Principal Engineer - DevOps

• Full Time Permanent
• 38 hour working week within a flexible hybrid work model
• Opportunity to work from our many offices across Chatswood, Charlestown or St Leonards

• Attractive salary, up to $186,448.00 plus 12% Super and annual leave loading

About us

Working at eHealth NSW is more than a job. Every day, we set out to design, build and innovate world class digital solutions that will transform how healthcare is delivered to patients across NSW. It’s a genuine opportunity to join a team of technology professionals, health partners, industry leaders and academia to develop solutions that help save and improve people’s lives.

Come work with us

We have an exciting opportunity in the Clinical Applications Services team for a Principal Engineer – DevOps.

The Principal Engineer is responsible for developing, planning & delivering complex systems architecture, guidance & advisory, and ensuring the successfully build, operation and running of products or platforms in alignment to relevant roadmaps.

Health Manager Level 5, commencing salary from $166,678.00 - $186,448.00 plus Super and Annual Leave loading

For more information, read the full POSITION DESCRIPTION.

What you will do

As an integral member of the Clinical Application Services, you will:

• Lead strategic technology driven developments providing key input to the development of roadmaps and transition plans. Leads discussions across senior engineers to prioritise design trade-offs and assessing risks to ensure delivery aligns to relevant architecture roadmaps, customer needs and organisational strategies.

• Leads the team through development ceremonies, to refine, breakdown, size, document and implement complex user stories or tasks using appropriate methodologies, guiding principles and tools that create clarity and transparency surrounding all deliverables including ensuring producing high quality supporting technical and non-technical documentation.

• Leads teams to execute activities related to complex migration, extension, implementation and transformation activities, that align to technology solutions, services and components roadmaps.

• Leads the design and delivery of large or complex designs that enable the roadmap vision and deliver desired qualities while identifying and developing recommendations that mitigate risks and dependencies that may impact the interoperability across systems.

• Drive the development and implementation of coding and testing standards, to improve security, functionality, supportability and efficiency.

• Manage and co-ordinate complex or large-scale incident management, change request/fulfilment, health check/maintenance, escalations, monitoring and resiliency testing activities to ensure a consistent high level of System/Service/Product/Platform security, optimization, resiliency, stability and availability.

• Lead the vision of their relevant Capability Area Group (CAG) so that it maintains expertise in emerging trends and technologies.

• Lead the design and development of capability specific education materials and other resources, in consultation with training leads.

About you

We are seeking motivated and committed individuals with:

• Superior experience in leading the solution, design, build and operations of enterprise applications in a shared services environment, including relevant qualifications or the equivalent.

• Superior experience with leading modern ICT Delivery and Operational practices (DevOps), including associated operating methodologies (such as Agile).

• Demonstrated achievement in delivering large or complex enterprise solutions.

If this sounds like you and you’re looking for a rewarding new opportunity, we would love to hear from you.

Benefits of working for eHealth NSW

Our people are at the heart of who we are. We are committed to a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and actively seek to recruit people from diverse backgrounds to build a supportive and inclusive workplace. We support our people with great benefits so they can support the patients and staff of NSW Health. These include:

• Flexible work options
• Skills and leadership development training programs
• Allocated day off per month
• Salary Packaging
• Health and wellbeing programs

More information about these benefits, can be found at Benefits | eHealth NSW.

Valuing diversity and inclusion

eHealth NSW is committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability and LGBTIQ+, for all advertised positions and have strategies in place to support you.

For more information on the strategies in place to support diversity and inclusion, please visit our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

How to apply

All applicants must review the role description and apply by submitting an up-to-date resume (up to 5 pages) and cover letter (1-2 pages) explaining your interest and motivation in applying for this role, highlighting your relevant skills.

If you require assistance or have any questions about the role, please contact Michael Turner on michael.turner1@health.nsw.gov.au          

If you require adjustments to the recruitment/interview process, please contact Olivia Liu on olivia.liu@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: Wednesday 6th August at 11:59PM

Additional information

• This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.
• To be eligible for this role, you must have current Australian work rights (Australian citizen, permanent resident, New Zealand citizen with a current passport, or hold a valid visa with permission to work in Australia).