DevOps / Software Engineers (Mid-Level to Senior)

At Swordfish, we specialise in delivering transformative innovation to our Defence clients through integrated teams that combine the engineering disciplines with deep defence domain knowledge, specialist skills in the applied sciences, mathematics and digital technologies. We are passionate about applying quality engineering and embracing emerging technologies to bring innovative solutions to Defence.

Over the past 25 years, Swordfish has established a reputation for outstanding innovative R&D, and is a preferred and trusted industry partner to Defence clients. We are proudly Australian owned and operated and are committed to safeguarding our sovereignty, citizens, and national interests through helping to provide Australian Defence with a capability edge.

We strive to maintain a respectful and honest working environment that fosters a culture of inclusion, open collaboration and trust. Our teams welcome new ideas and alternative solutions, are passionate about what they do, and eagerly welcome new team members.

What we are looking for

Talented mid-level to senior DevOps / Software Engineers who desire to apply their skills to Defence projects in areas such as Electronic Warfare, Future Military Cloud Native Systems, Machine Learning, Command, Control, Communications, Computing & Intelligence (C4I) and Cyber Security. We seek passionate people who enjoy technical challenges, problem solving and want to keep improving both individually and as part of the team. People that enjoy the culture of a smaller company and value collaboration to ensure the success of our teams in achieving client's goals will find working at Swordfish rewarding.

What you will do

• Contribute to the development and deployment of both research and operational Defence systems using your experience in programming or cloud-native technologies.
• Work within a team to consult with Defence clients to analyse and identify their requirements, and then plan the development and delivery of the required functionality.
• Work with a wide variety of state-of-the-art technologies and practices - E.g. Microservices, DevSecOps, Kafka/MQTT, Containers (Docker), Kubernetes, Data Pipelines/Lakehouses, Web UIs (Angular/React).
• Learn and adopt existing Automation practices into the development (e.g. Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD) environment to more effectively develop, test and deliver software.
• Contribute to the the technical quality of the team through code reviews, design reviews and collaborative development.
• Continue to develop your technical ability through both on-the-job training and professional development opportunities.

Location

Swordfish is headquartered in the Adelaide CBD with our teams operating from both Adelaide and Edinburgh.

Benefits

• Interesting and rewarding work
• Fun, and supportive culture.
• 37.5 hour working week with flexible work arrangements and work-life balance
• Support for your professional development
• Attractive remuneration
• Relocation support if you live interstate

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience with object oriented design and at least one OOP language (Python, C++, C# or Java are highly desirable).
• Experience with cloud native technologies related to microservices, messaging, containers (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm), automation.
• Continuous Integration pipelines (preferably GitLab) and Continuous Deployment technologies.
• Experience with Data Pipeline and Data Lakehouse technologies (e.g. Dagster, Apache Spark, Apache Hadoop) would be highly valued.
• Agile practices and development methodologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Systems Engineering, or related engineering discipline.
• Australian Citizenship
• Australian Security Clearance - Either already have or be eligible to hold and maintain a NV1 clearance.