As a Principal Systems Developer you will:
Manage, develop, enhance and maintain the applications, database, data warehouse and reporting services required to meet the business and operational needs of the agency.
Provide high level technical expertise, guidance, assistance and advice to system development teams and less experienced colleagues regarding the analysis, design, planning and delivery of applications, database, data warehouse and reporting projects.
Lead and facilitate in the development and evaluation of plans and strategies as well as standards for programming tools and techniques that meet the long-term requirements for applications services in the agency.
Maintain and develop all required documentation, including design documents, project quality plans, processes and procedures.
Liaise with product vendors and clients to identify and resolve complex application issues and to identify beneficial changes.
Monitor recent industry developments and trends, including liaising with external professional bodies and tertiary institutions, to enable the implementation of best practice information technology.
Take technical responsibility for all stages in software development process and act as a point of escalation for applications-related issues.
Provide high level technical advice around low-code tools that assist with building apps, automate workflows, analysing data, and creating solutions using shared data, connectors, and services within a governed environment.
Role specific/technical skills
Implement Microsoft SQL Server technologies SSIS/ for data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL),
Powershell scripting
DevOps experience including pipelines (DevSecOps)
Desirable Experience
Knowledge of networking
Experiencing in or ability to acquire knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform Management
Job Ad Reference: QLD/693517/26
Closing Date: Monday, 13th July 2026This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.