Req ID:
114946
Department:
CDIS - Infrastructure, Security & Integration
Division:
Technology
Location:
Melbourne
About Us
ANZ’s 2030 strategy is transforming our bank to win the preference of customers, shareholders and the community. ANZ will achieve this by focusing on four strategic pillars – customer first, simplicity, resilience and delivering value. About the Role
The Senior Storage Solution Designer is a strategic technical leader responsible for storage solutions, design assurance, and evolution of ANZ’s enterprise storage and data protection environments. The role ensures storage platforms are designed to meet business requirements & regulatory commitments, are secure & resilient, and are aligned to business strategy & long‑term technology roadmaps.
This role operates as a senior technical authority, partnering with senior infrastructure, application, security, risk, and architecture stakeholders. The role provides technical leadership for platform technology direction & investment decisions, platform modernisation & simplification initiatives, and service uplift programs.
Role Type: Permanent
Role Location: Melbourne
Work Hours: Full-time
What will your day look like?
As a Senior Storage Solution Designer, you will be:
Enterprise Storage Design
Act as the senior design authority for storage solutions, ensuring solutions align with enterprise standards and meet enterprise requirements for availability, performance, scalability, security, and ease of management
Produce and govern high‑quality design artefacts, including solution designs, storage reference architectures and design patterns for block, file, object, and backup storage across on‑premises, hybrid, and cloud environments
Strategy, Roadmaps & Planning
Develop and maintain the enterprise storage and data protection roadmap
Provide input into multi-year investment planning, lifecycle management, and cost optimisation strategies
Identify opportunities to simplify, standardise, and modernise storage platforms to reduce cost, risk, and technical debt
Product Selection, Standards & Governance
Lead technical evaluation and product selection activities for enterprise storage and backup platforms
Provide technical authority for RFPs, RFIs, and major vendor engagements
Define and maintain enterprise storage standards, reference architectures & patterns, and approved technology platforms
Contribute to enterprise architecture forums and communities of practice
Backup, Recovery & Resilience
Define standardised approaches to RTO, RPO, immutability, retention, and cyber recovery
Ensure data protection solutions meet regulatory, audit, and operational resilience obligations
Provide technical leadership for improvement initiatives in recoverability, automation, and resilience maturity
Technical Leadership
Act as a trusted advisor to application, platform, and delivery teams
Influence decision making across infrastructure, cloud, and data domains
Support delivery teams through design assurance and technical decisions
What will you bring?
To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:
Technical
Extensive experience designing and governing enterprise storage solutions in large, complex organisations
Proven experience designing for high availability, performance, scalability, and resilience
Deep expertise across Dell & IBM SAN arrays, NetApp & Dell NAS platforms, Dell object storage, and Dell data protection platforms
Deep understanding of data replication, backup, disaster recovery, cyber resilience and business continuity planning
Strong understanding of AWS & GCP cloud data services
Professional
Strong communication and stakeholder influencing skills
Ability to operate effectively in a complex, regulated environment
Strategic mindset coupled with strong technical depth
Demonstrated ability to balance risk, cost, and performance trade‑offs
You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.
So why join us?
From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.
But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. You'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.
We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.
At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you're a candidate with a disability or access requirement, and have an enquiry about the support provided, please let us know on your application or visit ANZ Accessibility and Inclusion Programs for alternate contact methods.
To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers . You can
Job Posting End Date
13/05/2026 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)
