Senior Integration Engineer

Cuscal Limited; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

IGNITE program

Wellbeing benefits

Cuscal Advantage

Job summary

Cuscal, a leading Australian payments innovator, is seeking a hands-on Senior Integration Engineer to join the Engineering Practices team. You will deploy, configure, maintain and harden the core integration infrastructure across development, staging and production, translating platform standards into automated, secure environments.

You’ll work with Confluent/Kafka, IBM MQ, API gateways and cloud services, build IaC with Terraform/Ansible/Helm, ensure high availability, DR and secure secrets

Qualifications

• 8+ years infrastructure or platform engineering experience
• Hands-on with 3–4 core integration technologies
• Strong infrastructure-as-code experience using Terraform, Ansible and Helm
• CI/CD design with secure deployment patterns
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker for operations
• Monitoring and observability with Grafana/Prometheus/ELK
• Linux administration and scripting with Bash or Python
• Clear communication and technical docs

Responsibilities

• Deploy and operate core integration technologies
• Build IaC using Terraform, Ansible and Helm
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery
• Implement platform hardening and certificate management
• Create monitoring dashboards and runbooks
• Collaborate across teams to meet standards

Skills

Clear communication

Documentation

Linux administration

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Enterprise tech experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/CS/IT

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Kubernetes

Docker

Grafana

Prometheus

ELK

AWS/Azure

Job description

At Cuscal, we’re not just shaping the future of payments, we’re pioneering it. From launching Australia’s first ATM to being the first certified NPP PayTo Payer and Initiator in 2022, we’ve spent over 60 years building solutions that millions of Australians rely on every day.

Now, we’re preparing for what’s next and we want you to be part of it.

Join us as a Senior Integration Engineer in our Engineering Practices team and help build the secure, highly available integration infrastructure that supports our enterprise technology environment.

At Cuscal, we’re not just shaping the future of payments, we’re pioneering it. From launching Australia’s first ATM to being the first certified NPP PayTo Payer and Initiator in 2022, we’ve spent over 60 years building solutions that millions of Australians rely on every day.

Now, we’re preparing for what’s next and we want you to be part of it.

Join us as a Senior Integration Engineer in our Engineering Practices team and help build the secure, highly available integration infrastructure that supports our enterprise technology environment.

Job Description

Your Opportunity

We’re looking for a hands-on Senior Integration Engineer to join our Engineering Practices team within Enterprise Technology Services.

In this build-and-run role, you will deploy, configure, maintain and harden the core integration infrastructure that underpins Cuscal’s enterprise integration capability. You will translate platform standards into automated, secure and highly available environments across development, staging and production.

You’ll also make an impact by:

• Deploying and operating integration technologies including Confluent/Kafka, IBM MQ, IBM ACE, Sterling Integrator, Control-M, MFT, API gateways, Azure Service Bus and Amazon SQS/SNS.
• Building infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, Ansible and Helm and managing secure CI/CD pipelines for platform deployments.
• Strengthening reliability through high availability, disaster recovery, failover testing and capacity planning.
• Implementing platform hardening, mTLS, certificate lifecycle management and secure secrets handling in partnership with Cyber Security.
• Creating monitoring dashboards, alerts, runbooks and operational handover artefacts that keep the platform supportable and audit-ready.
• Working with engineering, cloud, identity, cyber and vendor teams to resolve blockers and deliver consistent platform standards.

Qualifications

What you’ll bring

To succeed in this role, you’ll have:

• 8+ years of infrastructure or platform engineering experience, ideally within a regulated or large enterprise environment.
• Hands-on experience across at least three to four core integration technologies such as Confluent/Kafka, IBM MQ, IBM ACE, Sterling Integrator, Control-M, MFT, API gateways, Azure Service Bus or SQS/SNS.
• Strong infrastructure-as-code experience using Terraform, Ansible and Helm.
• Strong CI/CD pipeline design and management experience with secure deployment patterns and environment promotion.
• Experience supporting Kubernetes and Docker environments with a focus on operational reliability.
• Monitoring and observability experience using Grafana, Prometheus, ELK or equivalent tools.
• Working knowledge of mTLS, certificate management, secrets handling, Linux administration and scripting with Bash or Python.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to produce technical documentation, runbooks and operational updates.

You’ll stand out from the crowd if you have some of the following:

• Experience supporting disaster recovery test programs and enterprise messaging or event-streaming operations at scale.
• AWS or Azure cloud platform experience.
• Experience in banking, payments or financial systems with familiarity with PCI-DSS and APRA CPS 234 obligations.
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science or information technology or equivalent relevant experience.

Additional Information

Why Cuscal?

At Cuscal, you’ll find a strong, successful company that’s reimagining the future. Our team is right at the heart of it all.

Here, you’ll deliver interesting, ground-breaking work that has real impact on Australia’s financial services sector and the millions of customers it serves. You’ll innovate alongside skilled, smart and connected teams and build a fulfilling career that continues to grow.

You’ll also enjoy a range of benefits, including:

• A hybrid working model that supports flexibility and connection.
• Recognition through our IGNITE program, celebrating individual and team achievements.
• Wellbeing initiatives and access to offers through Cuscal Advantage.

Join us and reimagine the future

For further information about this role, please contact Pooja Nimal, Talent Acquisition Specialist.

Cuscal is an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment and a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.

We welcome applicants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people living with disability, LGBTQIA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore career opportunities with Cuscal.

Note: Cuscal does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or search firms.