Lead Engineer - Informatica

Westpac Group; Gold Coast City; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mortgage discounts

Flexible work arrangements

Learning & development opportunities

Volunteer opportunities

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Job summary

Westpac Group is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to help establish AI-first engineering practices for IDMC pipelines and Python services. You will automate coding, testing, documentation, and change delivery while ensuring regulatory and security obligations are met.

Responsibilities include designing and supporting data integration with Informatica IDMC, building ETL/ELT pipelines across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments, and acting as a subject matter expert on Informatica

Qualifications

• Expert level experience with Informatica PowerCenter & IDMC.
• Experience designing and supporting high volume, time critical batch data pipelines.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large, complex relational datasets.
• Exposure to Git, Bitbucket.
• Computer Science (or closely related degree) with a major in software engineering or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support data integration solutions using Informatica IDMC (Cloud Data Integration, Cloud Application Integration, Data Quality, Metadata).
• Build and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines across on prem, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Act as a subject matter expert for Informatica and IDMC, defining standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Partner with architects and stakeholders to support cloud migration and modernisation initiatives.
• Engineer for non-functional excellence: reliability, security, performance, observability, and operability.
• Ensure that agreed standards and processes within Westpac are adhered to ensure fulfilment of regulatory obligations.
• Apply an AI first approach to automate coding, testing, data mappings, orchestration, and documentation.

Skills

Informatica PowerCenter

IDMC

SQL

Git/Bitbucket

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Tools

Informatica PowerCenter

IDMC

Job description

About the team:

We’re a team of passionate engineers transforming our technology stack. Our mission is to simplify, modernise, and enhance scalability, reliability, security, and compliance. We work collaboratively, embrace modern technologies (Java, Python, IDMC), and use agile and DevSecOps approaches to shape the future of our technology landscape.

About the role:

We are establishing AI first engineering practices where intelligent agents assist and increasingly lead software and data development. In this role you will help drive the adoption of AI driven, agentic development across Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC) pipelines and python services —automating coding, testing, documentation, and change delivery while meeting the bank’s regulatory and security obligations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design, develop, and support data integration solutions using Informatica IDMC (Cloud Data Integration, Cloud Application Integration, Data Quality, Metadata).
• Build and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines across on prem, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Act as a subject matter expert for Informatica and IDMC, defining standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Partner with architects and stakeholders to support cloud migration and modernisation initiatives.
• Engineer for non-functional excellence: reliability, security, performance, observability, and operability.
• Ensure that agreed standards and processes within Westpac are adhered to ensure fulfilment of regulatory obligations.
• Apply an AI first approach to automate coding, testing, data mappings, orchestration, and documentation.

What do I need?

• Expert level experience with Informatica PowerCenter &IDMC.
• Experience designing and supporting high volume, time critical batch data pipelines.
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with large, complex relational datasets.
• Exposure to Git, Bitbucket.
• Computer Science (or closely related degree) with a major in software engineering or equivalent.

We’re obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 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.

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 out more information and additional contact details by visiting the People with Disability and/or needing Accessibility Requirements page on ourwebsite.

• Locations Surfers Paradise, QLD, Australia