.Net Software Engineer (Multiple Roles)

Australian citizenship required. No PR or Work Visa holders. Must have an active Baseline (or higher) security clearance.

What to Submit

1. A tailored resume in docx format

2. A one page (5000 character) summary response to the selection criteria below.

RFQ Details

• RFQ ID: LH-06073

• Agency: Department of Industry, Science and Resources

• Closing Date: Friday, 24 April 2026 – 11:59pm (Canberra time)

• Estimated Start Date: Wednesday, 01 July 2026

• Initial Contract Duration: 12 months

• Extension Term: 12 months

• Number of Extensions: 2

• Experience Level: APS6 equivalent

• Security Clearance: Must have an active Baseline (or higher) security clearance

• Location of Work: ACT

• Working Arrangements:

  Onsite. Remote working arrangements may be considered on a case-by-case basis in consultation with the supervising manager, subject to business needs.

• Maximum Hours: 40 hours per week

Job Details

The Department of Industry, Science and Resources and its broader portfolio are integral to the Australian Government's economic agenda, supporting innovation, industry growth, and science and technology advancement.

The CIO Division provides enabling services and operations delivery and is seeking experienced and motivated .Net Developers with a minimum of 5 years' experience to assist with delivery of various ICT projects across the Division.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Azure-based web API and portal applications to support existing legislative reporting requirements and new regulatory processes

• Integrate various system components to achieve seamless end-to-end user experiences

• Provide technical advice on systems development issues

• Apply secure coding practices/processes to ensure solutions are secure and robust

• Conduct peer reviews of code and infrastructure

• Understand and code against detailed application architecture documents

• Ensure best practice and departmental standards are applied and managed

• Create and review technical and release documentation

• Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Collaborate within cross-functional agile teams

• Mentor team members and support cross-skilling and professional development

• Promote a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement

• Undertake additional duties as required

Selection Criteria

The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a one page pitch to address all criteria specified. This is equal to 5000 characters.

Essential criteria

1. Technical Skills: Demonstrated experience (Min 5 years) implementing secure web based business solutions. experience developing web APIs using Azure API Manager and customer facing web portal development using .NET Framework (including .NET Core) and ASP.NET Experience developing web applications using either Angular or React Familiarity with the Information Security Manual (ISM), it's controls and how to apply them to a solution design and build Experience with unit/integration/automation testing. Familiarity with xUnit, nUnit, Selenium, Playwright.Net.

2. Cloud experience: Demonstrated experience in cloud-based solution implementation with technologies such as: Azure Logic Apps, Azure SQL and Azure Service Bus and Azure API Manager Azure DevOps and Visual Studio for code development, management, repositories, and deployments (CI/CD) integrating custom built apps with third-party systems, including Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Extensive experience developing on Azure platforms Demonstrated experience in successfully optimising complex legacy code to fully utilise benefits of Azure Cloud environment

3. Agile: Experience working with Agile multi-disciplinary teams to deliver secure, user friendly and reliable solutions that meet stakeholder, citizen, and business expectations. Ability to pragmatically change direction and scope as new information is discovered and challenges or opportunities present themselves

4. Cultural fit: Ability to work with geographically dispersed teams Ability to work with technical and non-technical staff at all levels. Ability to collaborate and mentor team members to promote team harmony

Desirable criteria

1. Experience in development using Agile and DevOps delivery models

2. Experience developing web applications using either Angular or React

3. Integration/UI/FrontEnd testing: Selenium, Playwright.Net, Jest

4. Tertiary qualifications in software design and development and experience working with SQL servers, Cosmos DB, Blob storage and high-volume data traffic/processing.