Application closing date: Friday, 20 December 2024 • 11:59pm, Canberra time

Estimated start date: Monday, 20 January 2025

Location of work: NSW

Working arrangements: The team is based in Canberra however interstate Candiates will be accepted and can work fully remote with infrequent travel requirements.

Length of contract: 12 months

Contract extensions: 2x 12 months

Security clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline

Rates: $110 to $140 per hour (inc. super)

The Department of Industry, Science and Resources and our broader portfolio are integral to the Australian Government’s economic agenda. Our purpose is to help the government build a better future for all Australians through enabling a productive, resilient and sustainable economy, enriched by science and technology. We do this by:

growing innovative and competitive businesses, industries and regions
investing in science and technology
strengthening the resources sector

The CIO Division provides a range of enabling services and operations delivery to the department and to Australian businesses and is seeking experienced and motivated .Net developers with a minimum of 5 years' experience to assist with the delivery of various ICT Projects across the Division.

.Net Developers will be required to: 

Develop and maintain Azure based web API and Portal applications to support existing legislative reporting requirements, and new regulatory processes. 
Be able to integrate various system components to achieve a seamless end to end experience for users 
Provide technical advice on issues related to systems development 
Apply secure coding practices/processes to ensure solutions delivered are secure and robust 
Conduct peer reviews of code and infrastructure 
Understand and code against detailed application architecture documents 
Ensure that best practice and Departmental standards are applied and managed 
Create and review technical/release documentation 
Effectively communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders 
Effectively collaborate with a cross-functional team working with an agile structure 
Collaborate and mentor team members to promote team harmony and support cross-skilling professional development 
Instil a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement in a team environment 
Undertake additional duties as required

Min 5 years experience in:

Implementing secure web-based business solutions.
Developing web APIs using Azure API Manager and customer facing web portal development using .NET Framework (including .NET Core) and ASP.NET
Developing web applications using either Angular or React
Familiarity with the Information Security Manual (ISM), it’s controls and how to apply them to a solution design and build
Unit/integration/automation testing. Familiarity with xUnit, Selenium, Playwright.Net.

Essential Criteria:

Technical Skills: Demonstrated experience (Min 5 years) implementing secure web based business solutions. • experience developing web APIs using Azure API Manager and customer facing web portal development using .NET Framework (including .NET Core) and ASP.NET • Experience developing web applications using either Angular or React • Familiarity with the Information Security Manual (ISM), it’s controls and how to apply them to a solution design and build • Experience with unit/integration/automation testing. Familiarity with xUnit, nUnit, Selenium, Playwright.Net.
Cloud experience: Demonstrated experience in cloud-based solution implementation with technologies such as: • Azure Logic Apps, Azure SQL and Azure Service Bus and Azure API Manager • Azure DevOps and Visual Studio for code development, management, repositories, and deployments (CI/CD) • integrating custom built apps with third-party systems, including Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM • Extensive experience developing on Azure platforms • Demonstrated experience in successfully optimising complex legacy code to fully utilise benefits of Azure Cloud environment
Agile: • Experience working with Agile multi-disciplinary teams to deliver secure, user friendly and reliable solutions that meet stakeholder, citizen, and business expectations. • Ability to pragmatically change direction and scope as new information is discovered and challenges or opportunities present themselves
Cultural fit: • Ability to work with geographically dispersed teams • Ability to work with technical and non-technical staff at all levels. • Ability to collaborate and mentor team members to promote team harmony

Desirable Criteria:

Experience in development using Agile and DevOps delivery models
Experience developing web applications using either Angular or React
Integration/UI/FrontEnd testing: Selenium, Playwright.Net, Jest
Tertiary qualifications in software design and development and experience working with SQL servers, Cosmos DB, Blob storage and high-volume data traffic/processing.

HOW TO APPLY

Please update your CV to reflect your suitability to this role and provide a 1-page summary of your skills and previous experience to reflect the Essential and Desirable Criteria (Maximum of 3000 characters).