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 solid 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
- Engineering standards and technical governance
- Engineering maturity and capability uplift
- Technical-team leadership
- Technical planning and delivery coordination
- Infrastructure-as-Code practices
- Modern DevSecOps approaches
- Technical documentation and knowledge transfer
- 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
- Engineering-process management
- Software-development methodologies
- Technical governance
- Team leadership and mentoring
- DevSecOps
- CI/CD
- Infrastructure as Code
- CNCF technologies
- Software-factory concepts
- Engineering capability uplift
- Complex enterprise or government programs

Preferred Skills

- Experience in Defence or Federal Government
- Strong engineering leadership
- Organisational capability development

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.

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📌 Technical Lead (Canberra)
🏢 Azooa
📍 Canberra