02nd November, ****
EL1 Senior Java Software Engineer (Developer) - Digital & Data
Location:
Canberra, ACT (Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane may be considered)
Contract:
Up to 12 months, with extension terms up to a maximum of 24 months
Pay:
$130 - $160 p/h including super (negotiable)
Work type:
Full-time
Work arrangement:
Hybrid, with specific arrangements agreed with your supervisor on a case-by-case basis
Clearance:
Must hold a current NV1 clearance or above
About the Role
This is a senior Java engineering role with our Federal Government client, focused on capacity management and operational automation across a large technology setting.
You will extend Java applications, data collectors, APIs and database interfaces that collect and process utilisation data.
You will help turn that data into reliable reporting, forecasting and operational insights.
The role needs someone who can take technical responsibility across design, development, integration, testing, release and production support.
What You'll Be Doing
Develop and maintain Java application components, collectors, APIs and processing logic
Integrate monitoring and capacity data from platform and observability sources
Design data aggregation, transformation and storage patterns in PostgreSQL
Prepare data structures, queries and extracts for Grafana dashboards and reporting
Build automation scripts, scheduled jobs and repeatable operational processes
Investigate defects, perform root cause analysis and support remediation
Support releases across development, pre-production and production
Produce technical designs,



implementation notes and knowledge transfer material
Work with capacity planners, platform teams, DBAs, Linux engineers and delivery stakeholders
Provide senior technical leadership across software design, integration, testing and deployment
What You Bring (Essential Criteria)
You've taken technical responsibility for complex software development at senior level
You've delivered substantial Java application or backend development
You've integrated monitoring, capacity or observability data into application or data workflows
You can design reliable data aggregation, transformation and storage patterns
You have strong PostgreSQL or comparable relational database experience
You can build automation scripts, data collectors and scheduled jobs
You've led software design, systems integration, testing, release and deployment activities
You can investigate production defects and perform root cause analysis
You can provide specialist technical advice and work across multidisciplinary teams
You can produce clear technical designs, implementation notes and handover material
You're an Australian citizen
You must hold a current NV1 clearance or above
Nice to Have (Desirable Criteria)
Experience with Grafana, Elastic, Prometheus, VMware Aria or Dynatrace
Capacity management, observability or performance-engineering experience
Experience delivering large-scale Commonwealth technology services
Roles like this move fast - apply now for a strong Federal Government contract, free payroll and no payroll fee deducted from your rate.

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