Commonwealth Bank

Senior Engineering Manager – Mainframe

Commonwealth Bank

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Sydney • 🇦🇺 Australia

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

FirewallsGoJavaPythonTCP/IP

About the role

  • drive technical execution, delivery outcomes and engineering quality
  • establish and uplift modern engineering practices across the team
  • balance hands-on engineering responsibilities with people leadership
  • ensure Mainframe platforms remain secure, resilient and highly available
  • translate complex technical concepts into clear, customer-focused solutions
  • influence how we deliver, operate and continuously improve

Requirements

  • senior engineering leaders with experience shaping technical strategy and leading high-performing teams
  • deep Mainframe z/OS expertise, including SYSPLEX, major hardware migrations and platform engineering or architecture capability
  • design and operate highly available z/OS environments (TCP/IP, CICS, DB2, MQ)
  • strong diagnostic and debugging capability, including IPCS, Fault Analyzer, SMF analysis, and experience with z/OS and ISV upgrades using SMPE and zOSMF
  • proficient in at least one programming language (e.g. COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, REXX, Java, Python, Go)
  • experience with modern engineering and automation practices including z/OS Connect, REST APIs, IBM IDz, Mainframe CI/CD pipelines, DevSecOps, SRE principles and workflow automation
  • strong security and networking fundamentals, including RACF, AT-TLS, certificate management, TCP/IP networking, routing, firewalls, proxies and IDS/IPS
  • communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders and influence decision-making
Benefits
  • flexible working
  • employee benefits
  • access to career development opportunities

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Mainframe z/OSSYSPLEXCICSDB2MQCOBOLPL/IAssemblerREXXJava
Soft skills
people leadershipcommunicationinfluencetechnical strategyteam leadershipcustomer-focused solutionsdiagnostic capabilitydebugging capability