- Location: Adelaide, SA – Brisbane, QLD – Canberra, ACT – Hobart, TAS – Melbourne, VIC – Perth, WA – Sydney, NSW – Townsville, QLD
- Salary Range: $131,960 - $144,908 + Attractive Superannuation
- This vacancy has been identified to participate in VetPaths
This role is an opportunity to be part of a cohesive team within a positive and supportive work environment. You will build your understanding of DVA’s first-in-Australian-government Ai enabled website search capability and support the early stages of the Veteran and Family Wellbeing Agency’s website. Reporting to the Director, Digital Services and Design, the Senior Web Developer will sit within the DVA Web Services team but will be responsible for maintaining the Agency’s website and intranet. You will also provide expert support and advice to stakeholders, support day-to-day publishing operations and ad-hoc administrative tasks, as required.
The successful candidate will be an experienced developer who enjoys solving complex problems as part of a fast-paced team. The successful candidate will have the ability to manage competing priorities, work independently with accountability, and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams in a government service context. The successful candidate will bea proactive individual who helps out when needed and is comfortable influencing technical direction.
DUTIES
As an
EL1 Senior Web Developer you will be required to
Technical delivery (build, run, improve)
- Lead and contribute to development of the Agency’s GovCMS PaaS (Drupal) sites, including enhancements, fixes, and continuous improvement to reduce technical debt
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Maintain and support a multi-site / multi-environment Drupal ecosystem (e.g., dev/test/prod), ensuring stable deployments, reliable releases, and rapid resolution of complex issues
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Perform Drupal core and module updates, dependency management, and configuration management to keep sites current, secure, and supported
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Troubleshoot and resolve complex incidents across performance, caching, background processing, and integrations, and provide technical advice to restore services quickly.
Security, compliance and risk
- Manage GovCMS PaaS application-layer security responsibilities, including patching, module/theme security, Drupal hardening, and secure configuration practices
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Contribute to risk assessments and security assurance activities
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Implement strong access control and user account practices (e.g., unique accounts, role-based access), supporting auditability and security expectations.
Collaboration and stakeholder management
- Work closely with content owners, UX/design, and ICT/security stakeholders to translate requirements into high-quality technical solutions
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Provide clear technical documentation, estimates, and implementation options to support prioritisation and governance
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Mentor and uplift capability of developers and other team members
Operational excellence
- Support monitoring, incident management, and service reliability practices (including strong release and rollback discipline) appropriate to a production government web environment
Contribute to improved practices (CI/CD, automated testing, coding standards, documentation), drawing on whole-of-government platform approaches and standardisation principles.
ELIGIBILITY
- Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS).
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Any successful candidate external to DVA offered employment will be required to undergo a pre-engagement screening check, even if they have a security clearance. The screening check is conducted in accordance with the Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework requirements.
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Any successful candidate will also be required to obtain and/or maintain, a baseline Vetting (AGSVA) security clearance as a minimum.
NOTES
This recruitment process may be used to fill ongoing and/or non-ongoing position/s. For more information about the role, please see the .
A merit pool of suitable applicants may be created which may be used to fill future ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies should they become available over the next 18 months.
Successful applicants engaged into the APS will be subject to a probation period.
We welcome people with diverse skills, experiences and perspectives. DVA is committed to building a workforce that reflects the community we serve and encourages applications from:
- Veterans and former Australian Defence Force members, whose skills and experience are highly valued across the APS
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
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People with disability
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People who identify as LGBTQIA+
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People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
We are a Veteran Employer of Choice! This means you benefit from a workplace actively supporting veterans and families of veterans – one that understands and values military experience. You’re joining an organisation publicly recognised for its commitment to fostering veteran-friendly employment pathways and long-term career success.
The Australian Public Service (APS) values the unique skills, perspectives, and experiences that veterans gain during their Australian Defence Force (ADF) employment and encourage veterans to apply. Support may be available to veterans transitioning to meaningful APS careers through participation in VetPaths, which offers veterans an opportunity to participate in a six-month program offering formal learning and development, career mentoring and activities for wellness and peer support.
RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme, you will be invited to participate in further assessment activities for the vacancy if you choose to opt-in to the scheme, declare you have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the vacancy. All requests for reasonable adjustments will be considered and managed in consultation with you.
