Principal Technical Lead - Workload Automation

As the Principal Technical Lead for Workload Automation, you will provide expert technical leadership across Westpac’s Enterprise Batch (Workload Automation) Services, spanning design, build and operations. You will play a critical role in driving the Batch strategic roadmap, ensuring our workload automation platforms are resilient, scalable and aligned to business needs.

This is a hands‑on, senior technical role requiring deep expertise in Control‑M, along with strong experience in ESP Workload Automation and TWS/IWS, within a large, complex enterprise environment.

You will be responsible for the end‑to‑end technical leadership of Westpac’s batch scheduling platforms, providing both strategic direction and operational excellence. This includes BAU administration, major incident support, platform upgrades, automation, and engagement with stakeholders and vendors.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in the design, build and implementation of batch solutions across Control‑M, ESP and TWS/IWS, aligned to Westpac’s Batch strategic roadmap

• Deliver third‑level operational support, including major incident management, root cause analysis, and ownership of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning

• Manage and maintain batch platforms through installations, upgrades, patching, agent management and certificate renewals, ensuring platform stability and reliability

• Define and govern batch scheduling standards, working closely with batch designers and developers to deliver optimal batch flow solutions

• Drive continuous improvement, stakeholder engagement and innovation, providing expert technical advice to business, technology partners and vendors, and assessing emerging workload automation technologies 

What do I need?

• 10-14 years’ experience in a highly technical IT role focused on Batch / Workload Automation 

• Principal‑level expertise in Control‑M (essential) 

• Senior‑level experience with ESP Workload Automation and TWS/IWS 

• Extensive experience in Batch Operations and Batch Scheduling 

• Strong experience across mainframe and midrange hosting environments 

• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and drive strategic roadmaps 

• Expert problem‑solving, troubleshooting and consultative skills 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 

• A tertiary qualification in IT (highly desirable)

Why join us?

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.

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