Senior Java Engineer – Federal Gov, NV1 Clearance | Hybrid

Effective People; Canberra; Hybrid; AUD 179,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Effective People in Canberra is seeking a senior Java Software Engineer (Developer) for a Federal Government project. The role focuses on capacity management and automation across a large tech environment, with hybrid work and NV1 clearance requirements.

You will extend Java applications, data collectors, APIs and database interfaces to process utilisation data, delivering reliable reporting, forecasting and operational insights while taking technical ownership from design to production support.

Qualifications

• You've taken technical responsibility for complex software development at senior level.
• You've delivered substantial Java application or backend development.
• You've integrated monitoring, capacity or observability data into data workflows.
• You can design reliable data aggregation, transformation and storage patterns.
• You have strong PostgreSQL or comparable relational database experience.
• You can build automation scripts, data collectors and scheduled jobs.
• You've led software design, systems integration, testing, release and deployment activities.
• You can investigate production defects and perform root cause analysis.
• You can provide specialist technical advice and work across multidisciplinary teams.
• You can produce clear technical designs, implementation notes and handover material.
• You're an Australian citizen.
• You must hold a current NV1 clearance or above.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Java application components, collectors, APIs and processing logic.
• Integrate monitoring and capacity data from platform and observability sources.
• Design data aggregation, transformation and storage patterns in PostgreSQL.
• Prepare data structures, queries and extracts for Grafana dashboards and reporting.
• Build automation scripts, scheduled jobs and repeatable operational processes.
• Investigate defects, perform root cause analysis and support remediation.
• Support releases across development, pre-production and production.
• Produce technical designs, implementation notes and knowledge transfer material.
• Work with capacity planners, platform teams, DBAs, Linux engineers and delivery stakeholders.
• Provide senior technical leadership across software design, integration, testing and deployment.

Skills

Senior software ownership

Java backend development

Monitoring/observability data

Data aggregation design

PostgreSQL experience

Automation scripts

Root cause analysis

Software design leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Australian citizenship

Tools

Grafana

Elastic

Prometheus

VMware Aria

Dynatrace

Job description

Effective People in Canberra is seeking a senior Java Software Engineer (Developer) for a Federal Government project. The role focuses on capacity management and automation across a large tech environment, with hybrid work and NV1 clearance requirements.

You will extend Java applications, data collectors, APIs and database interfaces to process utilisation data, delivering reliable reporting, forecasting and operational insights while taking technical ownership from design to production support.