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The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) Information Technology (IT) Graduate Program is a great opportunity for emerging professional talent. Our IT Department holistically embraces innovation and works closely with the banking industry, Australian government, and foreign central banks.

Do work that makes a difference

Technology is essential to enable the Reserve Bank of Australia’s policy and operational objectives. The country depends upon our systems being secure, highly resilient and efficient, and you will be on the frontline of this work. Working within the Bank’s IT Department will give you some of the most unique capability-building opportunities to work with and behind the scenes of Australia’s most critical core banking and payments platforms. 

Our industry-recognised program provides our graduates with:

• A two-year program comprised of four six-month placements
• Supportive environment with training and coaching
• Development of industry skills
• Technical and non-technical pathways
• Work for an organisation that makes a difference

With the support of our IT Senior Leadership Team, each IT Graduate is able to explore the many and varied career opportunities experience in central banking IT can give you. Our IT graduate program provides you with four rotations in areas including:

• Cyber Security
• Enterprise Architecture
• Project Management
• Data Technologies
• Software Development
• Business Analysis
• Banking, Payments and Currency Systems
• Cloud, DevOps and Platform Engineering
• Infrastructure
• IT Policy and Markets
• Network Services
• Strategy and Governance
• Change Management & Communications

We are looking for graduates who are passionate about information technology and have an innate desire to learn and succeed.

IT Graduate applicants must hold or be completing a degree with strong academic achievement in information technology, computer science, data science, mathematics or a closely related discipline. All applicants must be Australian permanent residents or citizenship, or New Zealand citizenship.