Systems Engineer

About the role

As a Systems Engineer you will support and improve a portfolio of business‑critical applications and platforms, ensuring core services remain secure, stable and well supported. You will design, build and continuously enhance solution components using approved, standardized technologies across on‑premises and cloud environments.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain solutions using Westpac New Zealand approved tooling.
• Work across virtual servers and operating systems.
• Collaborate with application and technical teams to deliver integrated solution components and platform changes.
• Perform regression, security and performance testing.
• Embed security, risk and compliance requirements into system design, build and operations.
• Support platform availability, resilience and performance, including after‑hours on‑call support.
• Troubleshoot platform, application and integration issues and contribute to incident, problem and change management activities.
• Maintain and improve monitoring, alerting and observability across supported platforms.
• Automate operational and deployment activities to improve reliability and efficiency.

Required profile

• Practical, team‑first mindset with experience supporting reliable enterprise platforms.
• 3+ years of experience in application support, platform and systems engineering roles.
• Strong Red Hat Enterprise Linux administration, configuration and troubleshooting skills.
• Working knowledge of OpenShift, Kubernetes and container technologies.
• Scripting capability in PowerShell and/or Bash.
• Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware vSphere and VMware Aria.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL databases.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals, including VLANs, subnets and firewalls.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Splunk and/or Dynatrace.

Required skills

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• OpenShift
• Kubernetes
• PowerShell
• Bash
• VMware vSphere
• VMware Aria
• Microsoft SQL Server
• PostgreSQL
• VLANs, subnets, firewalls
• Splunk
• Dynatrace