APS6 Software Engineer (Developer)

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 professionals design, create, test and document software systems and applications in accordance with agreed development and security standards and processes. APS6 Software Engineers write and test code and optimise software for speed and capability. They enable the design, testing, maintenance, and evaluation of new and existing software systems. APS6 Software Engineers assess moderately complex technical issues that may arise within the development or production environments. APS6 Software Engineers: promote and deliver flexible, quality service to improve customer experience work under the limited direction of senior staff to deliver results make ethical, evidence-based decisions using sound judgement anticipate and respond to stakeholder needs and expectations may manage a team. Key duties and responsibilities Duties may include some or all of the following: Create software and technical designs for the realisation of complex development solutions Develop high-quality code and long-term maintenance of a product's code base Provide technical advice on software development and maintenance Provide go-live support and maintenance for complex developments Perform a range of analysis, design, software development, prototyping, unit testing and maintenance activities   Undertake analysis of technical requirements to support project evaluation with proposed solutions  Ensure compliance with endorsed software development methodologies Identify, investigate, and resolve complex ICT issues  Assess, communicate, monitor, and control risk Develop team plans and goals Prepare draft reports and corporate documentation Manage and prioritise own and others' workloads to meet business objectives in specified timeframes Develop and deliver on projects within the assigned area of responsibility Perform cost analysis activities as required Exercise appropriate delegation in accordance with legislations and guidelines. KNOWLEDGE/QUALIFICATIONS The ability to quickly gain in depth knowledge and understanding of: Frameworks, legislation, policies, procedures and information management requirements relevant to the work area; The agency’s privacy, ethics, workplace health and safety and security protocols Relevant business systems and tools Prior experience within government or similar large-scale organisation. Criteria The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters. 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. Programming/software development: Level 4 (SFIA) Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends and refactors complex programs/scripts and integration software services. Contributes to the selection of the software development methods, tools and techniques. Applies agreed standards and tools to achieve well-engineered outcomes. Participates in reviews of own work and leads reviews of colleagues' work. 3. 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. 4. Software configuration: Level 4 (SFIA) Designs, verifies, documents, amends and refactors complex software configurations for deployment. Contributes to the selection of the software configuration methods, tools and techniques. Applies agreed standards and tools, to achieve well-engineered outcomes. Participates in reviews of own work and leads reviews of colleagues' work. 5. Software design: Level 3 (SFIA) Undertakes complete design of moderately complex software applications or components. Applies agreed standards, guidelines, patterns and tools. Assists as part of a team in the design of components of larger software systems. Specifies user and/or system interfaces. Creates multiple design views to address the different stakeholders' concerns and to handle functional and non-functional requirements. Assists in the evaluation of options and trade-offs. Collaborates in reviews of work with others as appropriate. 6. Systems design: Level 4 (SFIA) Designs system components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology. Identifies and evaluates alternative design options and trade-offs. Creates multiple design views to address the concerns of the different stakeholders and to handle functional and non-functional requirements. Models, simulates or prototypes the behaviour of proposed system components to enable approval by stakeholders. Produces detailed design specifications to form the basis for the construction of systems. Reviews, verifies and improves own designs against specifications. 7. Systems integration and build: Level 4 (SFIA) Provides technical expertise to enable the configuration of system components and equipment for systems testing. Collaborates with technical teams to develop and agree system integration plans and report on progress. Defines complex/new integration builds. Ensures that integration test environments are correctly configured. Designs, performs and reports results of tests of the integration build. Identifies and documents system integration components for recording in the configuration management system. Recommends and implements improvements to processes and tools. 8. Testing: Level 3 (SFIA) Designs test cases and test scripts under own direction, mapping back to pre-determined criteria, recording and reporting test outcomes. Participates in requirement, design and specification reviews, and uses this information to design test plans and test conditions. Applies agreed standards to specify and perform manual and automated testing. Automates testing tasks and builds test coverage through existing or new infrastructure. Analyses and reports on test activities, results, issues and risks. 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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