We encourage applications from Indigenous Australians, people living with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and LGBTIQA+ people.

The Department of Justice supports reasonable adjustment requests in any stage of the assessment process to remove barriers and facilitate full participation in all aspects of employment for applicants with disability. If you have individual requirements that need to be accommodated in order to participate in an interview or recruitment activity, please inform the contact listed at the end of this vacancy.

We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexible working arrangements.  Talk to us about how this could work for you.

Hours per fortnight

73.50 hours per fortnight - flexible options available. 

Duties

• Undertake a lead role in delivering advanced, complex technical consultancy, project or business as usual (BAU) support from planning to completion relating to enterprise applications, which includes the modification and development of source code to meet Agency objectives from either support related issues or specifications that detail business requirements in conjunction with outsourced contracted development services.
• Manage the following:
  • preparation of ‘scripts’ to rectify identified data errors in the data spectrum that includes Oracle database and Lucene index changes.
  • creation or modification of system documentation in conjunction with members of the Enterprise Systems Support team and outsourced contracted development services.
  • the control of system source code and the ‘build’ process in conjunction with outsourced contracted development services for the in-house system in preparation for release to nominated environments.
  • preparation of user Release notes identifying change and impacts and Release instructions documentation when a ‘built’ release is ready to be deployed by 3rd parties including providing assistance in the implementation and distribution of new and modified applications.
• Research and recommend tools and technology to support strategies and methodologies in the development, delivery and change processes associated with in-house corporate applications and databases.
• Undertake high-level data base administration and user support in consultation with the other members of the Enterprise Systems Support team.
• Provide high level authorative advice, direction, and guidance to Output Managers, customers and other stakeholders relating to the provision of regular reports and updates on complex or specialised matters including security, monitoring and auditing of system events, and advise on potential or emerging high risk or business-critical matters that could adversely impact program/project/ policy implementation and/or service delivery. Identify, evaluate and implement risk mitigation strategies in accordance with the dimensions of the role.
• Identify and address complex issues such as planning, implementation and delivery of innovative, cost-effective and sustainable technical solutions that meet customer requirements and improve the customer experience. The role may be required to represent the branch at business forums or meetings.
• Support and foster a culture of high performance, positivity by adopting a visibly collaborative, consultative, and service delivery approach to consultancy/projects/BAU activities.
• Management and technical oversight of the Senior Software Developer.
• Collaborate with colleagues from within and outside the branch to ensure an integrated and unified approach to service delivery and decision making. Establish and build productive partnerships with colleagues, contractors and the stakeholder base to identify, understand and negotiate technical requirements while effectively managing expectations and resourcing to ensure positive results are achieved.

Pre-employment Checks

The Head of State Service has determined that the person nominated for this vacancy is to satisfy a pre-employment check before taking up the appointment, promotion or transfer.

The following checks are to be conducted:

1. Pre-employment checks

• Arson and fire setting
• Violent crimes and crimes against the person
• Sex-related offences
• Drug and alcohol related offences
• Crimes involving dishonesty
• Crimes involving deception
• Making false declarations
• Malicious damage and destruction to property
• Serious traffic offences
• Crimes against public order or relating to the Administration of Law and Justice
• Crimes against Executive or the Legislative Power
• Crimes involving Conspiracy

2. Disciplinary action in previous employment.

3. Identification check.

Desirable Requirements

At least 5 years industry experience and relevant tertiary qualifications including experience in the following areas:

• Java
• C#
• Spring/Boot and Hibernate
• Lucene
• SQL
• Oracle
• Apache Tomcat

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

 Statement of Duties (357997) Principal Software Developer.docx

 Statement of Duties (357997) Principal Software Developer.pdf

 About the Department of Justice (Office of the Chief Information Officer) November 2024.docx

 About the Department of Justice (Office of the Chief Information Officer) November 2024.pdf

 Information for Applicants (DOJ) Short Form Application.docx

 Information for Applicants (DOJ) Short Form Application.pdf

 FAQs Short Form Application.docx

 FAQs Short Form Application.pdf

How to apply

To apply, please provide a Short Form Application which is a 1-2 page covering letter outlining your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the Statement of Duties, and a copy of your current Resumé/CV.  We do not require a separate statement addressing the selection criteria.

Please note if you submit the details of your referees with your application the Selection Panel may contact them without notifying you.

Please apply online by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.

Refer to the 'Information for Applicants (DOJ)' document for further information.  Please note, attachments must be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.

If you are unable to submit your application online, please contact the Department of Justice Recruitment Team on (03) 6166 1435.

For more information

Richard Bold
System Manager (FIND)
Email: Richard.Bold@justice.tas.gov.au 
Phone: 0429 190 100

Reasonable Adjustment Queries

Organisational Development and Design Team
(03) 6165 7603