovery assurance
Design repeatable testing strategies for backup integrity, restore confidence, and disaster recovery scenarios
Mentor and uplift engineers through coaching, design reviews, and shared engineering patterns
Accelerate value
delivery
and innovation by improving engineering velocitythrough the use ofAI
Contribute to strategic technical decisions, trade-offs, and long-term platform roadmaps
What We're Looking For
Strong experience with
Commvault backup and restore
in enterprise environments
Proven delivery of
air-gapped cyber backup or isolated recovery solutions
Deep AWS expertise, including
RDS snapshot-based recovery
Expert-level capability across
AWS cloud, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code
Strong security mindset with experience embedding
DevSecOpsand compliance controls
Ability to influence technical direction beyond a single squad or team, aligned to
Principal Platform Engineer
expectations
Why Join DPSS?
Work on
high-impact, board-visible cyber resilience and recovery platforms
Operate at principal level with
real architectural influence
Be part of a deeply technical crew that values
engineering excellence, automation, and security-first design
Flexible working, strong learning culture, and career pathways aligned to CBA's engineering mastery framework
Working with us
Whether you're passionate about customer service, driven by data, or called by creativity, a career with CommBank is for you.
We support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half your time each month connecting in our Sydney office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few.
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📌 Principal Platform Engineer (New South Wales)
🏢 Commbank
📍 New South Wales