The Digital Transformation Office is looking for mid-to-senior level engineers to build world class transactional government services.
The DTO's mission is to deliver simpler, clearer, faster, more humane public services for all Australians. We’re identifying where improvements are most urgently needed, and re-designing these services from the ground up. If you think that dealing with the government should be as quick and easy as dealing with any business, this is a once in a generation opportunity to make a real difference. The position In this role you will be performing the following duties in accordance with the APS Values and Code of Conduct: - Building web and mobile products to serve citizens' needs. - Implementing APIs for internal and external use. - Building a useful and robust automated test suite to support a Continuous Deployment environment. - Being involved in the wider web development community, identifying good practices we can adopt, and sharing our experiences. - Taking part in 2nd-line support of applications and platforms, including occasional support outside of office hours. Pay is between $80-120k, depending on experience. We're looking for people on both a short term and long term basis. The roles are at the APS6 to EL2 classification levels. The location We're looking for people to work from the DTO offices in Canberra (City) or Sydney (Ultimo). We're also experimenting with building a remote work culture, but expect to work from the office at least a couple of days a week. Your skills The DTO is looking for people with some (or all) of the following skills: - Experience building web apps, detailed knowledge of at least one programming language (we use a range of languages including Ruby, Python, Node.js and Scala), or detailed understanding and experience of front-end web development (HTML/CSS/JS). - An ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience. - Experience working on technical projects within a team, and using git. - Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases. - Experience presenting work at user groups and conferences. - Experience building and scaling high-traffic websites. - Understanding of the use of Responsive Web Design. - Experience designing and maintaining public HTTP APIs. - Experience handling large data sets and scaling their handling and storage. Next steps If you think you're up for the challenge, please apply for the position on the DTO's website <https://www.dto.gov.au/#op-77731-developer>. We're running a huge recruitment drive at the moment. There are heaps of other positions <https://www.dto.gov.au/#openings-list> on the DTO's website, ranging from designers, web ops engineers, ethical hackers, to product managers. If you have any questions or comments about the position or the DTO in general, please don't hesistate to contact me off list. Cheers, Lindsay -- w: http://fractio.nl/ t: @auxesis -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
