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. Additionally, the Developer - Water Sector will support the seamless transition of the Water Market Reforms program responsibilities and resources into the BAU operations of the Water Regulations and Standards section and to the Data and Digital Group (DDG).
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. This is achieved through significant industry consultation, regular release cycles and industry wide regression testing. Given the critical role the systems play supporting the Bureau's regulatory functions and obligations and as this position will represent the Bureau in external technical forums, an ability to understand the regulatory framework and the industry, together with operating to the highest standards of reliability, accuracy and professionalism will be required.
Merit pool
The selection process will establish a merit pool that may be used to fill similar positions within 18 months.
How to apply
Applications can be lodged through the Bureau of Meteorology Careers.
Your application will consist of resume, contact details for two referees and an '800-word pitch' that considers:
• position overview
• job responsibilities
• selection criteria
• relevant sections of the Integrated Leadership System (ILS) and APS work level standards.
The key duties of the position include
The responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
1. Contribute to the detailed design and development of significant elements of new solutions, Web applications, Web services, APIs and databases, with explicit documentation on the code produced.
2. Form a key part of delivery teams to uplift legacy systems and develop integrated digital water solutions incorporating AWS cloud.
3. 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.
4. Take responsibility for the performance, quality and testability of code produced.
5. Collaborate closely with the internal team and external partners to understand and agree deliverables, provide status updates and conduct integrated testing.
6. Provide support and ongoing maintenance of the suite of water applications.
7. Communicating concepts and delivering showcases to technical and business stakeholders.
8. Demonstrating commitment to APS Values, Employment Principles, Code of Conduct and the Bureau's Social Justice Strategy
9. 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.
📌 Water Sector Developer
🏢 APS
📍 Adelaide