NSW Government -Transport For NSW Hiring for Software Development Manager Job at Australia Full Time

• Lead an Agile team transforming a world leading product
• Fixed Term Full Time opportunity initially till 30/06/24
• Sydney location with flexible working arrangements

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 right across NSW – you have the chance to be part of creating a lasting legacy that will benefit generations to come.

The Division

The Customer Strategy and Technology team within Transport leads the development of long-term, multi-modal strategies, plans and policies 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 a Fixed Term Full-Time opportunity till 30/06/24 for a Software Development Manager to join us in the Technology team of the Sydney Coordinated Adaptive Traffic System (SCATS) Branch.

SCATS is critical to Transport for NSW and its global customer base, improving traffic flows, managing congesting and keeping over 1 billion people safe every day worldwide. Beyond delivering network optimisation and safety outcomes, SCATS is critical to Transport for NSW’s technology agenda, and is key to anchoring NSW as a global leader in innovation and technology.

The Technology team within SCATS is there to deliver the product vision through sound technology engineering, underpinned by quality assurance.

This role will lead and manage the design, development, deployment, maintenance, continual improvement and quality assurance of new and existing intelligent transport systems software, to support the delivery of intelligent systems solutions that meet the evolving needs of clients.

What you will be involved in:

• Lead and manage a software development team to deliver high quality application programs including design, development and maintenance; monitor and appraise work performance and facilitate their ongoing professional development.
• Manage system design and development processes for allocated projects by active implementation of quality standards for specification, coding, testing and documentation as embodied in the standard software development life cycle.
• Work closely with the other teams to access services and to plan resourcing to deliver testing, architecture, release and deployment, traffic engineering, IT support and technical documentation support, to support the software development team’s program of work.
• Identify and evaluate advanced and emerging technologies and techniques that may enable innovative and effective intelligent systems solutions, by engaging in technical environmental scans and literature research.
• Ensure that technical and user requirements documentation is maintained, requirements are tracked through to implementation and that knowledge transfer occurs by conducting workshops.

About you

Together with appropriate tertiary qualifications or demonstrated, relevant, equivalent professional experience, you will also have demonstratable skills and experience delivering software solutions and projects in a large, complex organisation.

Combined with your CI / CD environment experience, you will also bring your experience working in a modern Agile development team, where you have managed the technical solution.

As a proactive and collaborative professional, you will be joining a start-up mentality branch that is rapidly changing the way we work and you will drive these new agile ways of working within new types of development environments that sit within a complex product ecosystem.

Want to know more?

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

Salary and Benefits

The salary for this position is TfNSW Grade USS 11 ($145,203- $ 154,934), plus superannuation and leave loading.

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

Interested?

Right now is an exciting time to join our team as we deliver an iconic $72.2 billion investment into future transport infrastructure and services over 40 years.

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

For more information on how to apply for a role in the NSW Public Sector please click here.

Applications close: 11:59pm Thursday 31st March 2022

We are the community we serve

We are committed to being an inclusive, diverse and flexible workplace where differences are valued. We welcome people of all backgrounds, experience and abilities.

We enable our people to work in ways that work for them. Working virtually and from different locations including regional locations, staggering work hours and job sharing are just some of the ways our people can work flexibly.

Please contact the Talent Specialist below if you require any adjustments to be made to how you interact with us throughout the recruitment process or would like to discuss flexible work options.

For any enquiries, please email Paul Hollington at [email protected].

We’re certified as a Family Inclusive Workplace

Our flexible work practices and policies for parental leave, employee and family wellbeing and family care enable us to provide genuine support for our people to thrive at work and at home.

Apply today to register your interest!

Find out more about Transport for NSW at https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/about-us.

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Our COVIDSafe Measures Policy

All Transport for NSW workers are required to have:

• appropriate evidence of being fully vaccinated with a TGA approved COVID-19 vaccine; or
• an approved medical contraindication.

You will be required to show proof of your COVID-19 vaccination status or apply for a medical exemption prior to securing this role.