Senior Java Developer

Our Federal Government client is seeking an experienced Senior Java Developer or Python Developer or .NET Developer to join their Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne or Perth team. This is a 15 month contract with 2x12 month extension option. The role is open for candidates with an NV1, NV2 or PV clearance.

• 15 month contract with 2x12 month extension option
• Open for Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth
• On-site role requires the successful candidate to be in the office
• Paxus pays weekly

Software Developers deliver innovative capabilities by developing and integrating software, documenting technical processes and assisting with testing and deployment.

To be successful in this role you must:

• Support, maintain and enhance existing software capability ensuring application availability.
• Ensure quality and security of software capability through appropriate testing and review.
• Assist in the continuous improvement process by developing and enhancing procedures.
• Engage with business and product owners to clarify and fully develop user requirements using agile development methods.
• Document technical processes in accordance with organisational policies and procedures and promote bi-directional knowledge transfer within a team environment.
• Provide guidance and uplift capability of other team members. Work as a member of an integrated team and effectively prioritise, allocate tasks, participate in and contribute to design reviews, stakeholder meetings and agile processes.

To be considered for this role you must:

• Programming/software development: Takes technical responsibility across all stages and iterations of software development. Plans and drives software construction activities. Adopts and adapts appropriate software development methods, tools and techniques. Measures and monitors applications of project/team standards for software construction, including software security. Contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for software development.
• Specialist advice: Provides definitive and expert advice in their specialist area. Actively maintains recognised expert level knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms. Oversees the provision of specialist advice by others. Consolidates expertise from multiple sources, including third-party experts, to provide coherent advice to further organisational objectives. Supports and promotes the development and sharing of specialist knowledge within the organisation.
• Systems design: Designs large or complex systems and undertakes impact analysis on major design options and trade-offs. Ensures that the system design balances functional and non-functional requirements. Reviews systems designs and ensures that appropriate methods, tools and techniques are applied effectively. Makes recommendations and assesses and manages associated risks. Adopts and adapts system design methods, tools and techniques. Contributes to development of system design policies, standards and selection of architecture components.
• System software: Ensures that system software is provisioned and configured to facilitate the achievement of service objectives. Evaluates new system software and recommends adoption if appropriate. Plans the provisioning and testing of new versions of system software. Investigates and coordinates the resolution of potential and actual service problems. Ensures that operational procedures and diagnostics for system software are current, accessible and well understood.
• Systems integration and build: Provides technical expertise to enable the configuration of system components and equipment for systems testing. Collaborates with technical teams to develop and agree system integration plans and report on progress. Defines complex/new integration builds. Ensures that integration test environments are correctly configured. Designs, performs and reports results of tests of the integration build. Identifies and documents system integration components for recording in the configuration management system. Recommends and implements improvements to processes and tools.

When inquiring about this role, please quote the job number #268374

To be considered for the role click the 'apply' button or for more information about this and other opportunities please contact Irina Alrogi on +61 (0)2 6151 9203 or email: [email protected] and quote the above job reference number.

Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.