Senior COBOL Architect & Standards Lead

IT Alliance; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IT Alliance is seeking a Principal COBOL Developer to lead strategic software construction initiatives across Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. The role focuses on shaping policies, standards, and architectures while guiding large-scale legacy modernization efforts.

The successful candidate will drive adoption of best practices, mentor teams, and oversee selection of design methods and tools to ensure robust, scalable systems across government programs.

Responsibilities

• Develops organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for software construction and refactoring.
• Plans and leads software construction activities for strategic, large and complex development projects.
• Adapts or develops new methods and organisational capabilities and drives adoption of, and adherence to policies and standards.
• Leads the selection and development of software design methods, tools and techniques.
• Develops organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for software design and software architectures.

Job description

IT Alliance is seeking a Principal COBOL Developer to lead strategic software construction initiatives across Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide. The role focuses on shaping policies, standards, and architectures while guiding large-scale legacy modernization efforts.

The successful candidate will drive adoption of best practices, mentor teams, and oversee selection of design methods and tools to ensure robust, scalable systems across government programs.