Water Sector Developer

Information for applicants

The role is ongoing and located in all capital cities. Information about the position, including eligibility, selection criteria, and details on how to apply, is available on the Bureau of Meteorology's website Careers page at

Applications close at
11:30pm AEDT Sunday 12 October 2025

Enquiries about the position can be directed Alasdair Scott

Project Manager

Email:

About the Bureau

We are Australia's weather, climate, water, oceans and space weather agency. Our work touches the lives of all Australians every day.

Our products and services include observations, forecasts, warnings, analysis and advice. They cover Australia's atmosphere, water, oceans and space environments.

The Bureau operates under the authority of the Meteorology Act 1955 and the Water Act 2007. We also fulfill Australia's international obligations under the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization and related international meteorological treaties and agreements.

Read the
Bureau of Meteorology Strategy 2022–27
to find out more about our organisation and the work we do for all Australians.

Position overview

The Developer – Water Sector plays an integral part in the Bureau's Water Markets Reform program, which aims to improve trust and transparency in water trading across the Murray–Darling Basin. A key responsibility of this program is to develop the digital platforms that facilitate the collection and sharing of national water information. Additionally, the Developer – Water Sector will support the seamless transition of the Water Market Reforms program responsibilities and resources into the BAU operations of the Water Regulations and Standards section and to the Data and Digital Group (DDG).

The role will focus exclusively on the Bureau's water systems and requires an experienced developer with full stack proficiency and strong AWS cloud and applications experience, to maintain system alignment with the evolving Water Act, Water Regulations and Water Market Data Standards. This is achieved through significant industry consultation, regular release cycles and industry wide regression testing. Given the critical role the systems play supporting the Bureau's regulatory functions and obligations and as this position will represent the Bureau in external technical forums, an ability to understand the regulatory framework and the industry, together with operating to the highest standards of reliability, accuracy and professionalism will be required.

Role responsibilities

The responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

1. Contribute to the detailed design and development of significant elements of new solutions, Web applications, Web services, APIs and databases, with clear documentation on the code produced.
2. Form a key part of delivery teams to uplift legacy systems and develop integrated digital water solutions incorporating AWS cloud.
3. Closely collaborate with the Bureau's DevOps and Test specialists to ensure that CI/CD, and Testing are performed according to the Bureau Application Excellence Framework (AEF) development standards and other standards where applicable.
4. Take responsibility for the performance, quality and testability of code produced.
5. Collaborate closely with the internal team and external partners to understand and agree deliverables, provide status updates and conduct integrated testing.
6. Provide support and ongoing maintenance of the suite of water applications.
7. Communicating concepts and delivering showcases to technical and business stakeholders.
8. Demonstrating commitment to APS Values, Employment Principles, Code of Conduct and the Bureau's Social Justice Strategy
9. Complying with all Bureau work, health and safety policies and procedures, and taking reasonable care for their own health and safety and that of employees, contractors and visitors who may be affected by your conduct.

Qualifications:

Mandatory

• A degree or diploma of an Australian educational institution, or a comparable overseas qualification, which is appropriate to the duties; OR other comparable qualifications, which are appropriate to the duties.
• Demonstrated examples of the development of AWS Cloud services for frontend development such as Cognito, Amplify, AppSync, as well as deployment by AWS CDK.
• Proven expertise with:

o Front-end Languages and Frameworks (Typescript, React, Drupal)

o Python for backend API development,

o Relational Database Management Systems specifically PostgreSQL or MSSQL,

o Version Control (CI/CD Gitlab),

o Testing (React Testing Library), and

• Experience in providing technical input to implement a solution based on the architecture, design and business guidance.

Desirable

• Experience with:

o Power Platform development with an understanding of Microsoft Power Apps, Power Automate and Power BI,

o Networking (firewalls, policies, access control and endpoint security),

o AWS Cloud services for frontend development such as Cognito, Amplify, AppSync, as well as deployment by AWS CDK.

• Professional experience in Commonwealth water agencies, state government water agencies, or other water sector organisations or businesses.
• Experience in real-time data processing techniques and message bus technologies.
• Experience with microservice architecture.
• Experience of DevOps and DevSecOps methodologies.

Merit pool

The selection process will establish a merit pool that may be used to fill similar positions within 18 months.

How to apply

Applications can be lodged through
the Bureau of Meteorology Careers
.

Your application will consist of resume, contact details for two referees and an '800-word pitch' that considers:

• position overview
• job responsibilities
• selection criteria
• relevant sections of the
  Integrated Leadership System (ILS)
  and
  APS work level standards
  .