Technical Lead

Azooa is preparing a response for a Department of Defence requirement under RFQ 99858 and is looking to connect with an experienced Senior Software Engineering & Platform Engineering Lead.

About the Role

This is a senior engineering leadership opportunity for someone who can combine strong software and platform engineering knowledge with engineering-process management, technical governance, organisational capability development and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Leading software and platform-engineering practices
• Improving software-development methodologies
• Improving platform-engineering methodologies
• Engineering-process management
• Software-process management
• Continuous-improvement initiatives
• Engineering standards and technical governance
• Engineering maturity and capability uplift
• Technical-team leadership
• Stakeholder engagement
• Technical planning and delivery coordination
• Infrastructure-as-Code practices
• Modern DevSecOps approaches
• Platform sustainment
• Technical documentation and knowledge transfer
• Engineering-risk management
• Mentoring engineers and technical leads
• Helping establish maintainable and repeatable engineering capability

Qualifications

Australian Citizenship is mandatory. Candidates must hold a current AGSVA NV1 security clearance or higher. The underlying SOW specifies NV1 as the minimum clearance for this Key Position. Candidates holding NV2 or another higher relevant clearance are also encouraged to apply.

Required Skills

• Software engineering leadership
• Platform engineering
• Engineering-process management
• Software-development methodologies
• Continuous improvement
• Technical governance
• Engineering standards
• Team leadership and mentoring
• DevSecOps
• CI/CD
• Infrastructure as Code
• Platform automation
• Cloud-native engineering
• Kubernetes / container environments
• CNCF technologies
• Software-factory concepts
• Agile engineering delivery
• Secure government ICT environments
• Engineering capability uplift
• Complex enterprise or government programs

Preferred Skills

• Experience in Defence or Federal Government
• Strong engineering leadership
• Organisational capability development
• Continuous improvement

Hourly rate

Azooa is currently positioning candidates at up to: Pty Ltd / ABN: $152.63/hour + GST PAYG: $150.63/hour including super. Candidates who can bid below these levels may strengthen their overall value-for-money position where capability and experience are comparable.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Azooa is committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals, regardless of their background.

Interested? Apply Now

If your background combines: Software Engineering + Platform Engineering + Engineering Leadership + Continuous Improvement + NV1 or higher we'd like to hear from you. Please include your current CV, security clearance, preferred ACT / SA / VIC location, availability and expected rate.

Apply here: https://share.hsforms.com/2ORRd8e_KT6Oc1HdQuSma6Ad3kd9?rfq_id=RFQ99858