Informatech is a leading ICT consultancy with over 200 professionals specialising in Technical Services, Testing, Project Delivery, and Cyber Security. Since 2015, we've grown rapidly while earning national recognition and awards, and ranked on the AFR Fast 100 for a third consecutive year. 100% Australian-owned and DISP accredited, we back our people with real career stability, genuine development opportunities, and complex, high-impact work across Defence, National Security, and Federal Government.
Informatech has been engaged to deliver a managed services contract providing development, testing, and support services for a suite of bespoke, health-sector information systems on behalf of a Federal Government Department.
We're looking for a Software Development Lead to act as the onsite operational lead for our development team on this program, directing technical delivery for a squad of 3–5 developers and working closely with our broader project team and departmental stakeholders.
What you'll be doingActing as the onsite operational lead for the Informatech development teamCoordinating BAU maintenance, L2/L3 support, defect remediation, and enhancement deliveryLeading backlog shaping, feature sizing, and requirements clarificationProviding technical direction across C#/.NET, integration, database, and DevOps activitiesSupporting incident triage, root cause analysis,



and known-error managementFacilitating sprint planning, work allocation, delivery tracking, and client demosEnsuring development work is maintainable, supportable, secure, and testableWorking closely with the QA/Test Lead to align delivery with release assurance and quality gates
What you'll bringStrong hands-on experience across C#, .NET, SQL/T-SQL, and contemporary front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript)Demonstrated experience leading or directing a development team (3+ direct reports or equivalent), including onsite/client-facing coordinationSolid experience with Azure DevOps and GitHub, including pipelines, repositories, and security toolingExperience with incident triage, root cause analysis, and known-error/problem management in an operational support environmentComfort running agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog grooming, client demos, and tracking delivery against commitmentsExperience operating in ISM-aligned, government, or regulated environmentsFamiliarity with Power Apps, Drupal/GovCMS, or mobile application development highly regardedExcellent stakeholder communication skills, this role is client-facing and will interface directly with the department and Informatech's Delivery Lead
ClearanceThis role requires a current NV1 security clearance and Australian citizenship.

📌 Software Development Lead (Canberra)
🏢 Informatech
📍 Canberra