Sri Lankan commercial bank modernizing core infrastructure and digital channels
Commercial Bank of Ceylon is a Colombo-based private bank whose stack pairs IBM i/AS/400 and DB2 core systems with OpenShift, Kubernetes and multi-cloud tooling across AWS, Azure and GCP. Job posts center on data center modernization, high availability and primary/DR switchovers, pointing to an infrastructure overhaul underway. Hiring is accelerating, spread across finance, operations and security rather than concentrated in engineering.
Notable leadership hires: Lead Engineer
Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC is a publicly listed bank headquartered in Colombo 01, Sri Lanka, founded in 1920. It operates under Central Bank of Sri Lanka supervision and carries a Fitch AA- (lka) national rating. The bank employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people and recruits within Sri Lanka. Its operations span retail channels such as ATMs and CRM systems alongside SWIFT-connected payments and HSM-backed security infrastructure.
Its stack includes IBM i/AS/400, DB2, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Java, .NET, OpenShift, Kubernetes, VMware, Nutanix, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Tableau and Power BI.
Job posts point to a data center modernization roadmap, high availability architecture testing, primary/DR site switchovers, IT governance framework deployment and new ATM/CRM features.
The bank is headquartered in Colombo 01, Western Province, Sri Lanka, and currently hires within Sri Lanka.
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