Principal Software Engineer

Were looking for a Principal Software Engineer to take ownership of large-scale complex software development initiatives and provide strategic technical leadership across high-impact programs.

This is a senior influential role where youll shape architecture guide engineering teams and ensure the delivery of secure high-quality and scalable solutions aligned to business objectives.

• Lead end-to-end software development and technical design across complex environments
• Drive engineering strategy to ensure high-quality maintainable and scalable codebases
• Provide expert technical advice on development integration and system optimisation
• Oversee release management go-live activities and ongoing production support
• Lead analysis design development prototyping testing and maintenance activities
• Review and approve solutions conducting high-level impact assessments
• Ensure adherence to software development standards methodologies and governance
• Resolve highly complex technical and operational issues
• Build and manage strategic stakeholder relationships across business and technology teams
• Contribute to workforce planning capability uplift and performance improvement initiatives
• Prepare executive-level briefs and provide recommendations to influence decision-making
• Oversee project delivery cost analysis and strategic prioritisation

Qualifications :

• Proven experience leading large-scale complex software engineering initiatives
• Strong technical leadership with the ability to mentor and guide engineering teams
• Experience working with legacy and modern technology stacks in enterprise environments

Technical expertise

• Mainframe & Legacy: COBOL M204/User Language CAGEN/Broadcom-Gen
• Modern Development: TypeScript API integration Git-based development
• Integration & Platforms: IBM App Connect IBM Case Management API Connect
• Databases: M204 PostgreSQL DB2 Teradata MS SQL Oracle
• Web Technologies: Drupal WordPress (themes modules API integration)
• Data & Engineering: Data modelling querying scripting and development practices
• Frameworks: ISIS framework (including M204 platform)

Additional Information :

Why join us: 

NCS Australia is where you can feel at home nurturing your talents and skills as we make tomorrow together one day at a time. Our benefits include paid parental leave initiatives focused on your well-being and discounted health insurance. You will also enjoy discounts on various products and services and be regularly recognised and rewarded for high performance. We are committed to your career development through our Capability Fingerprint industry and partner training programs special interest groups and an AI-driven learning platform. No matter where you are in your career we offer meaningful work and opportunities for growth.

NCS Australia is an equal-opportunity employer and we take pride in our commitment to valuing and supporting our people and the communities we are dedicated to attracting retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity ethnicity sexual orientation disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Veterans Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

At NCS Australia we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply. 

Agencies:

Weve got this. We request that you do not contact NCS employees outside of the Talent Acquisition team. NCS exclusively accepts resumes from agencies on our preferred supplier panel through the NCS Agency Portal. Agencies that submit resumes must have a valid fee agreement and be assigned to the particular requisition by the Talent Acquisition team. Any resumes that are submitted outside of this process will become the sole property of NCS. If a candidate is hired outside of this process no fee or payment will be given.

Work rights and background checks: 

To be eligible for a position with us applicants will need to have valid work rights for Australia and be willing to undergo a comprehensive background checking process including probity and police checks

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time