Australia's central bank modernizing legacy systems and infrastructure
The Reserve Bank of Australia operates a 1,000+ person government agency responsible for monetary policy, financial system stability, and currency issuance. The tech footprint reveals a hybrid cloud migration in progress: heavy Microsoft 365/Azure presence alongside AWS, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Vault, Packer), while simultaneously replacing Java/Spring/Angular with Oracle Exadata and Spring Boot. The hiring velocity is accelerating with 35 roles posted in the last month—predominantly senior engineering and finance staff—focused on legacy Java modernization, CI/CD pipeline build, and Essential Eight security maturity, signaling a multi-year infrastructure overhaul.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Architect, Deputy Head, Team Lead
The Reserve Bank of Australia is the nation's central bank, responsible for setting monetary policy (cash rate targeting), maintaining financial system stability, managing the payments system, issuing banknotes, and holding Australia's gold and foreign exchange reserves. The bank also provides banking services to the Australian Government and overseas central banks. With 1,001–5,000 employees based in Sydney, the RBA operates a technology estate spanning Microsoft enterprise infrastructure, AWS, Kubernetes, and legacy Java applications—currently undergoing systematic modernization to address aging systems, security controls, and governance practices.
Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, Azure Kubernetes Service, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Red Hat, Workday, Power BI, Jira, Palo Alto Networks, Terraform, and Vault. The bank is actively replacing Java/Spring/Angular with Oracle Exadata and Spring Boot.
Modernizing legacy Java and Angular applications, migrating to new infrastructure platforms and VM environments, building CI/CD pipelines, conducting Essential Eight security maturity uplift, and improving operational risk practices and project governance.
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