APG Workforce are seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer (EL2 equivalent) to support and enhance a life-critical application used in national search and rescue operations based in ACT.

- Location: ACT (Hybrid – WFH flexibility)
- Start: ASAP
- 12 months + 12 month extension
- Hours: Up to 40 hours per week
- Clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline

About the Role: You will play a key role in supporting and developing NEXUS, a mission-critical system used by the Rescue Coordination Centre Australia (RCCA) to coordinate maritime and aviation search and rescue incidents, as well as pollution response activities. Working within a highly skilled team, you will contribute to the ongoing development, maintenance, and optimisation of complex cloud-based and back-end systems.

What You’ll Do

- Build and maintain enterprise Java applications
- Work across AWS (Lambda, S3, API Gateway, SQS)
- Develop APIs (REST/SOAP)




- Design and manage Oracle databases
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Maven, Git)
- Support releases + system improvements
- Join a small, high-performing team

Requirements:

- 8+ years Java experience (Spring / Hibernate)
- Solid AWS + API development
- Solid Oracle / data modelling skills
- Experience in enterprise / gov environments
- Ability to obtain Baseline clearance

Additional Information

- Hybrid working arrangement with flexibility
- On-call support required (rare escalations, approx. once per year)
- One-page pitch required addressing selection criteria (SFIA Level 6)

If you’re an experienced Principal Engineer looking to work on a high-impact, life-critical system, we’d love to hear from you.

📌 Principal Software Engineer - Government (Canberra)
🏢 Apg Workforce
📍 Canberra