Engineering Executive Manager-Group Security (Data and Software)

Commonwealth Bank; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 230,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank is seeking an Engineering Executive Manager for Group Security (Data & Software Engineering) to lead about 50 engineers and drive the transition to a modern enterprise data platform powered by Snowflake and integrated with AWS.

You will provide people and technical leadership, strengthen capability across Data and Software Engineering, and partner with senior stakeholders to navigate complex platform transformations while protecting customers and communities.

Qualifications

• Lead a number of teams of engineers across Data and Software Engineering disciplines within Group Security.
• Lead the transition to a modern enterprise data platform powered by Snowflake and integrated with AWS services.
• Build engineering capability that helps protect CommBank, our customers and communities.
• Strong Snowflake experience, coupled with experience across AWS data technologies.
• Experience owning both engineering capability and the delivery and operation of applications or platforms.
• Strong stakeholder leadership, with the ability to influence, constructively challenge and create direction where priorities are shifting or problems are ambiguous.
• Experience operating in large-scale data environments where security, risk, resilience and data constraints are important considerations.
• A self-starting, outcome-focused leadership style, with the technical judgement to challenge architecture, delivery and operational decisions while empowering engineering teams to own implementation.
• Experience working in a security or cyber security environment, or demonstrated knowledge of security concepts and practices, would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop multidisciplinary teams across Data and Software Engineering, strengthening capability and creating meaningful career pathways.
• Provide engineering leadership across a complex, enterprise-scale data platform transition.
• Guide the evolution of our data engineering capability across Snowflake, AWS, Airflow, S3 and dbt, alongside modern software engineering practices.
• Maintain accountability for software applications developed and operated by the team while progressing strategic platform transformation.
• Champion high standards of engineering quality, security, resilience, automation and operational excellence.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Group Security to navigate ambiguity, changing priorities and complex technology decisions.
• Create clarity through periods of change, keeping engineering teams focused on security, customer and business outcomes.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and technical excellence.

Skills

Leadership of engineering teams

Data engineering experience

Software engineering experience

Snowflake

AWS

Tools

Snowflake

AWS

Airflow

dbt

S3

Job description

Engineering Executive Manager-Group Security (Data and Software)

Engineering Executive Manager - Group Security (Data & Software Engineering)

• Lead a number of teams of engineers across Data and Software Engineering disciplines within Group Security
• Lead the transition to a modern enterprise data platform powered by Snowflake and integrated with AWS services
• Build engineering capability that helps protect CommBank, our customers and communities

See yourself in our team

Group Security protects CommBank and our customers from theft, losses and risk events through the effective and proactive management of cyber security, privacy and operational risk.

Data and technology play a critical role in how we stay ahead of an evolving threat landscape. Our engineering teams harness data at scale to support security decisions, strengthen our capabilities and help protect our customers, people and technology.

As Engineering Executive Manager, you will lead approximately 50 engineers across Data and Software Engineering disciplines within Group Security. You will create an environment where talented engineers can do their best work while shaping the engineering capabilities, platforms and practices we need for the future.

Do work that matters

Your leadership will enable trusted, scalable data and software capabilities that support security analytics, informed decision-making and the protection of our customers, people and technology.

You will provide people and technical leadership as we transition between enterprise data platforms, balancing strategic transformation with the continued delivery, operation and evolution of existing platforms and in-house applications.

Drawing on your software and data engineering experience, you will lead the transition from our existing AWS-based data environment to a modern enterprise data platform powered by Snowflake and integrated with AWS services.

You will:

• Lead, coach and develop multidisciplinary teams across Data and Software Engineering, strengthening capability and creating meaningful career pathways.
• Provide engineering leadership across a complex, enterprise-scale data platform transition.
• Guide the evolution of our data engineering capability across Snowflake, AWS, Airflow, S3 and dbt, alongside modern software engineering practices.
• Maintain accountability for software applications developed and operated by the team while progressing strategic platform transformation.
• Champion high standards of engineering quality, security, resilience, automation and operational excellence.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across Group Security to navigate ambiguity, changing priorities and complex technology decisions.
• Create clarity through periods of change, keeping engineering teams focused on security, customer and business outcomes.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement and technical excellence.

We are interested in people who

are interested in people who bring substantial experience leading engineering teams in complex enterprise environments, coupled with the technical depth to credibly lead experienced data and software engineers. You will also have:

• A strong software engineering background complemented by deep data engineering experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams across data and software capabilities.
• Significant experience designing, delivering or migrating enterprise-scale data platforms, including transitions between complex technology ecosystems.
• Strong Snowflake experience, coupled with experience across AWS data technologies. Exposure to Airflow, S3, dbt and broader cloud infrastructure will be highly regarded.
• Experience owning both engineering capability and the delivery and operation of applications or platforms.
• Strong stakeholder leadership, with the ability to influence, constructively challenge and create direction where priorities are shifting or problems are ambiguous.
• Experience operating in large-scale data environments where security, risk, resilience and data constraints are important considerations.
• A self-starting, outcome-focused leadership style, with the technical judgement to challenge architecture, delivery and operational decisions while empowering engineering teams to own implementation.
• Experience working in a security or cyber security environment, or demonstrated knowledge of security concepts and practices, would be advantageous.

Working with us

Our people bring their diverse backgrounds and unique perspectives to build a respectful, inclusive, and flexible workplace with the ultimate flexibility to work from any of our engineering hubs within Australia. It is a workplace where we are driven by our values and supported to share ideas, initiatives and energy. It is also a workplace where making a positive impact for customers, communities and each other is part of our everyday work.

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CommBank is Australia's leading provider of financial services. With customers at the heart of everything we do, we're focused on helping people and businesses move forward financially. We are driven to deliver seamless experiences, in smart, innovative ways.

Our 50,000+ people bring their different backgrounds and unique perspectives to our collaborative environment. It's what makes CommBank a place of opportunity, where your skills can take you in unexpected directions and you can achieve great things.

Ever wondered what it's like to work at one of Australia's Most Innovative companies? Hear what our people have to say about #CommBankLife on Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

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