Java Developer Contract

Senior Software Engineer / DevOps Engineer

Location: Brisbane

Contract: 6‑month contract

Rate: $400 – $450 per day

About Our Client

Our client is a large, enterprise‑scale organisation operating in a highly regulated environment, delivering critical technology platforms that support core business operations. The technology team focuses on building secure, reliable, and scalable systems, with a strong emphasis on modern engineering practices, cloud adoption, and continuous delivery.

You will be joining a collaborative delivery environment where engineering quality, automation, and continuous improvement are strongly valued.

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer / DevOps Engineer to support the design, development, deployment, and ongoing support of enterprise applications.

This role combines core Java development with DevOps practices and cloud‑based services, working across the full software development lifecycle. You will collaborate closely with business analysts and other engineers in an Agile environment, contributing to both new development and the support and improvement of existing platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse system requirements and produce technical designs and solutions
• Design, develop, and maintain application software using modern engineering practices
• Build, deploy, and troubleshoot CI/CD and DevOps pipelines
• Develop and maintain cloud‑based solutions, primarily using AWS services
• Perform unit and integration testing, following Test‑Driven Development (TDD) principles
• Support production systems, including incident response and defect resolution
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across systems, processes, and tooling
• Provide technical advice and recommendations to business stakeholders
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to estimates and solution specifications
• Assist with investigations into new solutions and contribute to design and costing
• Create and maintain technical documentation and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Participate in on‑call and out‑of‑hours support as agreed

The Successful Candidate

You will be a strong hands‑on engineer with solid core Java development experience and exposure to DevOps and cloud environments.

Key skills and experience include:

• Strong development experience with Java, Spring, JSON, and RESTful services
• Experience with Python, Groovy, NodeJS, or Bash
• Hands‑on experience with DevOps processes, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment automation
• Experience with or willingness to rapidly learn AWS cloud services, including:
• Lambda
• SNS / SQS
• Step Functions
• CloudWatch
• DynamoDB
• EC2
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Maven, Jenkins, CloudFormation, and serverless frameworks
• Strong experience with Git and version control practices
• Experience with Test‑Driven Development (TDD) using JUnit and mocking frameworks
• Familiarity with modern IDEs such as IntelliJ
• Experience working across Windows and Linux platforms
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with business analysts and cross‑functional teams

What’s on offer?

• 6‑month contract with competitive daily rates
• Brisbane‑based role within a collaborative Agile delivery team
• Opportunity to work across core software engineering, DevOps, and cloud technologies
• Exposure to modern engineering practices in an enterprise environment
• Supportive team culture that values quality, ownership, and continuous improvement