Engineering Manager

Commonwealth Bank; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Bank is seeking an Engineering Manager in Bangalore to lead Identity Engineering initiatives. You will act as SME, guide technical strategies, and drive secure, scalable platform evolution in cloud environments such as AWS. The role blends team leadership with hands-on engineering and automation development.

You will participate in agile ceremonies, mentor engineers, and ensure delivery against deadlines while maintaining high standards of service delivery and incident management.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of operational experience with significant people-management exposure.

Responsibilities

• Lead incidents, problems, changes, and major projects with impact on services.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and communicate with senior stakeholders.
• Oversee transition of new services to BAU and ensure support readiness.
• Influence stakeholder relationship management to deliver high-quality services.
• Apply analytical skills to resolve complex problems quickly.
• Drive automation and secure, scalable infrastructure in cloud environments (AWS).
• Participate in engineering guilds and agile ceremonies.

Skills

IAM

AWS

DevOps

Agile

PowerShell/Bash/Python

Ping Identity Suite

GitHub Actions

TeamCity

Octopus Deploy

Problem Solving

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Engineering/CS/IT

Tools

Ping Identity Suite

AWS (EC2, S3, IAM)

Terraform/CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

TeamCity

Octopus Deploy

Job description

Job Title: Engineering Manager

Location: Bangalore

Business & Team: Enterprise Services (ES) is responsible for leading the application of technology and operations across the organization. The Identity & Access Technology (IAT) team protects the bank from cyber compromise through proactive management of cyber security, privacy, and operational risk, including Cyber Protection & Design, Cyber Delivery, and Identity & Access Assurance.

Impact & Contribution: The CBA technology unit delivers digital banking services and supports over 53,000 employees by providing tools, technology, and resources to enhance work and customer experience.

Role Overview: This role is part of the Identity Engineering Chapter, a key function within Cyber Engineering practice.

• As an Engineering Manager, you are a technical subject matter expert (SME), consulting on technical strategies, product and feature designs, and playing a critical role in quality implementation and delivery.
• You will lead as a team manager and also be an individual contributor as a full‑cycle engineer, including automation development, systems integration, and contributing to platform evolution and business strategy.
• You will lead key projects that drive automation and optimisation, including design and deployment of secure, scalable infrastructure and services in cloud environments such as AWS.
• You will attend engineering guilds and participate in agile ceremonies to broaden expertise and shape how we operate.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Manage and provide input to incidents, problems, changes, and projects that have a major impact on services.
• Oversee and ensure timely resolution of all major technical incidents, coordinating technical teams, structuring investigations, and communicating with business areas and senior stakeholders.
• Manage transitional elements of new services to BAU, ensuring support partners are skilled and capable.
• Influence relationship management with stakeholders, colleagues, and users to deliver high‑quality services while maintaining service targets.
• Apply strong analytical skills to resolve complex logical problems quickly.
• Analyse information sources and resolve conflicting viewpoints to achieve agreed outcomes.
• Maintain a flexible approach focused on delivery to deadlines and high standards.
• Bring extensive experience in managed services and service delivery environments, including technical and service management exposure.

Essential Skills

• 14+ years of solid operational experience with significant people‑management exposure.
• Domain knowledge in IAT, specifically authentication, SSO and MFA areas.
• Drive adoption of best practices in software engineering, DevOps, and Agile methodologies.
• Solid understanding of Ping Identity, Ping Directory, and the PING Suite of products for enterprise IAM.
• Proficiency in AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, CloudFormation/Terraform).
• Experience with GitHub Actions for workflow automation.
• Scripting skills in PowerShell, Bash, and Python.
• Hands‑on experience with TeamCity build configuration and Octopus Deploy.
• Good to have AI exposure.
• Relevant IT or business tertiary qualifications are desirable.
• Excellent problem‑solving and analytical skills.

Education Qualification

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or Information Technology.

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