Drupal Developer

The Department of Finance is seeking an APS5 Drupal Developer to support delivery and maintenance of whole-of-government digital products. The role works under direction, applies foundational technical skills to allocated tasks and contributes to team outputs while developing capability and experience in a structured

The role contributes to maintaining platform stability, meeting security and compliance requirements, supporting strategic initiatives and strengthening development capability within the team.

The successful candidate will

• Apply foundational technical knowledge in Drupal and web development.
• Work under direction, following established processes and guidance.
• Contribute to team outcomes through reliable task delivery.
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and build technical capability.
• Communicate effectively within a team environment.

The Department of Finance is seeking an APS5 Drupal Developer to support delivery and maintenance of whole-of-government digital products. The role works under direction, applies foundational technical skills to allocated tasks and contributes to team outputs while developing capability and experience in a structured environment.

The role contributes to maintaining platform stability, meeting security and compliance requirements, supporting strategic initiatives and strengthening development capability within the team.

The successful candidate will

• Apply foundational technical knowledge in Drupal and web development.
• Work under direction, following established processes and guidance.
• Contribute to team outcomes through reliable task delivery.
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and build technical capability.
• Communicate effectively within a team environment.

The key duties of the position include

In addition to the broader capabilities outlined in the Finance People Capability Framework, Finance is seeking candidates who possess the following job specific skills and attributes aligned to our core capabilities:

• Lead
• Take ownership of allocated tasks and ask for guidance early when requirements or risks are unclear.
• Demonstrate reliability, integrity and accountability in day-to-day delivery.
• Use established processes to support consistent outcomes and service quality.
• Build confidence in making sound technical judgements within the scope of the role.
• Collaborate
• Work constructively with developers, product staff, support teams and stakeholders.
• Communicate progress, blockers and support needs clearly and promptly.
• Participate in team discussions, code review and documentation activities.
• Contribute positively to a respectful, inclusive and knowledge-sharing team culture.
• Achieve
• Complete allocated development, testing, release and support tasks to agreed standards.
• Follow documented processes for coding, security, accessibility and deployment.
• Resolve routine issues accurately and elevate complex matters appropriately.
• Contribute to stable, maintainable and accessible whole-of-government digital products.
• Think
• Apply analytical thinking to diagnose routine Drupal, build, deployment and support issues.
• Use available evidence, guidance and documentation to make sound recommendations.
• Consider how individual tasks affect product quality, users, security and team workload.
• Look for practical improvements to repeatable processes and documentation.
• Learn
• Develop Drupal, web development, Dev Ops, accessibility and security capability through practical experience.
• Seek feedback and apply it to improve quality and independence.
• Use documentation, pairing and mentoring opportunities to build depth of knowledge.
• Share new learning with the team where it improves common practice.
• Know
• Foundational Drupal development and maintenance.
• HTML, CSS, Java Script, PHP and version control basics.
• Build, release and deployment practices under guidance.
• Testing, documentation and issue diagnosis.
• Security and WCAG accessibility awareness.
• Cloud, Dev Ops and government digital service exposure where relevant.
• Eligibility
• Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
• Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack.

All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.

• We encourage and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with Disability, LGBTQI+ people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and mature aged people.
• Getting to know the Department of Finance

As a central agency of the Australian Government, the Department of Finance (Finance) plays an important role in assisting government across a wide range of policy areas to ensure its outcomes are met.

Finance supports the government's ongoing priorities through the Budget process and fosters leading practice through the public sector resource management, governance and accountability frameworks.

Finance plays a leading role in advising the government on many of its strategic priorities.

We do this through our professional and considered approach to providing advice, developing policy, delivering services and engaging with our clients and stakeholders.

Finance's key areas of focus are:- Budget- Business Enabling Services- Commercial- Governance and Resource Management