Our Federal Government Client is seeking a Lead/Principal Development Expert.

This is a long-term contract role of 12 months with possible extensions up to a maximum of 24 months, located at our client’s offices in the capital cities of ACT, QLD, and VIC. The working arrangement is hybrid.

As the selected candidate, you will:

• Translate technical and market trends into development strategy.
• Be accountable for analysis, design, development, prototyping, unit testing, and maintenance activities.
• Ensure compliance with endorsed software development methodologies.
• Implement methodology, manage and lead change, and actively contribute to the agency's strategic direction.
• Develop strategies to ensure high code quality and long-term maintenance of a product's code base.
• Ensure the maintenance and enhancement of existing systems.
• Ensure development productivity and excellence in quality.
• Conduct impact analysis, evaluate, and report on technical feasibility and risks for development projects.
• Proactively share knowledge and expertise as the subject matter expert, and provide assistance and mentorship to less experienced staff.
• Oversee operations of teams, including providing a clear sense of direction, setting work priorities, and managing resources.
• Provide direction and support to development teams to ensure high-quality solution realisation.
• Develop staff capability through coaching, mentoring, and succession planning.
• Resolve very complex, sensitive, and/or escalated technical issues.
• Oversee, review, and advise on a range of written material which may include technical and corporate documentation.

To be successful in this role you should have:

• Demonstrated experience in programming/software development including developing organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for software construction and refactoring; planning and leading software construction activities for strategic, large, and complex development projects; and adapting or developing new methods and organisational capabilities and driving adoption of, and adherence to policies and standards.
• Experience in release and deployment, including setting the release policy for the organisation in the context of both development and production/operations; implementing processes, tools, and resources to ensure that the transition of services, service components, and packages are planned and compliant; ensuring that test, validation, and configuration management are included in all release and deployment activities; and providing authorisation for critical release activity and point of escalation.
• Expertise in software design including leading the selection and development of software design methods, tools, and techniques; developing organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for software design and software architectures; and ensuring adherence to technical strategies and systems architectures (including security).
• Ability to provide specialist advice including providing organisational leadership and guidelines to promote the development and exploitation of specialist knowledge in the organisation; maintaining a network of recognised experts (inside and/or outside the organisation) who can deliver expert advice in relevant areas; and providing input into professional development planning across a significant part of the organisation to further the development of appropriate expertise.
• Proficiency in systems design , including developing and driving adoption of and adherence to organisational policies, standards, guidelines, and methods for system design; championing the importance and value of system design principles and the selection of appropriate systems design life cycle models; leading system design activities for strategic, large, and complex systems development programmes; developing effective implementation strategies consistent with specified requirements, architectures, and constraints of performance and feasibility; and developing system design requiring the introduction of new technologies or new uses for existing technologies.
• Experience in systems development management , including setting policy and driving adherence to standards for systems development; leading activities to make security and privacy integral to systems development; identifying and managing the resources necessary for all stages of systems development projects; and ensuring that technical, financial, and quality targets are met.
• Expertise in systems integration and build , including leading the development of organisational systems integration and build capabilities including automation and continuous integration; developing organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for systems integration and build; providing resources to ensure systems integration and build can operate effectively; and ensuring adoption and adherence to policies and standards.

It is desirable if you have:

• Experience in business process improvement at SFIA Level 5, including managing the execution of business process improvements; analysing and designing business processes to identify alternative solutions to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and exploit new technologies and automation; developing graphical models of business processes to facilitate understanding and decision-making; assessing the feasibility of business process changes and recommending alternative approaches; selecting, tailoring, and implementing methods and tools for improving business processes at programme, project, or team level; and contributing to the definition of organisational policies, standards, and guidelines for business process improvement.

Technical skills

SAPABAP CRM SAPABAP ERP SAP BRF+ SAP Fl SAP Gateway/ODATA SAP S/4HANA SAP Fiori, Configuration and Data Migration SAP S/4HANA Finance SAP UI BOPF Framework and/or SAP Social Services Module SmartForm CRM ERP SuccessFactors SAP Pl/PO SAP BTP Integration Suite Web Dynpro Workflow

Due to security clearance requirements for this role, candidates must be Australian citizens with the ability to obtain Baseline clearance.

Apply now for immediate consideration – contact Param Kaur on 02 62689781 quoting Job Reference: # 258963.
The closing date for this role is on 11th March 2025.
Expression of Interest for other Senior / Principal Development Expert roles will remain open until 15 April 2025.

Please note: Only candidates that meet the above criteria will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in the position.