Senior Software Engineer

Softtest Pays Pty; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior Software Engineer in Canberra, ACT, AU required to lead software development across the full lifecycle. The role emphasizes SFIA-aligned responsibilities from planning, design, and development to deployment and system integration.

Candidate must demonstrate expertise in architecture, automation, and security, with strong collaboration across teams and stakeholders in an Australian context.

Qualifications

• Experience applying SFIA-based role responsibilities at multiple levels.
• Ability to design and review complex software architectures and systems.
• Strong emphasis on software security and integration practices.

Responsibilities

Skills

Operations

Adoption

Analysis

Continuous

Integration

Options

Balance

Reviews

Components

Software

Development

Architecture

Automation

Specifications

Programming

Construction

Security

Planning

Design

Management

Job description

Australian Citizens residing in Australia only respond. must have baseline clearance.

• 1. Programming/software development: Level 5 (SFIA) Takes technical responsibility across all stages and iterations of software development. Plans and drives software construction activities. Adopts and adapts appropriate software development methods, tools and techniques. Measures and monitors applications of project/team standards for software construction, including software security. Contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for software development.
• 2. Software configuration: Level 5 (SFIA) Takes technical responsibility across all stages and iterations of configuration development and deployment. Plans and drives software configuration activities. Adopts and adapts appropriate software configuration methods, tools and techniques. Measures and monitors the application of standards for configuration design and deployment including software security. Contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for software configuration design and deployment.
• 3. Software design: Level 4 (SFIA) Designs complex software applications, components and modules. Uses appropriate modelling techniques following agreed software design standards, guidelines, patterns and methodology. Creates and communicates multiple design views to balance stakeholders' concerns and to satisfy functional and non-functional requirements. Identifies, evaluates and recommends alternative design options and trade-offs. Models, simulates or prototypes the behaviour of proposed software to enable approval by stakeholders, and effective construction of the software. Verifies software design by constructing and applying appropriate methods. Reviews, verifies and improves own designs against specifications. Leads reviews of others designs.
• 4. Specialist advice: Level 4 (SFIA) Provides detailed and specific advice regarding the application of their specialism to the organisation's planning and operations. Actively maintains knowledge in one or more identifiable specialisms. Recognises and identifies the boundaries of their own specialist knowledge. Where appropriate, collaborates with other specialists to ensure advice given is appropriate to the organisation's needs.
• 5. Systems design: Level 5 (SFIA) Designs large or complex systems and undertakes impact analysis on major design options and trade-offs. Ensures that the system design balances functional and non-functional requirements. Reviews systems designs and ensures that appropriate methods, tools and techniques are applied effectively. Makes recommendations and assesses and manages associated risks. Adopts and adapts system design methods, tools and techniques. Contributes to development of system design policies, standards and selection of architecture components.
• 6. Systems integration and build: Level 5 (SFIA) Plans and drives activities to develop organisational systems integration and build capabilities including automation and continuous integration. Identifies, evaluates and manages the adoption of tools, techniques and processes to create a robust integration framework. Provides authoritative advice and guidance on any aspect of systems integration. Leads integration work in line with the agreed system and service design. Assesses risks and takes preventative action. Measures and monitors applications of standards. Contributes to the development of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for systems integration.
• 1. Configuration management: Level 2 (SFIA) Applies tools, techniques and processes to administer, track, log, report on and correct configuration items, components and changes. Assists with audits to check the accuracy of the information and undertakes any necessary corrective action under direction.

Required Skills:

• Operations
• Adoption
• Analysis
• Continuous
• Integration
• Options
• Balance
• Reviews
• Components
• Software
• Development
• Architecture
• Automation
• Specifications
• Programming
• Integration
• Construction
• Security
• Software
• Planning
• Design
• Management

Senior Software Engineer • Canberra, ACT, AU