Description

Seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join a major government technology program focused on modernizing a critical national capability that supports real-time operational decision-making, surveillance, analytics, and geospatial intelligence.

This role will see you working within high-performing Agile teams to design, build and deploy secure cloud-native solutions leveraging modern AWS technologies. You will play a key role in delivering scalable platforms capable of processing large volumes of complex data to support operational outcomes of national significance.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will provide technical leadership across the software development lifecycle, contributing to the design, development, integration and support of enterprise-grade cloud solutions.

You will collaborate with architects, engineers, analysts and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable and resilient applications while helping shape technical direction and engineering best practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices and integration services
• Build event-driven, serverless and containerised solutions within AWS environments
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or AWS CDK
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployments and testing
• Participate in solution design, architecture reviews and technical decision making
• Perform code reviews, testing and quality assurance activities
• Troubleshoot production issues and optimise application performance
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring within Agile delivery teams
• Produce technical documentation including solution designs, deployment guides and operational runbooks

About You

You will bring strong experience delivering cloud-based software solutions and be comfortable working in complex enterprise or government environments.

Essential Experience

• Strong software engineering experience across cloud-native environments
• Development experience with technologies such as Java, Python, Node.js, JavaScript or TypeScript
• Experience building and deploying solutions on AWS
• Strong understanding of microservices, APIs and event-driven architectures
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code
• Knowledge of CI/CD practices and DevSecOps principles
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Experience working within Agile delivery teams

Highly Regarded

• Experience supporting large-scale government or enterprise transformation programs
• Knowledge of geospatial, intelligence, surveillance or operational systems
• Experience leading technical design and architecture discussions
• Understanding of modern cloud security and governance best practices

Requirements

• Current NV1 Security Clearance is mandatory
• Ability to work on-site in Canberra
• Australian Citizenship required

Key Skills

Education

Any Graduate