The ideal candidate will have a sound understanding of cloud architecture and services and are responsible for providing expert advice with regards to Azure implementations. This role is a technical, services-orientated role that collaborates closely with architects, developers, and on-premises operations staff. This role is responsible for automating and supporting Azure testing, development, administration, and maintenance.

Automation and Integration Engineers are responsible for scripting/automating tasks wherever possible, continuous delivery, configuration management, and the deployment of modules, upgrades and hot fixes within production environments.

Routine maintenance is an ongoing task, therefore, engineers of this discipline are often the same technicians performing second or third level support on systems and applications. Their primary functions cross and merge the barriers that exist between traditional software development, testing and operations teams and keep existing networks in mind as they design, plan and test. This role has experience with Azure DevOps and GitHub.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and automate manual processes for new systems and products.
• Maintain existing integration and delivery pipelines, ensuring processes are standardised and reused.
• Provide Infrastructure as Code (IaC) support to all development and production environments.
• Maintain, configure and develop dynamic containerised environments in support of development and production. This ranges from greenfield serverless environments to full stack brownfield environments.
• Reduce the time it takes to build, deploy, and configure software to all environments.
• Joint owner of all development and release tooling, processes and architecture.
• Assists in developing application monitoring solutions across cloud and on-prem solutions.
• Work with development and operations teams to offer automation as a service across domains, products and services.
• Document processes and work on handover materials for other IT staff.

The candidate requirements
1. Technical Skills (Experience and/or clear understanding)
Application architecture, application lifecycle management (ALM), Azure cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and FaaS), cloud disaster recovery, cloud storage, cloud systems management and operations, cloud migration, compliance (GDPR, Privacy Act, PSPF, ISM, etc.), data migration (cross platform / upgrade), containerisation, container orchestration, resiliency (clustering, etc.), scalability (up and out, high performance), database and server virtualization, DevOps, diagnostics and monitoring, modern application architecture, package management (npm, NuGet, OneGet, etc.), performance tuning, reporting services, desired state configuration, RESTful services, security architecture, security compliance, source code repository (git, TFS, svn, etc.), technology architecture, testing (TDD), unstructured data formats (e.g. JSON, YAML).

2. Technologies

• Required: Azure DevOps, Docker, GitHub, Virtualisation, Web services, REST, Gateways and Proxies, API Gateways, DNS, CloudFlare, Azure Resource Manager, Application Insights.
• Highly Desirable: Splunk, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker Compose

3. Programming/Scripting languages
PowerShell, familiarity with .Net (C#, VB.Net), ARM templates, YAML pipelines.

4. Platforms
Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian), Windows
  
5. Non-Technical Skills
Collaboration, problem solving, conceptual thinking, architecture design, good communication skills.
  
6. Non-Specific Technical Experience

• Experience coordinating and executing prototypes or proof of concepts.
• Experience documenting and discussing technical best practices both conceptually and prescriptively.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for large projects relative to size of the organisation.
• Experience managing configuration and state using DevOps tooling and scripting languages
• Experience coordinating lift and shift (on-premises to cloud) operations either as part of a pipeline, migration or upgrade.
• Experience triaging technical issues and responding to ICT incidents/outages.
• Experience managing source code repositories.

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The role is responsible for undertaking work that is moderately complex to complex and/or sensitive in nature, under limited direction, utilising expertise and knowledge in designing software applications to meet the department’s needs.

The role will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Apply expertise to enhance and improve existing software, including designing, developing, implementing and testing software systems, in line with business requirements and software development standards.
• In collaboration with other teams, investigate and resolve issues with the operation of an application.
• Address errors by making appropriate changes and rechecking the program to ensure that the desired results are produced.
• Perform revision, repair, or expansion of existing programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements.
• Provide a high standard of technical and design documentation.
• Assist in the development of specialist and/or technical expertise to less experienced and more junior developers.
• Contribute to project progress reporting and comply with governance processes.
• Develop and support key internal and external relationships, including managing stakeholders to achieve work area and agency goals.
• Make and communicate decisions using good judgement, expertise and knowledge, governed by legislation, regulations, best practice principles or relevant operating instructions and procedures.
• Contribute to doctrine, election preparation and delivery activities in accordance with the election readiness framework, according to individual accountabilities and responsibilities.
• Perform additional duties or assume responsibility of functions as directed from time to time.

The candidate requirements
Mandatory requirements:

• Detailed knowledge of and experience in the design and development software solutions.
• Knowledge and experience in successfully setting priorities and delivering quality results on time and on budget.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively whilst anticipating stakeholder needs and expectations across a geographically dispersed network.
• Proven analytical abilities with the ability to propose and facilitate change and contribute to business improvement strategies.
• Demonstrated personal integrity whilst achieving results within legislative and policy parameters.

Desirable:

• Relevant qualifications in information technology.
• Develops and maintains high quality, robust and scalable enterprise level software solutions using ADABAS Natural.
• Knowledge of, or ability to, quickly gain knowledge of Australian electoral law and practice.
• Knowledge of, or ability to, quickly gain knowledge of the Commonwealth frameworks, including ICT frameworks.

