Strategic Software Engineering Lead

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission in Sydney seeks a senior ICT leader to guide a multi-disciplinary team in delivering and maintaining complex software services. You will plan priorities, drive improvements, and engage stakeholders to support national security objectives.

The role emphasises strategic thinking, evidence-based decision making, and governance to ensure delivery reliability and tooling efficiency.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to lead end-to-end delivery and sustainment activities including incident and problem resolution.
• Experience supporting software systems in Java/JEE, containerisation, and web technologies.
• Strong governance, risk, and reliability judgment in complex ICT environments.
• Tertiary ICT qualifications or equivalent experience are highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and direction to a multi-disciplinary team to meet objectives.
• Plan, prioritise and coordinate activities to meet deadlines and priorities.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders to build productive relationships.
• Apply critical thinking to identify and implement solutions to complex problems.
• Contribute to high‑quality briefings and submissions for decision forums.
• Drive software quality and development productivity through tooling and processes.
• Provide cross-team leadership to deliver, deploy, operate and maintain software services.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional leadership

Problem solving

Team coordination

Education

Tertiary ICT qualifications

Tools

Kubernetes

Java/JEE

Tomcat

React

Spring Boot

Oracle

Unix/Windows

Job description

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission in Sydney seeks a senior ICT leader to guide a multi-disciplinary team in delivering and maintaining complex software services. You will plan priorities, drive improvements, and engage stakeholders to support national security objectives.

The role emphasises strategic thinking, evidence-based decision making, and governance to ensure delivery reliability and tooling efficiency.