Senior Software Engineer (AWS)

One of our Federal Government Clients is seeking to engage a Senior Software Engineer (AWS) – EL1 Please check below all the job details: Contract Duration: 33 Months (09 Months initially + 24 Months extension)Work Location: CanberraWorking Arrangements: 03 Months initial onsite all 5 days a week, Later then hybrid available on approval (Min 02 days week onsite).Eligibility: You must need to have NV1 Security Clearance or above.Tentative Start Date: 12th Oct 2026Working Hours: 8 hours a day/ 40 hours a week Key duties and responsibilities: 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. The Specified Personnel will provide senior Software engineering services, delivering secure, scalable, resilient cloud-native solutions across AWS technologies. Working within multi-disciplinary Agile teams, they will design, develop, deploy, maintain and optimise cloud-based applications, integrations, APIs, serverless services and containerised workloads. The resource will deliver solutions aligned with business requirements, enterprise architecture standards, security policies and AWS best practices, providing technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle from design through deployment and operational support. The Specified Personnel will be responsible for providing the following deliverables including but not limited to: Designing and developing cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices and integration services using Java, Python, Node.js, JavaScript, TypeScript and modern cloud frameworks hosted on AWS. Building event-driven, serverless and containerised solutions leveraging AWS services including Lambda, ECS, EKS, API Gateway, EventBridge, SNS, SQS and Step Functions. Designing and provisioning AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK) in accordance with security, governance and operational requirements. Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, deployment, release and infrastructure provisioning processes across development, test and production environments. Developing reusable cloud components, services and deployment patterns that support multiple business initiatives and improve delivery capability. Translating business requirements and user stories into high-quality, secure, scalable and resilient cloud-based software solutions. Performing testing, code reviews and quality assurance including unit, integration, automated testing and defect resolution. Investigating, analysing and resolving production incidents, defects and performance issues. Collaborating on technical design and architecture, including solution design workshops, architecture reviews and cloud governance forums. Providing specialist technical advice on AWS technologies, cloud-native architecture patterns and emerging cloud capabilities to guide solution design decisions. Communicating technical concepts and architecture decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders; build effective relationships with business, technical teams and delivery partners; Actively participate in Agile ceremonies and contemporary delivery practices to support successful cloud solution delivery. Specified Personnel will be expected to transfer skills and knowledge to departmental staff and ensure appropriate documentation is stored in accordance with the Department’s recordkeeping policy and practices. The Specified Personnel will be responsible for producing the following deliverables, including but not limited to: Solution Designs. Cloud Architecture Diagrams. API Specifications. Infrastructure-as-Code Artefacts. Operational Runbooks. Deployment Guides. Support Documentation. Functional and Non-Functional Specifications. The Next step is easy: If you are interested, you may send an email to Krishna.R@italliance.com.au Referral incentive program: As always, we have the candidate referral incentive program through which you will get $1000 for each successful referral after the successful selection and joining of the referred candidates