Principal Digital Solutions Developer

• 2x Ongoing Vacancies
• Seeking to generate a talent pool
• Location: Sydney CBD
  

About the Department of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population.

Formoreinformation about the Department of Education, please visit NSW Department of Education

School Infrastructure NSW (SINSW) is delivering new school buildings, major upgrades and maintenance strategies to ensure every school-aged child has access to high quality education facilities at their local public school. This encompasses the largest investment in public education infrastructure in the history of NSW.


About the role
Lead the planning, development and implementation of innovative, data-driven digital solutions to optimise efficiencies and ensure the provision of robust digital analytics and insights for current and future school infrastructure. This involves building robust back-end solutions and engaging and interactive front-end user interfaces, which incorporate data visualisations, geospatial/mapping, and other capabilities derived from internal and external APIs.

Essential requirements of the role

• Relevant tertiary qualifications (e.g. software engineering, computer science) and/or equivalent professional experience in developing and implementing data-driven digital solutions and designing efficient and robust data transformations.
  

Key knowledge and experience

• Extensive experience in developing innovative digital solutions using relational databases and front-end languages with JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks.
• Extensive experience developing robust back-end solutions with server-side languages, their corresponding frameworks with supporting technologies, API integration and building APIs supported by a micro-services architecture.
• Experience with data visualisation frameworks, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technologies, and leveraging RESTful APIs to deliver strategic outcomes and data transformation (ETL), cloud deployment (Microsoft Azure/AWS)
• Knowledge of and commitment to implementing the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy and upholding the Department’s Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG and to ensure quality outcomes for Aboriginal people.

About you
The ideal candidate will have:

• Demonstrated experience in developing innovative digital solutions using relational databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle) and database driven development.
• Extensive experience in designing engaging user interfaces and experiences using front end languages (HTML/JavaScript/CSS/Sass). Proficiency with JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks such as Angular, React and Vue is essential.
• Extensive experience developing robust back-end solutions with server side languages (Node.JS, Java, Python), their corresponding frameworks (Express.JS), and other supporting technologies e.g. Redis, Docker.
• Experience with API integration and building APIs supported by a micro-services architecture.
• Familiarity with data visualisation frameworks, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and mapping technologies (Mapbox, Leaflet, PostGIS) technologies, and leveraging RESTful APIs to deliver strategic outcomes.
• Experience with data transformation (ETL), cloud deployment (Microsoft Azure/AWS), and exposure to DevOps (Test Driven Development, CI/CD) is highly desirable.

Benefits

• Opportunity to make a difference at Department of Education
• Flexible work-life balance
• Competitive salary
• 35 hour week
  

How to apply
When applying you will need to:

Note: the selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role. Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening for this role which includes a National Criminal History Check.

Closing date: 27 July 2022 at 11:59pm.

For role enquiries please contact Marko Kovacevic at 0432 563 464 or on Marko.Kovacevic5@det.nsw.edu.au

COVID-19 Vaccination certification: Under the Direction from the Secretary issued 22 November 2021, all Department of Education corporate staff, early childhood education staff and non-school based staff are required to meet the mandatory double vaccination requirements, or provide a valid medical contraindication certificate, by no later than 30 January 2022 to attend a Department of Education site.

We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion.”

A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process. A talent pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months.