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Senior Developer


Digital & Information Technology Transformation; Digital Services and Information Technology Group; Organisational Capability; Brisbane

The Digital Services & IT (DS&IT) Branch is responsible for establishing, leading and managing the digital and technology functions within QCS. The Branch works with business areas to ensure ICT investment aligns and supports the agency’s strategic direction, exploring emerging digital solutions whilst leveraging and managing existing business critical ICT environments.

The functions within the DS&IT Branch includes: ICT strategy and solution design and delivery; information management; business systems applications; cloud services and infrastructure; end user computing; and cyber security.

Job details

Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time
Occupational group IT & Telecommunications
Classification AO6
Workplace Location Brisbane Inner City
Job ad reference QLD/587250/24
Closing date 11-Sep-2024
Job duration
Contact person Bert Wei
Contact details Phone: 07 2100 7428
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This is a technical role within the Applications and Development team and applicants are expected to have considerable applicable experience in areas such as Software Development, Integration and Design.

In this role you will:

  • Work effectively both independently and as a member of a team to deliver outcomes.
  • Maintain and utilise appropriate software development standards and best practices, including Waterfall, Agile and DevOps methodologies.
  • Develop and maintain a detailed knowledge of software process improvement, with a focus on continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices.
  • Produce functional requirement specifications, detailed design and other technical documentation required for development and maintenance of reporting and analytics systems.
  • Develop innovative solutions to identified technical and business challenges using cloud and on-premises technologies.
  • Write, test and correct application coding in adherence to modern coding standards and best practices.
  • Produce functional requirement specifications, detailed design and other technical documentation required for development and maintenance of reporting systems.
  • Work with complex data sets and integrated business applications to support delivery of business intelligence to users.
  • Undertake programming and scripting activities associated with reporting and analytics systems.
  • Identify and resolve data quality issues.
  • Deliver timely and quality responses to ad hoc and regular data requests.
  • Maintain data warehouses, data lakes and support power users delivering corporate performance reporting and research projects.
  • Participate in various operational activities including projects, new releases and continuous deployment cycles.
  • Develop prototypes and simulations to confirm business requirements, leveraging rapid development tools and cloud services where appropriate.
  • Contribute to the continuous consolidation of the software development environments and its tools.
  • Maintain all relevant registers, logs and quality documentation and analyse the data to deliver sustained and improved service provision for clients.
  • Provide detailed assessment and high-level advice regarding fit for purpose analysis of small technical solutions for business users.
  • Identify opportunities for integration of specialised applications with IOMS that meet business needs.
  • Communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate business solutions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver comprehensive solutions and responses to business requirements.
  • Communicate with business and technical staff on the process of application development as part of service management.
  • Liaise with staff at all levels of the organisation, Government and Industry.
  • Establish and maintain collaborative networks with business and other stakeholders.
  • Communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/587250/24

Closing Date: Wednesday, 11th September 2024

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