Engineering Lead - Platforms and Integration

Davidson; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SEC Victoria is accelerating Victoria's renewable energy transition, and you’ll contribute by shaping and delivering secure, scalable technology solutions. The role offers hybrid work with offices in Melbourne's CBD and Morwell, and the chance to help SEC scale its renewable energy portfolio through cloud services, APIs and SCADA telemetry integrations.

You'll provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, oversee design reviews and complex problem solving, and ensure security, reliability and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing, building and operating production software.
• Strong leadership, mentoring and engineering governance abilities.
• Proven expertise across cloud, APIs, distributed systems and modern CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical direction and engineering delivery for secure, scalable solutions.
• Design reviews, prototyping and complex problem solving with hands-on contribution.
• Oversee cloud services, integrations and data/data quality across platforms.

Skills

Full stack engineering

Team leadership

Cloud platforms

Security

Education

Tools

AWS

Azure

CI/CD

APIs

SCADA

Job description

Davidson is the proud recruitment partner of SEC Victoria as they accelerate Victoria's renewable energy transition.

Do work that makes a difference

Join an organisation who's making a real difference to Victoria's energy future. SEC's passionate people are working to support the transition to renewable energy and delivering affordable, reliable, renewable energy for all Victorians.

SEC offers hybrid working with offices in Melbourne's CBD and Morwell.

What your day could look like

Each day, you'll partner with architects, product owners, engineers and operational stakeholders to shape and deliver secure, scalable technology solutions that support SEC's renewable energy ambitions. Through technical leadership, team development & engineering governance, you'll set technical direction, guide and mentor engineers, make key design decisions, manage technical risks and ensure solutions meet agreed standards for security, reliability, scalability and long-term maintainability. Remaining hands-on, you'll contribute to design reviews, prototyping and complex problem-solving while fostering a high-performing engineering culture.

You'll drive engineering delivery & stakeholder collaboration by coordinating priorities, removing delivery obstacles and working closely with stakeholders to ensure technical outcomes align with business needs. Across platform, integration & cloud solutions, you'll oversee the development of applications, APIs, cloud services and SCADA telemetry integrations, ensuring critical data and digital services are resilient, secure and operationally effective as SEC continues to scale its renewable energy portfolio.

What you need to be successful

To succeed in this role, you'll bring a blend of deep technical expertise, hands‑on engineering capability and people leadership experience. You'll be comfortable balancing strategic thinking with practical delivery, working across cloud platforms, applications and integrations while guiding engineers, influencing stakeholders and ensuring solutions remain secure, scalable and fit for purpose.

• Extensive experience designing, building and operating production software, with proven responsibility for technical direction, engineering delivery and establishing effective engineering practices within complex or growing technology environments.
• Strong full stack engineering and leadership capability, including recent hands‑on experience across frontend and backend development, code reviews, solution design and data handling, alongside a demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, establish standards and make sound technical decisions.
• Deep expertise in cloud, integration and platform engineering, with experience across AWS and/or Azure, enterprise APIs and integrations, distributed systems, modern CI/CD practices, infrastructure as code, security controls and the resolution of complex production issues.

Highly desirable:

• Experience supporting integrations for, industrial telemetry, SCADA, historian or edge gateway integrations, with an understanding of time-series data quality, buffering, replay and recovery from connectivity interruptions.
• Familiarity with Operational Technology (OT) environments, including protocols such as OPC UA or MQTT, and experience supporting renewable energy assets or other operationally critical infrastructure environments.

What is it like to work at SEC?

Join a team of passionate, purpose-driven people who care about the work they do and the people they work with. At SEC, our collaborative and inclusive culture means you'll enjoy working beside people who celebrate each other's achievements. You'll also do meaningful work, build great relationships, and help shape Victoria’s energy future.
SEC offers flexible working options designed to support individual circumstances. To find more about our purpose and what it's like to work at SEC, visit SEC on LinkedIn or their website: SEC - Victoria

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We are also deeply committed to building an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and people with disability, people from the LGBTIQ community, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. SEC strives to create a respectful and collaborative workplace culture that allows all employees to thrive.

• You must be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or hold a valid work permit to be eligible to apply.