Senior Java Developer [Australian Citizen with NV1 only]

ADL Group Australia; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ADL Group Australia is seeking 3 x Senior Java Full Stack Developers to join a major national program for a federal government agency. You will work across Java/Spring, full-stack development, microservices, APIs, distributed systems and large-scale data platforms.

Location: Canberra – Hybrid. If you are a senior Java engineer looking to contribute to mission-critical, large-scale national security and intelligence systems, we'd like to hear from you.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' enterprise Java/Spring/Spring Boot experience.
• Microservices & event-driven architectures.
• Kafka, NiFi and/or Elasticsearch.
• REST APIs, JPA/Hibernate and SQL.
• CI/CD, DevSecOps and automated testing.
• Strong technical leadership and solution ownership.

Skills

Java/Spring/Spring Boot

Microservices

APIs

Distributed systems

Data platforms

CI/CD

Job description

Estimated start date: Monday, 02 November 2026

Security Clearance: Must have an existing NV1

We're seeking 3 x Senior Java Full Stack Developers for an exciting opportunity supporting a major national program for a federal government agency.

We are looking for experienced engineers with strong hands-on expertise across Java/Spring, full-stack development, microservices, APIs, distributed systems and large-scale data platforms.

• 7+ years' enterprise Java/Spring/Spring Boot experience
• Microservices & event-driven architectures
• Kafka, NiFi and/or Elasticsearch
• REST APIs, JPA/Hibernate and SQL
• CI/CD, DevSecOps and automated testing
• Strong technical leadership and solution ownership

Location: Canberra – Hybrid

If you are a senior Java engineer looking to work on mission-critical, large-scale national security and intelligence systems, we'd like to hear from you.