Senior Software Engineer

PERSOL brings together the legacy and experience of four organisations that shaped the staffing landscape over the past century: Kelly Services, who pioneered the modern temporary help industry in 1946; SKILLED, who crafted the staffing industry in Australia in 1964; Programmed, the leading provider of operations and maintenance services across Australia and New Zealand; and PERSOL, the largest workforce solutions provider in APAC.

Senior Software Engineer (EL1 equivalent)

React, JavaScript, AWS Cloud

Federal Government Agency contract - ASAP until 30th June x 12 months extension option

Location: Canberra

Must be able to obtain Baseline clearance A clearance holder is highly preferred with gov experience

Job details

Software Engineers have experience overseeing software development projects, writing optimised code, and provide technical leadership to a team of software engineers. They are responsible for the quality and functionality of the software produced by their team.

Key duties and responsibilities

The Specified Personnel will be responsible for providing the following deliverables, including but not limited to:

• Developing complex software applications using JavaScript technologies that meet business needs (user stories linked to business outcomes), design specifications, industry standards, agreed service levels, departmental policies, procedures and corporate objectives such as enterprise architecture artefacts;
• Providing technical advice and support to the technical lead, product owner, co-design representatives, business analysts, solution architects, testers and other various stakeholders;
• Reviewing solution designs and providing feedback;
• Developing, maintaining and enabling automated performance of unit testing for system components;
• Development and maintenance of Azure DevOps Pipelines to manage automated deployments, security scanning and quality assurance;
• Complying with departmental methodologies (e.g. project, service, release and change management) to maintain, support and review/upgrade existing capabilities;
• Providing delivery managers, the product owner and the multi-disciplinary team with status updates and development effort estimates for changes during and outside of Agile ceremonies;
• Security vulnerability remediation, library and package updates, including dependency management, in accordance with departmental processes;
• Leading and participating in code review practices with peer developers;
• Participating in technical verification testing (TVT) post PROD deployments;
• Troubleshooting production system incidents, problems and defects.

About the team

The Data Platforms Section is responsible for maintaining an Enterprise repository encompassing the majority of data within the Department. It is responsible for acquiring and processing data from internal source systems and external agencies. The section oversees the operation of the Connected Information Environment (CIE) which consists of Teradata, AWS Cloud Platforms and Analyst Desktop.

About the organisation

The Data Platforms Applications team is responsible for development and management of applications that inform risk and intelligence-based decision making, both at the Border and in an analytical capacity. This role will contribute to the provisioning of Data to follow-on systems, ABF users, data scientists, business users and policy areas for Integration, Reporting, Intelligence/Profiling function and Analytical purposes.

Criteria

The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters.

Skillsets

• Minimum 5+ years' experience working with JavaScript technologies.
• Minimum 1+ years' experience working with Applications hosted in AWS Cloud environments.
• Demonstrated experience with: React; o CSS, Less CSS & HTML; o Typescript or any Javascript MVC frameworks; o Web Services (SOAP and RESTful); o Source code management using Git with Azure DevOps; o Azure Pipelines and related Azure technologies; o Designing, developing, supporting and maintaining capabilities in large complex ICT environments.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute design advice using both technical expertise and excellent communication skills.

If you are interested, please do not hesitate to reach out Athena Yung at or for a confidential discussion

Who we are

At PERSOL, we connect people to meaningful work and growth.

With decades of experience and a future-focused mindset, we're here to support your career journey. We offer fresh opportunities, trusted guidance, and a people-first approach.

We're committed to creating a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace that embraces diverse experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives.

We strongly encourage applications from women, people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, and individuals from all communities.

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