Mainframe/Cobol Developer -Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide

One of our federal Government clients is seeking to engage Mainframe/Cobol Developer for Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide location .

Please note Candidate must have Baseline Security clearance

• Initial contract duration - 12 months
• Extension term- 24 months
• Location of work - QLD, ACT, VIC, SA
• Working arrangements - Hybrid

Job details

Software Engineers have experience overseeing software development projects, writing optimised code, and provide technical leadership to a team of software engineers. They are responsible for the quality and functionality of the software produced by their team.

Development describes the function of developing, testing, supporting, technical documentation and maintaining applications and frameworks involved in the software development life cycle.

Senior Developers realise design, prototypes and testing support, and are responsible for the development of software and technical design. The role is responsible for the definition of software/technical design and realisation.

Senior Developers work under the limited direction of senior staff. They exercise both initiative and judgement in the interpretation of policy and in the application of practices and procedures. Decision-making is substantially dependent on judgement, skills and knowledge. Senior Developers manage and organise their own work in the context of competing priorities, including contributing to business planning, changes in workplace practices and business improvement strategies.

Key duties and responsibilities

Duties may include some or all of the following:

• undertake analysis, design, development, prototyping, testing and maintenance activities
• provide support to development teams to create ICT solutions
• perform analysis of technical requirements to support project evaluation with proposed solutions
• define software and technical designs for the realisation of high complexity custom solutions or conversion and migration solutions
• ensure excellent quality and maintain high standards in software development
• provide go-live support and maintenance for developments
• escalate issues as identified and suggest alternative approaches
• propose and facilitate innovative solutions to meet enterprise and user requirements
• ensure compliance with endorsed software development methodologies
• provide comprehensive technical support to senior staff
• monitor workloads to ensure business goals are achieved
• ensure work aligns with processes and overall delivery outcomes
• perform cost analysis activities as required
• develop documentation for review by senior staff including technical documentations and progress reports
• collaborate with stakeholders to ensure effective and timely implementation of projects
• maintain up-to-date knowledge of ICT policies and processes and transfer knowledge to other team members
• exercise appropriate delegation in accordance with legislations and guidelines.

Technical skills

Ability to

• Work in a Mainframe environment, with COBOL/Adabas Natural or other mainframe languages experience desirable.

• Good analytical skills to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions

• High level written & oral communication skills

• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the ICT Development lifecycle

• Demonstrate ability & experience in preparation of technical documents

Previous experience with

• M204

• Object Oriented languages such as Java, C#

Essential criteria

• 1.Methods and tools: Level 4 (SFIA)
• Provides advice and guidance to support the adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards. Tailors processes in line with agreed standards and evaluation of methods and tools. Reviews and improves usage and application of methods and tools.
• 2.Release and deployment: Level 4 (SFIA)
• Assesses and analyses release components for input to release scheduling. Maintains and administers tools and methods for software delivery, deployment and configuration. Maintains release processes and procedures.

Desirable criteria

• 1.Application support: Level 3 (SFIA)
• Follows agreed procedures to identify and resolve issues with applications. Uses application management software and tools to collect agreed performance statistics. Carries out agreed applications maintenance tasks.

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