Transport For NSW Hiring for Software Developer Job at Australia, Australia Full Time

Organisation/Entity: Transport For NSW

Job Category: Information & Communication Technology

Job Location:
Strawberry Hills, NSW, AU, 2012

Job Ref No: 80861

Employment Type: Fixed Term Full-Time

Salary Range: $119897.0-$128893.0

About us

Transport for NSW keeps our State moving by providing safe, integrated and efficient transport systems. We put our customers at the centre of everything we do – and we do a lot. We connect people, communities and industry and manage how they use our road, rail and maritime networks and services, and even active modes like walking and cycling. The work we do connects the journeys you take every day.

We are a state government organisation made up of more than 28,000 people and we’re in the middle of delivering the largest transport infrastructure program in Australia’s history. We work across planning, policy and procurement, harnessing data and technology to develop smarter and more adaptive transport solutions.

That means job opportunities in metropolitan and regional areas across NSW – and you have the chance to be part of creating a lasting legacy that will benefit generations to come.

Find out more about Transport for NSW

About Us

Over the next 40 years, Sydney’s population is projected to swell to over 12 million residents and regional NSW will accommodate an extra 700,000 people. Transport for NSW is delivering an unprecedented $72.2b investment into a truly game changing Future Transport strategy which will bring together several modes and cutting-edge technologies to deliver satisfaction and safety for our customers while supporting a rapidly growing economy.

The Division

The Customer Strategy and Technology team within Transport leads the development of long-term, multi-modal network strategies and place plans across NSW. We leverage data and insights, implement new technologies, drive innovation and build partnerships to provide customer-centred solutions.

The Opportunity

Right now, we have an exciting opening for a Software Developer (Hardware) to join the Customer Strategy and Technology division in the Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) branch. SCATS enables cities around the world including Sydney to optimise their transport networks in real-time, managing congestion and keeping over 1 billion people moving efficiently every day, worldwide.

As a Software Developer in the SCATS Hardware team you will play a key role in implementing innovative technologies which will change the way traffic management works – this could involve implementing methods for cars and traffics to communicate with each other, or implementing capability for lidar detection of vehicles to optimise traffic behaviour.

Your role is to be the technical expert who is able to write functional code for IoT devices, assist with automation testing. You will work closely with the technical lead, testers, business analysts, solution architects to develop architecturally sound solutions that are customer focused.

This position is a Fixed Term full time opportunity until 30/06/2024 and is based at Strawberry Hills but with flexible work options available.

What you will be involved in:

• Technical Expertise – Work with the team to deliver high quality technical implementations, adding new functionality, enhancements and bug fixes to both new and legacy codebases in a secure and robust way.

• Agile Expertise – participate in the agile delivery of technology products. Play a role in the creation of stories, helping to define them and breaking them into lower level tasks.

• Design Expertise and customer focus – Assist in design of solutions, putting yourself into the customers’ shoes.

• Complex Data – Working with and understanding complex data concepts.

• Technical Documentation – creation of detailed, business readable, technical documentation, to support business cases and solution designs.

• Working in a CI/CD environment.

• Perform code reviews.

• Assist in technical tool selection.

Please click here to view a copy of the role description.

About you:

• Demonstrated skill and experience delivering software solutions and projects in a large, complex organisation utilising Agile methodology

• Get excited to work with new technologies which will impact billions of road users worldwide

• 3+ years experience with C++

• Experience with working in a CI/CD environment using tools such as Jenkins/Bamboo and various test automation frameworks

• Good understanding and experience of secure development practices and TDD

• Experience working in all stages of the SDLC for software projects and proven ability to contribute towards the team meeting its deadlines.

• Excellent ability to work with a team and strong communication skills

• Desirable experience:

  • Intelligent Traffic Systems, traffic management, traffic engineering

  • Development of real time embedded systems using ANSIC

  • Experience working with IoT and other embedded hardware systems

Salary and Benefits

The salary for this position is Grade 9 ($119,897.00 – $ 128,893.00) per annum plus superannuation and leave loading.

For more information on Employee Benefits at TfNSW please click here.

How to apply

To apply for this position, please answer all questions within the online application process and submit your resume.

Applications Close: 11:59 PM Sunday 19 Feb 2023

We’re an inclusive and flexible workplace

Here at Transport, we want our workforce to reflect the communities we serve by being an inclusive, diverse and flexible place for all our people.

We offer a range of flexible work and leave options for our people. These options depend on your role and the work you do. Some of the ways our people work flexibly include a hybrid mix of virtual and in-person collaboration, staggering work hours, or even allocating extra hours worked towards a day off from time to time. We also offer more structured flexible agreements and tailored hybrid options for people who live regionally. We’re proud to be recognised as a FlexReady Certified employer, a Family Inclusive Workplace and winners of the ‘Best Remote Work Strategy’ at the Australian HR Awards 2022.

Transport is committed to creating employment and career development opportunities for Aboriginal people. These include dedicated employee networks and yarn ups, as well as career development, leadership and mentoring programs for Aboriginal people working at Transport to connect, share and learn. Our Aboriginal Employment Unit (AEU), run by a team of Aboriginal employees, is available to support current and prospective employees. For more information, email the AEU team at [email protected] or visit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employment page.

We want to ensure that employees living with disability, as well as those providing care, are supported. Visit Supporting people with disability to learn more about our initiatives and requesting recruitment and workplace adjustments.

Please contact the Talent Specialist if you’d like to arrange any adjustments to how you interact with us throughout the recruitment process or would like to discuss flexible work options. For any enquiries, please email Viqas Ahmed at [email protected].

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