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They are responsible for the quality and functionality of the software produced by their team.\nwith professionals design, create, test and document software systems and applications in accordance with agreed development and security standards and processes.\nlead software development projects and provide technical leadership to their teams. They manage software planning, development, and construction activities, and evaluate and resolve complex issues within the development and production environments.\nare responsible for the quality and functionality of software, ensuring adherence to relevant standards, guidelines, and methods for system development.\nlead the delivery of flexible, quality modern customer service\nwork under the broad direction of senior staff to deliver results\nmake ethical, evidence-based decisions using sound judgement \ndevelop and manage stakeholder relationships.\nEstimated start date 01 January 2027\nInitial contract duration 12 months\nExtension term details up to 24 months\nExperience level Senior -EL1 equivalent\nLocation of work QLD, ACT, VIC\nWorking 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.\nSecurity clearance Must be an Australian citizen and able to obtain Baseline\nDuties may include some or all of the following:\nLead and create software and technical designs for the realisation of highly complex development solutions\nDevelop strategy to ensure high quality code and long-term maintenance of a product's code base\nProvide specialist technical advice on software development and maintenance \nLead the release and ensure go-live production support and maintenance for the team’s developments\nLead analysis, design, software development, prototyping, unit testing and maintenance activities\nReview and undertake high-level analysis of technical requirements to support project evaluation with proposed solutions\nEnsure compliance with endorsed software development methodologies\nInvestigate and resolve highly complex ICT issues\nLead a positive risk management culture\nEngage and manage stakeholder relationships and partner with other agencies and service providers to build service delivery capability\nContribute to business and strategic workforce planning, and drive the development of local strategies to improve key performance measures\nReview and prepare reports, briefs and corporate documentation and communicate technical findings and recommendations\nManage business objectives and implement strategic priorities to achieve outcomes\nLead the development and delivery of projects within the assigned area of responsibility\nPerform and manage cost analysis activities as required\nLead and manage staff to increase performance and engagement through:\ncoaching\ncapability development\nperformance management \nhealth and well-being support \nExercise appropriate delegation in accordance with legislations and guidelines.\nKNOWLEDGE/QUAIFICATIONS\nThe ability to quickly obtain in depth knowledge and understanding of:\nFrameworks, legislation, policies, procedures and information management requirements relevant to the work area\nThe agency’s privacy, ethics, workplace health and safety and security protocols\nRelevant business systems and tools\nPrior experience within government or similar large-scale organisation.\nPreferred Technical skills\nSAP S/4HANA \nUI5 \nABAP\n Angular\n Node JS\nCriteria\nThe buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters.\nRequirements\nEmerging technology monitoring: Level 5 (SFIA) Monitors the external environment to gather intelligence on emerging technologies. Assesses and documents the impacts, threats and opportunities to the organisation. Creates reports and technology roadmaps and shares knowledge and insights with others.\nMethods and tools: Level 5 (SFIA) Provides advice, guidance and expertise to promote adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards. Evaluates and selects appropriate methods and tools in line with agreed policies and standards. Contributes to organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for methods and tools. Implements methods and tools at programme, project and team levels including selection and tailoring in line with agreed standards. Manages reviews of the benefits and value of methods and tools. Identifies and recommends improvements.\nProgramming/software development: Level 5 (SFIA) Takes technical responsibility across all stages and iterations of software development. Plans and drives software construction activities. Adopts and adapts appropriate software development methods, tools and techniques. Measures and monitors applications of project/team standards for software construction, including software security. Contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for software development.\nRelease and deployment: Level 5 (SFIA) Leads the assessment, analysis, planning and design of release packages, including assessment of risk. Liaises with business and technology teams on release scheduling and communication of progress. Conducts post-release reviews. Ensures that release processes and procedures are applied and that releases can be rolled back as needed. Identifies, evaluates and manages the adoption of appropriate release and deployment techniques, processes and automation tools.\nSoftware configuration: Level 5 (SFIA) Takes technical responsibility across all stages and iterations of configuration development and deployment. Plans and drives software configuration activities. Adopts and adapts appropriate software configuration methods, tools and techniques. Measures and monitors the application of standards for configuration design and deployment including software security. Contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for software configuration design and deployment.\nSoftware design: Level 4 (SFIA) Designs complex software applications, components and modules. Uses appropriate modelling techniques following agreed software design standards, guidelines, patterns and methodology. Creates and communicates multiple design views to balance stakeholders' concerns and to satisfy functional and non-functional requirements. Identifies, evaluates and recommends alternative design options and trade-offs. Models, simulates or prototypes the behaviour of proposed software to enable approval by stakeholders, and effective construction of the software. Verifies software design by constructing and applying appropriate methods. Reviews, verifies and improves own designs against specifications. Leads reviews of others designs.\nSpecialist advice: Level 4 (SFIA) Provides detailed and specific advice regarding the application of their specialism to the organisation's planning and operations. Actively maintains knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms. Recognises and identifies the boundaries of their own specialist knowledge. Where appropriate, collaborates with other specialists to ensure advice given is appropriate to the organisation's needs.\nSystems 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 designs and ensures 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.\nSystems integration and build: Level 5 (SFIA) Plans and drives activities to develop organisational systems integration and build capabilities including automation and continuous integration. Identifies, evaluates and manages the adoption of tools, techniques and processes to create a robust integration framework. Provides authoritative advice and guidance on any aspect of systems integration. Leads integration work in line with the agreed system and service design. Assesses risks and takes preventative action. Measures and monitors applications of standards. Contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for systems integration.\nTesting: Level 4 (SFIA) Selects appropriate testing approach, including manual and automated testing. Develops and executes test plans and test cases. Implements scalable and reliable automated tests and frameworks. Collaborates across parties involved in product, systems or service design and development to enable comprehensive test coverage. Identifies improvements in requirements, design or specification processes to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of testing. Analyses and reports on test activities, results, issues and risks, including the work of others.\nDesirable criteria\nConfiguration management: Level 2 (SFIA)Applies tools, techniques and processes to administer, track, log, report on and correct configuration items, components and changes. 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