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The successful applicant will work as part of a team comprising APS and other contract staff. SharePoint Online development work outside the scope of the project should also be expected as directed.

The candidate requirements
Skills should include:

• Extensive experience developing on the SharePoint platform, including the SPFx framework and power automate workflows
• PowerShell scripting
• Data migration, including the use of ShareGate and experience with the migration of libraries and other SharePoint 2013 artefacts from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online
• Experience enhancing search functionality in SharePoint Online
• Knowledge of Commonwealth record keeping requirements would be an advantage

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The Director/Manager – Business Engagement role is a manager role within the Simplified Trade System (STS) Taskforce. Under limited direction, the duties or this role include, but are not limited to:

• Displaying leadership and people management skills by: 
  • Assigning clear roles and responsibilities for team members on every project (to ensure optimum team effectiveness for projects of different size and complexity). 
  • Identifying areas for further development of team members and providing constructive feedback on a regular basis. 
  • Recognising and rewarding good performance. 
  • Providing staff within their team and across other Branch project staff with ongoing coaching and mentoring. 
  • Promoting the Branch values and culture by collaborating with other Project Team Leads; and 
  • Facilitating a collaborative approach to identifying and managing project issues and risks. 
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders to ensure team KPI’s and organisational outcomes are achieved by:
  • Fostering a co-operative approach with the Taskforce Executive and other team leads, the department’s stakeholders and interdepartmental stakeholders, leading to a project outcome which meets organisational needs.
  • Providing progress reports to the Taskforce Executive on progress against the team plans.
  • Managing stakeholder expectations; and
  • Engaging the Stakeholders in resolution of emerging issues and risks.
• Lead a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the development and delivery of team outcomes with a focus on best practice and continual improvement: Ensure team activities are planned, documented, actioned and completed within agreed timeframes and quality standards.
• Manage project deliverables across agencies, ensuring compliance with governance and quality protocols, to successfully deliver Secretariat milestones and outcomes.

The candidate requirements

• Demonstrated experience working as a Business Engagement Manager, ideally within government.
• Proven ability to deliver requirements and aligns with organisational constraints of multiple agencies/entities.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate between business and technical terminology.
• Proven ability to communicate with influence, negotiate outcomes and manage complex stakeholder relationships.

Desirable criteria

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in a related field.

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The Procurement and Contracts Specialist reports to the Program Manager but
receives day-to-day instruction from the Procurement Lead. The Procurement
and Contracts Specialist will assist in the successful delivery of procurements
being undertaken by the Program.

The role will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Exercise established commercial acumen to effectively expertly and proactively manage, and establish ICT and other contracts
• Draft procedural, governance and procurement documentation (with minimal direction)
• Provide advice and guidance on procurement and contract management to internal stakeholders in line with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) and all relevant additional procurement related policies and legislation
• Perform quality assurance on procedural, governance and procurement
  documentation
• Provide analysis and judgement on complex issues and make significant contributions to the preparation, evaluation and finalisation of procurement processes undertaken by the Program
• Coordinate and facilitate procurement related meetings and workshops, including but not limited to industry briefings and evaluation sessions
• Coordinate and administer procurement related correspondence
• Develop and administer procurement and contract management risk assessments
• Develop effective and collaborative relationships with key internal stakeholders, building understanding and commitment to support the successful delivery of the program
• Provide advice and guidance on procurement and contract management to internal stakeholders
• Communicate using professional judgement, evaluating risks in the context of a complex and changing environment
• Develop and administer contract management plans
• General contract management responsibilities

The candidate requirements

• Comprehensive experience with and understanding of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) and all relevant additional procurement related policies and legislation;
• Demonstrated experience conducting complex end-to-end procurement approaches;
• Demonstrated experience drafting complex procurement documentation including but
  not limited to:
  • RFT documentation – head documents, statements of requirement and complex response schedules;
  • Draft commercial arrangements;
• Demonstrated experience successfully administered contracts;
• Knowledge and experience in successfully managing risk, including the development of comprehensive risk assessments;
• Demonstrated experience in delivering positive results with time restraints and competing priorities;
• Proven ability to communicate effectively and navigate complex stakeholder relationships; and
• Demonstrated personal drive and integrity whilst achieving results within legislative and budget parameters.
• Exercise established commercial acumen to effectively expertly and proactively manage, and establish ICT and other contracts
• Clear police check result and ability to obtain and maintain minimum Baseline Clearance

Desirable criteria

• Relevant qualifications and / or industry certification. For example, Diploma of Government and/or Certificate IV in Government (Procurement and Contracting) or equivalent

If you would like to look at our other unlisted roles, you can find them at: https://gatewaysynergy.com.au/careers/

You must submit a CV on application prior to a phone call and be prepared to sign a nondisclosure. Feel free to call thereafter on the following 0482 074 845