Development Lead / Senior Developer - Energy and Resources

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Development Lead / Senior Developer - Energy and Resources. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Join our team helping deliver world-class solutions to diverse client portfolios
• We offer bonus leave, personal / professional development, flexibility and more
• We are consistently voted in the 'Top 50' great places to work

About the opportunity:

The Development Lead / Senior Developer will lead a software engineering team that builds, designs, implements and maintains Nova’s Digital Twin solution. Through exemplary drive, passion and leadership, you will manage and deliver technology integration (implementation) projects from planning through to handover/acceptance, bringing together technology from multiple vendors in an orderly fashion to collectively and progressively realise client benefits.

The Development Lead / Senior Developer will have a hands-on role in the team. You'll be deeply involved in the design and development of the Digital Twin solution. You may also be required to support developing rough order of magnitude (ROM) costs, schedules, development strategies, and prototypes to support the decision-making process.

This role will initially be offered on a 12-month contract basis with the potential for an extension.

What you will be involved in:

• Working with internal and client product owners to develop a strong understanding of business requirements and ability to develop pragmatic solutions in line with overall strategic goals;
• Influence and establish best engineering practices and architecture in the team through solid design decisions, coding patterns, processes, and tools;
• Be hands on and support development efforts;
• Act as a mentor to the team about process and tools, help team members improve their skills and deliver solutions following best practice ICT principles;
• Constantly improve the way work is done and engage the team to improve;
• Work with vendors and manage subcontractor technical resources;
• Build spikes and proof of concept (PoC) solutions;
• Research technology to stay up to date with trends and best practices and assess available technologies and recommend solutions;
• Help estimate the scope and time required to deliver projects;
• Lead the transition of the team from the development phase through to support and sustainment.

What we would like from you:

• Experience in leading software engineering teams;
• Extensive knowledge and experience of applications development methodologies, the software development and product delivery cycles;
• 10+ years of professional experience in one or more server-side languages such as Java/C#/Python;
• 3+ years’ experience of HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript (including modern frameworks like Angular and React);
• Strong knowledge of IT architecture;
• Experience in defining MVP, discussing requirements, building PoCs and prototyping;
• Experience in process automation (integration, deployment) and tests automation;
• Experience with modern DevOps concepts (e.g. infrastructure as code);
• Experience managing application and workloads on cloud platforms;
• Experience with IT Service Management processes for a production system, particularly change and release management;
• Experience in geospatial technologies, IoT platforms and/or simulation and modelling (highly regarded);
• Experience in the oil and gas industry (highly regarded).

About you:

• Due to the nature of related tenders it is our preference for this role to be undertaken by an Australian Citizen;
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills along with outstanding written and verbal communication skills, fluent spoken and written English;
• Drive and passion to lead a high performing technical team under high pressure scenarios.

What it’s like to work with us:

As a professional services firm, we recognise that it’s our people who are our greatest asset. At Nova we work on some pretty interesting, diverse and at times highly complex projects. We ensure employees have the opportunity to work in a unique environment that is fun and down-to-earth, while having the support to perform to the best of their ability in the safest possible manner.

We commit to giving all employees the opportunity to grow their skills, gain valuable experience and develop professionally. Everyone at Nova can expect open, direct communication from their leaders and peers. Everyone at Nova can expect to be rewarded for their efforts.

We commit to providing equal opportunities to all Novan’s, and recognise that honesty, fairness, mutual respect and the responsible exercise of power are fundamental to achieving equity for all.

What you get beyond the pay cheque:

With a strong company culture and high retention rate, Nova Group has been recognised as one of "Top 50 best places to work" in Australia. In addition, Nova was recently ranked in the "Top 50 Most Innovative Companies". Our permanent employees enjoy;

• Flexible working conditions;
• Access to Defence Health, Travel and Life Insurance;
• Annual 3-day Conference;
• Personal and Professional Development Allowance and Leave;
• Reserve Leave;
• Loyalty Leave;
• Purchased Leave;
• Novated Leasing and Salary Sacrifice;
• Serious Illness Leave;
• Nova Employee Share Offer;
• Mentoring Program;
• Innovation Program;
• Do you own a Safari Suit or Kaftan? Sense of humour required!

To apply, please click on the "apply now" button submitting your resume.

If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please call Emma in our internal talent team on (08) 8252 7100.

No recruitment agencies please.