The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) is inviting applications for the position of Staff Software Engineer to join the CTO Organisation | Storage and Data Protection Engineering. The CTO organisation at CommBank India builds, operates, and evolves the bank’s mission-critical technology platforms. Sitting within the Storage and Data Protection team, you will engineer resilient enterprise storage, backup, and disaster recovery platforms across hybrid on-premises and multi-cloud environments. You will drive cloud-native automation, SRE best practices, and infrastructure-as-code to protect petabyte-scale banking workloads with near-zero downtime.

Core Responsibilities & Technical Scope

In this position at Commonwealth Bank, your operational deliverables and core performance objectives include:

• Enterprise Storage & Data Protection: Design, engineer, and operate enterprise-scale block, file, object, and cloud storage systems ensuring high availability, continuous data protection, and robust cyber recovery.
• Cloud Migration & Architecture: Architect automated data migration and replication frameworks connecting on-premises data centers to AWS and public cloud storage environments.
• Disaster Recovery Automation: Build and orchestrate automated failover, backup verification, and business continuity systems capable of meeting aggressive RTO and RPO banking standards.
• Infrastructure as Code & Automation: Develop robust infrastructure automation pipelines utilizing Ansible, Terraform, Python, Go, and PowerShell to eliminate manual operational interventions.
• SRE & Operational Resilience: Champion Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, telemetry instrumentation, and proactive incident mitigation across hybrid storage clusters.
• Technical Leadership & Mentoring: Guide engineering squads on storage architecture, security hardening, capacity forecasting, and modern DevSecOps deployment practices.

Selection Criteria & Candidate Profile

CommBank evaluates candidates against demonstrated capabilities aligned with the requisition scope:

• Mandatory Qualification: Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), B.Tech, or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Relevant Experience: Minimum 12+ Years of demonstrated engineering experience in enterprise storage systems, data protection architectures, and cloud infrastructure.
• Storage Technologies: Deep technical mastery of enterprise storage platforms (e.g., NetApp, Dell EMC, Pure Storage, SAN/NAS) and cloud object/block storage (AWS S3, EBS, EFS).
• Backup & Cyber Recovery: Extensive experience with enterprise backup platforms (e.g., Commvault, NetBackup, Cohesity, Rubrik) and immutable cyber recovery vaults.
• Automation & Scripting: Hands-on scripting proficiency in Python, Go, Bash, or PowerShell with experience in Ansible, Terraform, and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab).
• Cloud & Containerization: Working knowledge of containerized storage CSI drivers, Kubernetes, and hybrid cloud networking.

Key Competencies & Technical Proficiencies

Remuneration, Flexibility & Benefits

Commonwealth Bank offers progressive remuneration packages supported by comprehensive employee benefits:

• Remuneration Structure: ₹3,500,000 – ₹5,000,000 per annum. (Estimated industry benchmark for Staff Engineers in Bangalore; CommBank has not publicly stated specific salary figures for this requisition.)
• Workplace Flexibility: Collaborative hybrid engineering model at CommBank India state-of-the-art campus at Manyata Business Park, Bangalore.
• Employee Privileges: Concessional rates on home loans, personal banking, savings, and wealth products.
• Parental & Personal Leave: Market-leading paid primary and secondary parental leave alongside personal wellbeing allowances.
• Career Pathways: Tailored internal career progression, funded certifications, and group-wide development academies.
• Community Impact: Paid volunteer leave supporting charitable and community non-profit initiatives.

About Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank)

Commonwealth Bank is Australia’s leading provider of financial services, supporting over 16 million customers across retail, business, institutional, and international markets. CommBank is dedicated to fostering a supportive, diverse, and inclusive workplace that reflects the vibrant communities we serve.

Application Information & Submission

Applications for this requisition close on October 11, 2026. Suitable candidates are encouraged to submit their CV directly through the official CommBank gateway.

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