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The Role:
The Department is seeking an experienced and skilled IT Midrange Developer:
• Work as a developer to develop and support applications using Visual Studio and .NET C# to enable the Departments Digital Identity Services projects.
• Experience working with application security and identity management, preferably with experience relating to OpenID and JWTs.
• Considerable experience working with AWS suite of applications.
• Good understanding of SOLID principles, the HTTP protocol, REST, microservice patterns, T-SQL and NodeJS.
• Deliver solutions with a large degree of independence to support business needs and to take ownership of components delivered.
• Has expertise in implementing enterprise architecture standards, principles, reference architectures and procedures during development.
• Apply high level judgement in the assessment and estimation of solutions, and provide assurance that implementation is compliant with the Departments enterprise architecture and IT standards.
• Be accountable for the delivery of projects or activities involving the development and/or maintenance of computer applications in accordance with Department standards and guidelines.
• Actively participate in the development lifecycle, which may include analysis, design, building, testing, pair-programming, code-reviews, documenting, and maintenance.
• Take the initiative to undertake problem solving and incident resolution and demonstrate an understanding of change control and release management procedures.
• Highly desirable that you have experience with DevOps and CI/CD, preferably with relevant experience using Azure DevOps and PowerShell.
• Experience with work items to track progress and integration with workflow systems, ideally Azure DevOps.
• Managing source code using Git, including applying branching strategies to support collaborative development and version control.
• Contributes to Technical Documentation under the Tech Lead and Architects guidance, with experience in UML being highly desirable.
• Critical evaluation of technology and tools and provide recommendations to be actioned.
Skills and Experience Required:
• Contribute to the definition and refinement of automation testing capabilities across all projects within the Department. This includes automation of existing manual regression suites and the automation of new progression tests across SPAs, mobile applications, REST APIs and other various technologies.
• Apply sound technical understanding of relevant automated test tools and related technologies (e.g. Selenium, Specflow and automation framework) in development of automated test suites.
• Understanding and using Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) practices, including creating and maintaining feature files, writing scenarios in Gherkin syntax, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure alignment between business requirements and automated tests.
• Experience in defining test cases and organising testing plans with an enterprise level product, preferably Azure DevOps Test Plans.
• Applying strong analytical thinking skills to identify testing requirements, troubleshoot issues, and ensure comprehensive coverage of test scenarios.
• Interpreting technical documents to understand system architecture, informing test case definitions, coverage.
• Applying results from ADO test executions to produce testing evidence artefacts (Test Closure Memos).
Location and Contract Term: This role is based in Canberra or Brisbane . 12 month contract with 2 x 12-month extension options pending budget and delegate approval.
Security Requirements: Applicants must be Australian Citizens. A Baseline security clearance is required.
How to Apply: Applications close 22 April.
Please upload your resume to apply. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks
Please note you may need to complete selection criteria to complete this application process. We will be in touch with instructions for suitably skilled candidates
Call Kelly 0480 002 457 or email kelly@whizdom.com.au for any further information
IT Midrange Developer
| Job title : | IT Midrange Developer |
| Contract type : | Contract |
| Location : | Canberra |
| Sectors : | |
| Salary : | Competitive |
| Start date : | 2025-04-15 |
| Duration : | 12 months |
| Job Reference : | V-51589 |
| Contact name : | Kelly Shockley |
| Contact email : | kelly@whizdom.com.au |
| Job published : | about 10 hours ago |
The Department is seeking an experienced and skilled IT Midrange Developer:
• Work as a developer to develop and support applications using Visual Studio and .NET C# to enable the Departments Digital Identity Services projects.
• Experience working with application security and identity management, preferably with experience relating to OpenID and JWTs.
• Considerable experience working with AWS suite of applications.
• Good understanding of SOLID principles, the HTTP protocol, REST, microservice patterns, T-SQL and NodeJS.
• Deliver solutions with a large degree of independence to support business needs and to take ownership of components delivered.
• Has expertise in implementing enterprise architecture standards, principles, reference architectures and procedures during development.
• Apply high level judgement in the assessment and estimation of solutions, and provide assurance that implementation is compliant with the Departments enterprise architecture and IT standards.
• Be accountable for the delivery of projects or activities involving the development and/or maintenance of computer applications in accordance with Department standards and guidelines.
• Actively participate in the development lifecycle, which may include analysis, design, building, testing, pair-programming, code-reviews, documenting, and maintenance.
• Take the initiative to undertake problem solving and incident resolution and demonstrate an understanding of change control and release management procedures.
• Highly desirable that you have experience with DevOps and CI/CD, preferably with relevant experience using Azure DevOps and PowerShell.
• Experience with work items to track progress and integration with workflow systems, ideally Azure DevOps.
• Managing source code using Git, including applying branching strategies to support collaborative development and version control.
• Contributes to Technical Documentation under the Tech Lead and Architects guidance, with experience in UML being highly desirable.
• Critical evaluation of technology and tools and provide recommendations to be actioned.
Skills and Experience Required:
• Contribute to the definition and refinement of automation testing capabilities across all projects within the Department. This includes automation of existing manual regression suites and the automation of new progression tests across SPAs, mobile applications, REST APIs and other various technologies.
• Apply sound technical understanding of relevant automated test tools and related technologies (e.g. Selenium, Specflow and automation framework) in development of automated test suites.
• Understanding and using Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) practices, including creating and maintaining feature files, writing scenarios in Gherkin syntax, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure alignment between business requirements and automated tests.
• Experience in defining test cases and organising testing plans with an enterprise level product, preferably Azure DevOps Test Plans.
• Applying strong analytical thinking skills to identify testing requirements, troubleshoot issues, and ensure comprehensive coverage of test scenarios.
• Interpreting technical documents to understand system architecture, informing test case definitions, coverage.
• Applying results from ADO test executions to produce testing evidence artefacts (Test Closure Memos).
Location and Contract Term: This role is based in Canberra or Brisbane . 12 month contract with 2 x 12-month extension options pending budget and delegate approval.
Security Requirements: Applicants must be Australian Citizens. A Baseline security clearance is required.
How to Apply: Applications close 22 April.
Please upload your resume to apply. Candidates will need to be willing to undergo pre-employment screening checks which may include, ID and work rights, security clearance verification and any other client requested checks
Please note you may need to complete selection criteria to complete this application process. We will be in touch with instructions for suitably skilled candidates
Call Kelly 0480 002 457 or email kelly@whizdom.com.au for any further information