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
Up-to-date 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 Chance 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