Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Senior System Administrator (Pega)

• Location - Parramatta (Flexible working arrangement available)
• Employment type - Ongoing Full-Time
• Grade - Clerk Grade 9/10,
• Salary - $125,693 - $138,510 pa plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading

Your role

The role is responsible for providing expert support to business units utilising the Pega Enterprise Platform. Included in the roles responsibilities is to ensure that the applications are kept up to date with hotfixes and enhancements deployed in a timely manner.

What you'll do

Pega Platform Support is an exciting team which is responsible for supporting DCJ's Pega Applications and Enterprise Platform and has become the large scale CMS Platform of choice for the Department.

You will be required to monitor performance and security logs, manage user audits, collaborative with managed service providers, advise on project work, adhere to DCJ's policies and procedures as well as other general system administration tasks. This role reports to the Technical Team Lead - Pega.

The Senior System Administrator (Pega) will provide expert support in the following areas:

• Pega Cloud Operational support, Maintenance and Enhancements
• Support and troubleshoot application issues
• Provide recommendations and deliver minor enhancement work
• Monitor environment performance and availability
• Assist business units with UAT for deployments
• Provide knowledge and assistance to junior team members

What we're looking for

Essential requirements

• Tertiary qualifications in a related discipline or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience with the applicable technology platform, with demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
• This role may require participation in an on-call and/or after hours work roster to ensure service continuity to clients or maintenance activities outside normal business hours.

In addition to the essential requirements, the successful candidate must demonstrate the following:

• Minimum 2 years' proven experience in a Pega System Administration role
• Be competent managing and maintaining Pega Cloud Environments

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We focus on hiring people who share our commitment and goals of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, courage and integrity. If you meet the essential requirements and the role resonates with you, please apply - you do not need to meet every desired requirement for us to want to talk to you.

What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It's work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia's top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date resume (maximum 3 pages).

Applications close Sunday, 18 May 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager Tony Kish on 0416017471 or at [email protected]

If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Poppy Sgro on 02 9765 3929 or via [email protected]

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.

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