IT Technology Specialist - Mainframe

Australian Taxation Office; Canberra; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Australian Taxation Office seeks a Technology Specialist - Mainframe to join the Enterprise Solutions and Technology area in Canberra. You will provide senior technical leadership to maintain stability, security and ongoing improvement of the mainframe environments that underpin core operations.

As lead administrator for IBM SCLM, safeguard code integrity and support source control across development, test and production, including Azure DevOps integration.

Qualifications

• Senior-level mainframe expertise required.
• Experience leading large-scale mainframe environments.
• Familiarity with source code management across dev/test/prod.

Responsibilities

• Lead administrator for IBM SCLM and mainframe tooling.
• Protect code integrity across development, test and production.
• Coordinate with Azure DevOps for automated builds and deployments.
• Mentor a team and drive automation, modernisation and operational efficiency.

Skills

Mainframe administration

SCLM (IBM)

Azure DevOps integration

Technical leadership

Security & compliance

Tools

IBM SCLM

Azure DevOps

Job description

We are seeking a Technology Specialist - Mainframe to join our Enterprise Solutions and Technology (EST) business area.

As an IT Technology Specialist – Mainframe, within the Mainframe Delivery Centre, you will provide senior technical leadership and expert advice in a role that has a strong focus on ensuring the stability, security and ongoing improvement of the ATO’s mainframe environments, which underpin key business and operational outcomes.

As a lead administrator for IBM Software Configuration and Library Manager (SCLM), you will safeguard the integrity of the ATO mainframe codebase and support source code management across development, test and production environments, including integration with automated build tools such as Azure DevOps.

You and your team will perform functions that are an integral part of the mainframe environment provisioning, code deployment and support, and ensuring the stability and currency of internal tooling that underpins the ATO development ecosystem.

As a senior leader, you will lead and mentor a team to resolve complex issues, support modernisation and automation initiatives, build capability and drive efficiencies across existing services while contributing to operational and business planning processes.

You will foster and drive a culture of continuous improvement, supporting staff to adopt and adapt to a constantly changing technology and risk environment. The role may include on-call or out-of-hours support for business-critical services.

These roles may be offered on an ongoing or non-ongoing basis in Brisbane CBD, Canberra or Melbourne CBD.

We embrace the strength of diversity – through our people and the perspectives they bring.

We are committed to inclusive recruitment practices and encourage applications from people with disability or neurodivergence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and individuals from all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments can be provided throughout the recruitment process.