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We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with over 115,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.
About The Team
Our Technology team is the backbone of the business, building and maintaining the information technology infrastructure that support Coles Group. As a part of the Technology team, you get the opportunity to work through complex, challenging, meaningful problems using large data sets and new technologies to expand your skills and experience.
The Integration team’s mission is to build bridges between the different tooling, infrastructure & business services that power Coles. Our brands rely on this seamless integration to serve over 21 million customers at over 2,500 outlets around Australia every day.
About The Role
As a Technical Lead in this team, you will support and enable as necessary the design, planning, implementation and release of relevant engineering enablement capabilities across the projects, programs, and agile squads.
The Technical Lead candidate will be an all-rounder; able to adapt to a fast-paced, lean and agile working environment.
Key responsibilities include
* Lead a small, indirect team within the Integration Centre for Enablement, specialising in event-driven architecture and messaging technologies. Provide expert guidance on Coles' eventing and messaging platforms and related software.
* Champion the adoption of managed services, cloud-based messaging solutions, and cloud applications within the eventing and integration landscape.
* Contribute to and drive the strategic direction for event-driven integration and messaging technologies within Coles, maintaining a comprehensive understanding of relevant Integration Projects and Programs.
* Be the go-to Subject Matter Expert for Coles' eventing and messaging platforms, encompassing technologies like IBM MQ, Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, and similar solutions.
* Develop, negotiate, and clearly communicate the Eventing and Messaging Platform Strategy and Roadmap across the organisation.
* Take ownership of the delivery aspects related to Coles' eventing and messaging platforms, engineered components, and associated service
About You And Your Skills
* Extensive commercial experience in software engineering and testing, with a strong emphasis on event-driven architectures and messaging technologies.
* Deep practical experience with eventing platforms such as Confluent Kafka and message queuing systems like IBM MQ/MFT.
* Proven experience in leading technical teams or directing work as a Technical Lead or Delivery Lead, preferably within integration projects leveraging eventing and messaging in an agile environment. Experience delivering large programs with event-driven components, including operational support, is highly desirable.
* Demonstrated experience with a variety of licensed and open-source technologies relevant to eventing and messaging, including Kafka, IBM MQ, Azure Event Hubs (or similar cloud messaging services), and potentially related frameworks and programming languages (e.g., Java, NodeJS, Python, etc.).
* Demonstrated experience managing engineering outcomes for eventing and messaging solutions, including process and tools (e.g., Jira for story tracking, potentially specific monitoring tools for messaging platforms).
* Demonstrated experience with testing aspects of DevOps for event-driven systems, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for continuous testing of messaging infrastructure using tools such as Terraform, Azure DevOps, etc. Familiarity with containerisation (Docker) and version control (GIT) in the context of eventing is beneficial.
* Demonstrated experience creating Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD) test automation frameworks compatible with diverse technology stacks, with specific experience testing asynchronous and event-driven interactions.
* Solid understanding of engineering principles, products, and services in a hybrid cloud environment, with a strong technical background in eventing and messaging patterns and best practices.
* Proven capabilities in vendor, partner, and stakeholder relationship management, including the negotiation and management of outsource agreements and delivery to agreed service levels, potentially involving vendors specialising in messaging or eventing platforms.
* Demonstrated success in enabling the launch of high-quality and business-critical products leveraging event-driven architectures in a complex enterprise production environment.
What’s in it for you?
* Flexible working options We know that work is only one part of your life, so we actively encourage a positive work-life balance and provide hybrid working options to help you achieve it.
* Office perks Take advantage of our gym facility and fitness classes, free parking, BBQ area, mini-Coles supermarket, fooderie hub where you can sample new products before they hit the shelves, school holiday program and so much more when you come in.
* Discounts Eligible team members receive 5% discount all year round on your Supermarket and Liquor online and in-store purchases. We also offer additional periods of double discount (10%) at various times throughout the year. As well as hotdeals exclusive to team members that translate into additional savings.
* Reward through recognition Give and receive recognition, linked to our Coles values, through our digital recognition platform ‘mythanks’. You can accumulate points to redeem in the online shop for exciting gifts and electronic gift cards from an extensive range of retailers.
* Opportunities for learning and development No matter where you start within our diverse business, you’ll have experiences, exposure, and education to satisfy you. Discover and explore a variety of career development programs and job-specific training.
* Paid parental leave We understand how important your life outside work is and offer permanent team members paid parental leave to support you in balancing work and family.
* Investment in your future Our annual team member share plan offer allows eligible team members to make regular pre-tax salary sacrifice deductions to purchase Coles Group shares.
About The Recruitment Process
We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that is just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We are committed to creating a workplace that is safe and respectful for our team. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.
We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. For further information and additional contact details visit the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site or email
Job ID 153104
Employment Type Full time
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
* Industries
Retail
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