At a Glance
- Tasks: Enhance and support critical enterprise applications in a dynamic ICT environment.
- Company: Join a large federal government organisation in Canberra with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Hybrid work options, competitive contract duration, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Diverse workplace welcoming applicants from all backgrounds.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by solving complex challenges and improving essential systems.
- Qualifications: Experience in mainframe development and strong problem-solving skills required.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 $ per year.
Join a large federal government organisation in Canberra and help enhance and support mission critical enterprise applications in a complex ICT environment. This contract role suits an experienced mainframe developer who enjoys solving challenging production issues, delivering high-quality code and documentation, collaborating with stakeholders across multiple teams, and contributing to continuous improvement and transformation initiatives.
Required Skills
- Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining enterprise level software solutions using ADABAS Natural
- Strong mainframe development capability across analysis, design, build, testing and support
- Proven ability to investigate issues, resolve defects and enhance existing applications to meet business requirements and development standards
- Ability to produce clear, high quality technical and design documentation
- Strong prioritisation skills with a track record of delivering quality outcomes to deadlines
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills across distributed teams
- Strong analytical and problem solving capability with a continuous improvement mindset
- Experience supporting and guiding junior developers and uplifting team capability
- Comfortable working within governance processes and contributing to progress reporting
Nice to Have Skills
- Experience with Natural version upgrades and the NaturalOne editor
- Experience with SAS programming
- Experience with PostScript and enterprise output support including document rendering and print stream troubleshooting
- Ability to quickly gain knowledge of relevant legislation, policy settings, and government ICT frameworks
Preferred Education and Experience
- Relevant qualifications in information technology or a related discipline
- Experience delivering moderately complex to complex work with limited direction in a large enterprise or government environment
Other Requirements
- Location: Canberra ACT with hybrid arrangements considered at the discretion of the hiring manager
- Contract execution to 30 June 2027, with a potential 12 month extension
- Must hold an active AGSVA clearance prior to commencement and be able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1 as required
Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and people living with a disability. The recruitment and selection process varies, and some roles may include completion of pre-employment assessments, in-person or online interviews, psychometric testing, written assessments, scenario-based tasks, presentations, and pre-employment checks such as medical (including drug and alcohol), criminal history, or financial. If you require an adjustment to any part of the recruitment process, including the application form or assessments completed in an alternate format, please contact me using the above details.
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Mainframe Developer employer: Paxus
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