EL1 Senior Development Expert

• Initial Contract Duration: 12 months
  
• Location: QLD, ACT, VIC, NSW, SA
  
• Security Requirements: Must have Negative Vetting Level 1
  
• Working Arrangements: Hybrid
  
• The agency requires these services at the agency’s premises in: Canberra, ACT, Brisbane, QLD, Melbourne, VIC, Adelaide, SA (Sydney NSW, may be considered). A hybrid flexible working arrangement (FWA) may then be considered, if the Labour Hire Worker’s residing address is within reasonable travel time and distance of the RFQ locations. At the start Labour Hire Workers must work from the specified office location for a minimum of 6 weeks, and then a minimum of 3 days per week under any FWA.
  
• Maximum hours: Standard working hours are 40 hours per week. Workers may be required to work additional hours, provided the total working hours do not exceed a maximum of 80 hours per week.
  

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.

Development Expert (Senior ETL Developer (IBM ACE)) - System Integration Specialists manage the interface technology to integrate systems and expose services, ensuring a highly secure environment is maintained.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Define and document messages and message transformation requirements in conjunction with the data management functions in a team.
  
• Design, document and implement service interfaces, integration logic and XML schema design for messaging solutions.
  
• Support the enhancement and development of new products and general releases.
  
• Work with application development teams to ensure solutions are developed to maximise interoperability, re-usability, service capacity and capability to end users, while minimising overhead cost.
  
• Significant experience with IBM integration suite (IBM ACE, IBM APIC) using Extended Structured Query Language (ESQL) and Java.
  
• Investigate and resolve integration and messaging problems
  
• Work with Transport Layer Security (TLS), general Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) concepts, Extensible Markup Language (XML) standards and schema
  
• Develop and maintain performance monitoring, logging, auditing and testing tools associated with integration and messaging.
  
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, and implementation artefacts.
  
• Conduct peer reviews of code and technical designs.
  
• Analyse and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
  
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, developers, testers and support teams to deliver solutions.
  
• Facilitate knowledge transfer and contribute to team capability uplift
  
• Support backlog prioritisation, work queue and management, and delivery planning activities.
  

Knowledge/Qualifications
Cyber security knowledge and experience

• Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF)
  
• Information Security Manual (ISM)
  
• Essential 8 Strategies
  
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  
• Programming/software development PROG - Level 5
  
• Systems design DESN - Level 5
  
• Specialist advice TECH - Level 5
  
• Emerging technology monitoring EMRG - Level 5
  
• Systems development management DLMG - Level 5
  
• Innovation Management INOV - Level 5
  
• Requirements definition and management REQM - Level 5
  
• Functional testing TEST - Level 5
  

Technical skills

• IBM ACE
  
• IBM APIC
  
  

Essential Criteria

• Demonstrated experience in cyber resilience, security remediation or compliance initiatives within large and complex ICT environments, preferably within Australian Government or other regulated environments.
  

• Demonstrated and proven experience performing the duties and responsibilities relevant to the role being applied for, including the required technical skills, technologies, frameworks and methodologies identified in the RFQ
  
• Demonstrated experience applying cyber security frameworks, policies and standards, including the Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF), Information Security Manual (ISM), Essential Eight and other relevant security and risk management frameworks.
  
• Demonstrated ability to engage, influence and collaborate with a broad range of stakeholders, including senior executives, technical specialists, business representatives and external providers
  

Desirable Criteria

• Demonstrated experience delivering cyber security, infrastructure, ICT transformation or uplift activities within government agencies or complex ICT environments.
  
• Experience working within large-scale enterprise environments involving cloud platforms, identity and access management, security operations, infrastructure, applications and data services.
  
• Demonstrated ability to deliver outcomes within tight timeframes while managing competing priorities, dependencies and stakeholder expectations.
  
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical and cyber security concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences and contribute to capability uplift through mentoring, collaboration and knowledge transfer activities.
  

Application Deadline: Wednesday, 11 November 2026

Expected Start Date: Monday, 01 February 2027
Job Type: Contract



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