Job Description

Job Title: Objectstar Software Engineer (Developer)

Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1

Duration: Initial 12 months with 24-month extension

Industry: Information Technology

Functional Expertise: Software Engineering

Sub-functional Expertise: Objectstar Development, COBOL and JCL

Location of work: ACT, VIC, SA

Working arrangements: Hybrid. Full-time onsite for the first 6 weeks, with a hybrid arrangement (usually a minimum of 3 days per week onsite) considered thereafter.

Closing date: 9AM Friday, 26 June 2026

Description:

Our client is seeking an experienced Objectstar Software Engineer (Developer) to support the design, development, testing and maintenance of software systems and applications. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership, contribute to complex software development initiatives and ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions in accordance with established development, security and governance standards.

The role requires expertise in Objectstar Development, COBOL and JCL and the ability to work collaboratively with architects, analysts, testers, scrum teams and other stakeholders to deliver software solutions that meet business and technical requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Create software and technical designs for the realisation of complex development solutions
• Develop high-quality code and support the long-term maintenance of product code bases
• Provide technical advice on software development and maintenance activities
• Provide go-live support and maintenance for complex developments
• Perform analysis, design, software development, prototyping, unit testing and maintenance activities
• Undertake analysis of technical requirements and support project evaluations with proposed solutions
• Ensure compliance with endorsed software development methodologies
• Identify, investigate and resolve complex ICT issues
• Assess, communicate, monitor and control risk
• Manage and prioritise workloads to meet business objectives within specified timeframes
• Develop and deliver projects within the assigned area of responsibility
• Perform cost analysis activities as required
• Provide technical leadership and contribute to software planning, development and construction activities
• Ensure software quality, functionality and adherence to relevant standards, guidelines and development methodologies

Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience in Objectstar Development
• Experience with COBOL and JCL
• Experience designing, developing, testing and maintaining software systems and applications
• Ability to provide technical leadership within software development teams
• Experience analysing and resolving complex technical issues within development and production environments
• Ability to work within established software development lifecycles, deployment procedures and security frameworks
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills
• Experience contributing to software integration, deployment and testing activities

Key Capabilities:

• Software design and development
• Technical analysis and problem solving
• Application development and integration
• Software configuration and release management
• Systems design and systems integration
• Testing and quality assurance
• Risk assessment and management
• Technical leadership and mentoring
• Project delivery and workload management

Essential Criteria:

• Methods and tools: Level 4 (SFIA)
  • Provides advice and guidance to support the adoption of methods and tools and adherence to policies and standards.
  • Tailors processes in line with agreed standards and evaluation of methods and tools.
  • Reviews and improves usage and application of methods and tools.
• Programming/software development: Level 4 (SFIA)
  • Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends and refactors complex programs/scripts and integration software services.
  • Contributes to the selection of the software development methods, tools and techniques.
  • Applies agreed standards and tools to achieve well-engineered outcomes.
  • Participates in reviews of own work and leads reviews of colleagues' work.
• Release and deployment: Level 4 (SFIA)
  • Assesses and analyses release components for input to release scheduling.
  • Maintains and administers tools and methods for software delivery, deployment and configuration.
  • Maintains release processes and procedures.
• Software configuration: Level 4 (SFIA)
  • Designs, verifies, documents, amends and refactors complex software configurations for deployment.
  • Contributes to the selection of the software configuration methods, tools and techniques.
  • Applies agreed standards and tools, to achieve well-engineered outcomes.
  • Participates in reviews of own work and leads reviews of colleagues' work.
• Software design: Level 3 (SFIA)
  • Undertakes complete design of moderately complex software applications or components.
  • Applies agreed standards, guidelines, patterns and tools.
  • Assists as part of a team in the design of components of larger software systems.
  • Specifies user and/or system interfaces.
  • Creates multiple design views to address the different stakeholders' concerns and to handle functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Assists in the evaluation of options and trade-offs.
  • Collaborates in reviews of work with others as appropriate.
• Systems design: Level 4 (SFIA)
  • Designs system components using appropriate modelling techniques following agreed architectures, design standards, patterns and methodology.
  • Identifies and evaluates alternative design options and trade-offs.
  • Creates multiple design views to address the concerns of the different stakeholders and to handle functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Models, simulates or prototypes the behaviour of proposed system components to enable approval by stakeholders.
  • Produces detailed design specifications to form the basis for the construction of systems.
  • Reviews, verifies and improves own designs against specifications.
• Systems integration and build: Level 4 (SFIA)
  • Provides technical expertise to enable the configuration of system components and equipment for systems testing.
  • Collaborates with technical teams to develop and agree system integration plans and report on progress.
  • Defines complex/new integration builds.
  • Ensures that integration test environments are correctly configured.
  • Designs, performs and reports results of tests of the integration build.
  • Identifies and documents system integration components for recording in the configuration management system.
  • Recommends and implements improvements to processes and tools.
• Testing: Level 3 (SFIA)
  • Designs test cases and test scripts under own direction, mapping back to pre-determined criteria, recording and reporting test outcomes.
  • Participates in requirement, design and specification reviews, and uses this information to design test plans and test conditions.
  • Applies agreed standards to specify and perform manual and automated testing.
  • Automates testing tasks and builds test coverage through existing or new infrastructure.
  • Analyses and reports on test activities, results, issues and risks.

How to apply:

Please submit your application including your resume and a completed application form addressing the essential and desirable criteria. Ensure your application highlights your experience and any relevant certifications.