Principal Software Engineer (EL2 equivalent)

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: Baseline Security Clearance required

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)
- Robust 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.

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