Three (3) Senior Software Engineer

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 provide senior Software engineering services, delivering secure,

scalable, resilient cloud-native solutions across AWS technologies. Working within multidisciplinary Agile teams, they will design, develop, deploy, maintain and optimise cloud-based

applications, integrations, APIs, serverless services and containerised workloads. The resource

will deliver solutions aligned with business requirements, enterprise architecture standards,

security policies and AWS best practices, providing technical leadership across the full software

development lifecycle from design through deployment and operational support.

The Specified Personnel will be responsible for providing the following deliverables including but

not limited to:

Designing and developing cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices and integration

services using Java, Python, Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript and modern cloud frameworks

hosted on AWS;

Building event-driven, serverless and containerised solutions leveraging AWS services

including Lambda, ECS, EKS, API Gateway, EventBridge, SNS, SQS and Step Functions;

•Designing and provisioning AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform,

CloudFormation, AWS CDK) in accordance with security, governance and operational

requirements;

•Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, deployment, release and

infrastructure provisioning processes across development, test and production environments;

•Developing reusable cloud components, services and deployment patterns that support

multiple business initiatives and improve delivery capability;

•Translating business requirements and user stories into high-quality, secure, scalable and

resilient cloud-based software solutions;

•Performing testing, code reviews and quality assurance including unit, integration, automated

testing and defect resolution;

• Investigating, analysing and resolving production incidents, defects and performance issues;

Collaborating on technical design and architecture, including solution design workshops,

architecture reviews and cloud governance forums;

•Providing specialist technical advice on AWS technologies, cloud-native architecture patterns

and emerging cloud capabilities to guide solution design decisions;

•Communicating technical concepts and architecture decisions to technical and non-technical

stakeholders; build effective relationships with business, technical teams and delivery

partners;

•Actively participate in Agile ceremonies and contemporary delivery practices to support

successful cloud solution delivery.

•Specified Personnel will be expected to transfer skills and knowledge to departmental staff and

ensure appropriate documentation is stored in accordance with the Department’s recordkeeping

policy and practices.

The Specified Personnel will be responsible for producing the following deliverables, including

but not limited to:

• Solution Designs;
• Cloud Architecture Diagrams;
• API Specifications;
• Infrastructure-as-Code Artefacts;
• Operational Runbooks;
• Deployment Guides;
• Support Documentation;
• Functional and Non-Functional Specifications.

All deliverables performed by the specified personnel must:

be performed or delivered promptly and without delay in accordance with the timeframes

notified by the buyer from time to time; and

a.meet the assessment and performance criteria set out in any monitoring and performance

assessment processes notified to the seller from time to time.