Senior Mainframe Developer - Lead, COBOL/Adabas

IT Alliance; Canberra; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IT Alliance is seeking a Senior Developer for a Federal Government client with postings across Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. The role focuses on leading software design, establishing standards, and ensuring secure, maintainable code. Mainframe experience is advantageous.

The successful candidate will drive architectural decisions, mentor teams, and contribute to long-term product strategy while working with a Federal Government client in a dynamic multi-city environment.

Qualifications

• Lead and create software and technical designs for highly complex development solutions.
• Develop strategy to ensure high quality code and long-term maintenance of a product’s code base.
• Measures and monitors applications of project/team standards for software construction, including software security.

Responsibilities

• Lead and create software and technical designs for the realisation of highly complex development solutions.
• Develop strategy to ensure high quality code and long-term maintenance of a product’s code base.
• Measures and monitors applications of project/team standards for software construction, including software security.

Skills

Lead software design

Technical designs

Quality code

Software security

Mainframe experience

COBOL/Adabas Natural

Analytical reasoning

System design

Tools

COBOL

Adabas

Natural

Job description

IT Alliance is seeking a Senior Developer for a Federal Government client with postings across Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide. The role focuses on leading software design, establishing standards, and ensuring secure, maintainable code. Mainframe experience is advantageous.

The successful candidate will drive architectural decisions, mentor teams, and contribute to long-term product strategy while working with a Federal Government client in a dynamic multi-city environment.