Senior SAS Systems Admin Software Engineer (Developer)

Federal Government client, the frontline of government service delivery, supporting millions of Australians, and is front and centre of a vision to be a world leader in government service delivery, is seeking:

• 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.
• experienced SAS System Administrator EL1 Equivalent to support SAS infrastructure platforms underpinning data analytics functions within Services Australia and Department of Social Services.

Estimated start date 01 Jan 2027

Initial contract duration 12 months

Extension term details max of 24 months

Experience level Senior EL1 level

Location of work Hybrid

Location of Work QLD, ACT, VIC,SA,TAS

Working arrangements Hybrid. The Labour Hire Worker is expected to work onsite for the first 6 weeks before a hybrid flexible working arrangement can be considered, unless otherwise negotiated. A hybrid flexible working arrangement may then be considered, ensuring the Labour Hire Worker’s residing address is within reasonable travel time and distance of the RFQ location to present onsite in cases of emergency or to meet business requirements. The location is the capital city of selected state/s.

Security clearance Must be an Australian Citizen with an active Negative Vetting 1 Clearance

Duties may include some or all of the following:

• Provide ongoing support and technical administration for several SAS products including SAS VEA and SAS Viya
• Diagnose and resolve system issues and contribute to the resolution of incidents
• Plan, test, and execute patching activities to ensure compliance with security and regulatory policies and deliver system enhancements
• Prepare, review and maintain documentation and standard operating procedures
• Provide detailed, specialist technical advice, including strategic advice to the senior executive where appropriate
• Proactively share knowledge and expertise as the subject matter expert, and provide assistance and mentorship to less experienced colleagues

Knowledge/Qualifications

A degree in software engineering, computer science, or a similar field is highly desirable.

Criteria

The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address Essential Criteria specified. (max limit of 5000 characters or less)

Requirements

Essential Criteria

• Availability management: Level 5 (SFIA) Provides advice and guidance on the planning, design and improvement of service and component availability. Investigates all breaches of availability targets and service non-availability and initiates remedial activities. Develops plans for disaster recovery together with supporting processes. Manages the testing of disaster recovery plans.
• Capacity management: Level 4 (SFIA) Monitors service component capacity and initiates actions to resolve any shortfalls according to agreed procedures. Applies techniques to control the demand upon a particular resource or service. Contributes to capacity modelling and planning. Supports the design of service component capacity.
• IT infrastructure: Level 4 (SFIA) Provides technical expertise to enable the correct application of operational procedures. Contributes to the planning and implementation of infrastructure maintenance and updates. Implements agreed infrastructure changes and maintenance routines. Uses infrastructure management tools to determine load and performance statistics. Configures tools and/or creates scripts to automate the provisioning, testing and deployment of new and changed infrastructure. Maintains operational procedures and checks that they are executed following agreed standards. Investigates and enables the resolution of operational issues. Provides reports and proposals for improvement, to specialists, users and managers.
• Problem management: Level 4 (SFIA) Initiates and monitors actions to investigate and resolve problems in systems, processes and services. Determines problem fixes and remedies. Collaborates with others to implemented agreed remedies and preventative measures. Supports analysis of patterns and trends to improve problem management processes.
• Systems design: Level 5 (SFIA) Designs large or complex systems and undertakes impact analysis on major design options and trade-offs. Ensures that the system design balances functional and non-functional requirements. Reviews systems design and ensure that appropriate methods, tools and techniques are applied effectively. Makes recommendations and assesses and manages associated risks. Adopts and adapts system design methods, tools and techniques. Contributes to development of system design policies, standards and selection of architecture components.
• Systems installation and removal: Level 5 (SFIA) Takes responsibility for installation and/or decommissioning projects. Provides effective team leadership, including information flow to and from the customer during project work. Develops and implements quality plans and method statements. Monitors the effectiveness of installations and ensures that appropriate recommendations for change are made.