Digital Technical Lead

About the role

The City of Sydney is recruiting a second Digital Technical Lead within Technology & Digital Services, working across a complex technology environment that supports more than 80 business units. Reporting to the Digital Development Manager, the role covers the full application lifecycle, from solution design and development through to post-implementation support, and takes increasing ownership of products and their integrations. The advertised salary is $178,021-$203,376 plus 12% super, for a full-time permanent position.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the development, support and continuous improvement of enterprise application platforms.
• Design scalable, secure cloud-based solutions, with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure.
• Provide technical leadership across solution design, application development and code quality.
• Support and improve enterprise applications after go-live, resolving complex technical challenges.
• Own products throughout their lifecycle, identifying new features, APIs and optimisations.
• Define and govern application architecture standards.
• Oversee complex digital projects on time, within budget and to quality standards.
• Manage vendors, contractors and consultants, including procurement and contract negotiations.
• Partner with business stakeholders to deliver practical, user-focused digital solutions.

Required profile

• Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Recent hands-on experience designing and delivering cloud-based solutions in Microsoft Azure.
• Experience supporting and improving enterprise applications after go-live.
• Ability to explain solution design and technical decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience designing enterprise application architecture and systems integration, including APIs.

Required skills

• Advanced .NET development, including C# and SQL Server.
• Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM is highly regarded.

Applications close on Monday 23 November 2026; recruitment may start before then.