Senior Engineer

[What the role is]

The Next Generation Programme Office (NGPO) Strategy branch is looking for motivated software engineers with a collaborative, proactive attitude and a passion for continuous learning.

You will be part of a team focused on developing software for the Next Generation ANS (Air Navigation System).

If you are an adaptable, proactive software engineer with a passion for best practices and continuous learning, we would love to hear from you. Join us and contribute to building innovative software solutions for the future

[What you will be working on]

• Develop & Maintain Mission-Critical Systems: Design, implement, and maintain software solutions for safety-critical applications, ensuring compliance with industry standards for reliability, safety, and performance.
• Coding: Work with a wide range of programming languages and tools (e.g., C++, Python, Java, Rust, GoLang, etc.) depending on project requirements, adapting quickly to new technologies as needed.
• Software Safety & Security Focus: Apply software safety and security best practices in your coding, testing, and development processes.
• Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with various stakeholders, architects, and other software developers to design,implement and deploy mission-critical systems.
• Testing & Validation: Develop comprehensive test plans & test cases to ensure software integrity through unit testing, integration testing, and system-level validation, etc. Participate in code reviews and static code analysis to identify and mitigate potential risks early in the development cycle.
• Deployment: Perform ICIT (Installation, Check-out, Integration and Testing) and system validation in the production environment.
• Troubleshooting & Debugging: Proactively identify and resolve performance, safety, and reliability issues in both development and production environments.
• Documentation & Reporting: Maintain thorough documentation for code, processes, and test results, ensuring all compliance and audit requirements are met

[What we are looking for]

• Trained in Software Engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology or equivalent.
• Software development and coding experience;
• Strong knowledge in common integration patterns including cloud-native patterns such as microservices and, streaming such as lambda and kappa patterns.
• Knowledge of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for web services using REST and RESTful web services, with familiarity with API Gateways as an optional skill.Knowledge of messaging broker middleware / COTS packages such as Kafka producer / consumer and Kafka Streams
• Understanding of cybersecurity concepts in the domain of cloud technologies, architectures and deployments (e.g. how things are connected and potential risk areas)
• Knowledge and practical experience of virtualized and containerized deployments
• Good knowledge of Cloud technologies and Cloud-native architectures for system design and delivery. Knowledge of specific Cloud supplier platform services, in particular Kubernetes,
• Experience with multiple programming languages (e.g., Python, JavaScript, Java, Rust, C++, Go).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, microservices, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and version control tools (Git).
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and test-driven development (TDD).
• Experience in high-availability, high-performance systems, and real-time software development.

Your appointment designation will commensurate with your relevant work experience. Successful candidates will be offered a 3-year contract in the first instance, and may be considered for placement on a permanent tenure or subsequent contract renewal.