The role is ongoing and located in all capital cities. Information about the position, including eligibility, selection criteria, and details on how to apply, is available on the Bureau of Meteorology's website: close at 11:30pm AEDT Sunday 12 October 2025
Enquiries about the position can be directed to Alasdair Scott.
We are Australia's weather, climate, water, oceans, and space weather agency. Our work touches the lives of all Australians every day.
Our products and services include observations, forecasts, warnings, analysis, and advice. They cover Australia's atmosphere, water, oceans, and space environments.
The Bureau operates under the authority of the Meteorology Act 1955 and the Water Act 2007. We also fulfill Australia's international obligations under the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization and related international meteorological treaties and agreements.
Position Overview The Developer – Water Sector plays an integral part in the Bureau's Water Markets Reform program, which aims to improve trust and transparency in water trading across the Murray–Darling Basin. A key responsibility of this program is to develop the digital platforms that facilitate the collection and sharing of national water information.
The role will focus exclusively on the Bureau's water systems and requires an experienced developer with full stack proficiency and strong AWS cloud and applications experience, to maintain system alignment with the evolving Water Act, Water Regulations, and Water Market Data Standards.
Role Responsibilities The responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
Contribute to the detailed design and development of significant elements of new solutions, Web applications, Web services, APIs, and databases, with clear documentation on the code produced.
Form a key part of delivery teams to uplift legacy systems and develop integrated digital water solutions incorporating AWS cloud.
Closely collaborate with the Bureau's DevOps and Test specialists to ensure that CI/CD, and Testing are performed according to the Bureau Application Excellence Framework (AEF) development standards and other standards where applicable.
Take responsibility for the performance, quality, and testability of code produced.
Collaborate closely with the internal team and external partners to understand and agree deliverables, provide status updates, and conduct integrated testing.
Provide support and ongoing maintenance of the suite of water applications.
Communicating concepts and delivering showcases to technical and business stakeholders.
Demonstrating commitment to APS Values, Employment Principles, Code of Conduct, and the Bureau's Social Justice Strategy.
Complying with all Bureau work, health, and safety policies and procedures, and taking reasonable care for their own health and safety and that of employees, contractors, and visitors who may be affected by your conduct.
Qualifications Mandatory:
A degree or diploma of an Australian educational institution, or a comparable overseas qualification, which is appropriate to the duties; OR other comparable qualifications, which are appropriate to the duties.
Demonstrated examples of the development of AWS Cloud services for frontend development such as Cognito, Amplify, AppSync, as well as deployment by AWS CDK.
Proven expertise with front-end languages and frameworks (Typescript, React, Drupal), relational database management systems (PostgreSQL or MSSQL), and testing (React Testing Library).
Experience in providing technical input to implement a solution based on the architecture, design, and business guidance.
Desirable:
Experience with Power Platform development, networking (firewalls, policies, access control, and endpoint security), and AWS Cloud services for frontend development.
Professional experience in Commonwealth water agencies, state government water agencies, or other water sector organisations or businesses.
Experience in real-time data processing techniques and message bus technologies.
Experience with microservice architecture and DevOps and DevSecOps methodologies.
Merit Pool The selection process will establish a merit pool that may be used to fill similar positions within 18 months.
Your application will consist of a resume, contact details for two referees, and an '800-word pitch' that considers salary match, number of applicants, and skills match.
The Bureau of Meteorology is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.
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