Software Engineer - SSA Integration & IDE Applications

About the role

Austal Defence Australia (ADA) is looking for a Software Engineer to provide technical support for the SSA Integration Data Environment (IDE) application software and SSA integration software. The role supports asset creation, management, delivery and data transport to the customer, and covers SDLC tasks in at least two of SSA Integration, IDE Applications, IDE Enhanced IAM orchestration and IDE Cyber Security enhancements. The engineer works with the ADA Digital Services team under the technical leadership of the ADA Sr. Cloud Engineer.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical software engineering expertise and support to ADA software engineering activities and projects.
• Manage and support IDE Azure-native and Azure-deployed software and configurations, delivering applications services to ADA, its customers and suppliers with high availability.
• Maintain the application architecture, capability documentation and software technology roadmap.
• Implement and maintain the complete ADA software portfolio, version-controlled and managed.
• Support planning and risk management for the IDE program of work.
• Leverage AI to accelerate software service designs and integrate cyber security functionality into the IDE, SSA and ADA programs.
• Design and optimise CI/CD pipelines to support DevSecOps deployments with automated QA and testing.
• Collaborate with Digital Service, functional and ICT teams to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or systems engineering, or equivalent certifications, or at least 5 years of equivalent software engineering experience.
• Eligibility for a Defence Security Clearance.
• Desirable: additional study or demonstrable experience in AI technologies, and experience working on integrated teams to design, develop, test and deploy software.
• Desirable: experience with Australian Defence or other information security organisations.

Required skills

• At least 2 years in SDLC, Agile and DevOps, Git-based code management and deployment to the cloud.
• At least 2 years developing and maintaining object-oriented and functional code, cloud-native and server-side applications, APIs, and demonstrable expertise in .NET and Python.
• At least 2 years implementing data types, data structures and software patterns using databases.
• Requirements specification, test plan execution and defect management.

What we offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Professional development and training opportunities.
• A supportive, dynamic work environment and career advancement opportunities.