Technical Lead

• 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
• Hybrid work environment
• Meaningful work that makes an impact

We are seeking a Technical Lead to join the Corporate Systems – Enterprise Systems team within the Information Technology department, the largest division at the Bank.

This is a 12-month fixed term contract opportunity.

In this role, you will lead technical change initiatives across the application and infrastructure portfolio supporting the Corporate Services business departments. You will play a key role in uplifting the Bank's Essential Eight maturity, collaborating with project working groups and stakeholders to assess business impact, influence technical solutions, and coordinate delivery.

This position requires a strong understanding of application and infrastructure architecture, the solution development lifecycle (SDLC), and core IT Service Management practices including Change Management, Business Relationship Management, Information Security, and Configuration Management.

About You

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, vendors, project teams, and BAU teams to identify, validate, and refine business and technical requirements.
• Provide technical solution options and associated time and effort estimates to project managers.
• Enhance solution availability, security, and performance by developing processes, guidelines, and documentation aligned with Bank standards and best practices.
• Apply Bank-standard SDLC methodologies to support delivery of changes impacting Corporate Services.
• Perform technical analysis and solution design, undertake complex tasks, and ensure systems are adequately tested.
• Maintain system development standards and participate in code reviews.
• Conduct research and evaluate new software, tools, and techniques to ensure alignment with the Bank's enterprise architecture and standards.

You are a collaborative and technically skilled professional with experience leading change across enterprise systems. You bring a proactive approach to problem-solving and a strong ability to engage with diverse stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and sustainable solutions.

Be More

Working for an organisation that truly makes a difference to the people of Australia, we can offer development and career opportunities in a collaborative environment that supports your growth, wellbeing and promotes flexibility. Your individual growth and success drives the Bank forward as an organisation. Be more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

Why RBA?

The RBA makes an important contribution to the Australian economy through the pursuit of national economic policy objectives and associated activities in financial markets and banking. We also issue Australia's banknotes and operate infrastructure critical to the payments system, all of which contribute to the welfare of the Australian people. Made up of specialists across a wide range of fields, our people, values, and culture play a critical role in achieving our objectives.

Striving to be Open & Dynamic, we consider and incorporate different perspectives, work across teams and are transparent with each other, whilst delivering quality together effectively and focusing on outcomes by prioritising, testing, learning, and refining as we go. Our people conduct themselves with a high degree of integrity, while striving for excellence in the work they perform and the outcomes they achieve. We encourage intelligent inquiry and we treat one another with respect while promoting the public interest through our efforts. We know it is the growth and success of our people that drives the RBA forward. Come and make a bigger contribution while you build and develop your own skills too, because being more means you can do more, for yourself and for Australia.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion through key initiatives. We welcome and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse background, those living with a disability and from the LGBTQ+ community. We are committed to making the recruitment process fair and equitable for all our candidates.

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