Employment Type Permanent Closing Date 5 Oct 2026 11:59pm Job Title Pillar Lead - Engineering Tooling & Patterns Job Summary Job Description The Chance This is an opportunity to shape the future of engineering enablement by driving the adoption of modern tooling, automation frameworks, DevSecOps practices, and self-service capabilities. You will influence engineering teams across the enterprise, define standards and best practices, and lead initiatives that simplify delivery, strengthen compliance, and accelerate business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Lead technical discussions and implementation strategies to drive adoption of standardised engineering tooling, automation patterns, and self-service workflows. Own and continuously enhance the engineering golden path catalogue, ensuring patterns and automation assets remain current, discoverable, and fit for purpose. Drive automation and orchestration adoption across cloud-native and hybrid environments. Partner with engineering, platform, security, and business stakeholders to align tooling investments with strategic priorities. Deliver Centre of Excellence outcomes through both technical leadership and hands-on execution. Define and communicate engineering tooling and automation roadmaps in partnership with senior technology leaders. Embed security, compliance, and governance requirements into engineering platforms and delivery frameworks by design. Design and enable self-service onboarding and lifecycle management capabilities for engineering teams. Act as a trusted SME for engineering tools, DevSecOps, automation, and platform engineering practices.
Drive continuous improvement through adoption metrics, stakeholder feedback, and lessons learned. Uplift organisational engineering maturity through standards, communities of practice, coaching, and enablement activities.
About You
Essential Skills & Experience
Strong understanding of modern engineering tooling ecosystems, platform engineering, DevSecOps, and automation frameworks. Demonstrated ability to assess, evaluate, and recommend tooling solutions across diverse engineering environments. Experience influencing engineering practices and driving adoption without direct ownership of platforms or tools. Exceptional stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills. Proven ability to translate strategic objectives into practical implementation outcomes. Strong knowledge of engineering governance, security, compliance, and operational standards. Experience working in complex enterprise technology environments with multiple stakeholder groups. Ability to balance technical depth, commercial considerations, and delivery outcomes. Strong leadership capability, with experience guiding teams, influencing decisions, and driving change through expertise.
Desirable Experience
Establishing or operating Engineering Centres of Excellence. Expertise in cloud platforms, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, developer platforms, and automation orchestration. Experience implementing developer self-service capabilities and internal developer platforms. Knowledge of Agile, DevSecOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and platform engineering practices.
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📌 Pillar Lead - Engineering Tooling & Patterns (Melbourne)
🏢 Telstra Corporation
📍 Melbourne