Senior Network Automation Architect – Hybrid

Westpac; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Learning and development opportunities

Volunteer/community involvement

Job summary

Westpac is seeking a Principal Network Automation Engineer to lead the design, build and operation of scalable, production‑grade network automation in our data centre environments. You will code, set technical direction and mentor engineers to adopt code‑driven lifecycle management across the network.

Essential skills include Terraform, Ansible, Python, GitLab/GitHub CI, YAML/JSON, and experience with BGP, leaf-spine architectures, and automated testing.

Qualifications

• Deep IaC experience delivering production network infrastructure with Terraform/Ansible.
• Strong software engineering capability in Python with modular design and automated testing.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining Git-based CI/CD pipelines with secure credential handling.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver scalable, secure network automation solutions using IaC and CI/CD.
• Provide technical leadership, set engineering direction, and mentor engineers across teams.

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

Python

CI/CD pipelines

Networking fundamentals

Tools

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Nautobot/NetBox/Nornir

Job description

Westpac is seeking a Principal Network Automation Engineer to lead the design, build and operation of scalable, production‑grade network automation in our data centre environments. You will code, set technical direction and mentor engineers to adopt code‑driven lifecycle management across the network.

Essential skills include Terraform, Ansible, Python, GitLab/GitHub CI, YAML/JSON, and experience with BGP, leaf-spine architectures, and automated testing.