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Principal Engineer - Automation fixed term
Principal Engineer - Automation fixed termDatacom • WorkFromHome, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
Principal Engineer - Automation fixed term

Principal Engineer - Automation fixed term

Datacom • WorkFromHome, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
1 day ago
Job description

This is a 12-month fixed term to cover maternity leave

Our Why

Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.

About the Role (your why)

We know Payroll and have been processing payroll accurately and compliantly for over 50 years. The Principal Engineer – Automation is responsible for analysing business requirements, solution architecture, solution design, development, deployment and ongoing maintenance of large-scale transformative software projects. This role includes maximising automation needs and design thinking in teams by collaborating with DevOps, Quality Assurance and Product and Engineering teams on in-flight product needs.

What you’ll do

  • Leading AI and automation work in development teams, including planning, controlling and reporting on progress.
  • Designing, coding and deploying automation frameworks as per the programme strategy either in one major language or in a range of programs across multiple platforms.
  • Leading and mentoring other engineers in the team to uplift skills such as AI workflows
  • May act as technology authority in short- or long-term planning making recommendations on technical policies with the overall program.
  • Ensuring that systems are developed within agreed budgets and time frames and achieving necessary design and systems security standards.
  • Monitoring the performance and availability of systems hardware and software.
  • Creating and maintaining documentation as required.

What you’ll bring

  • Expert knowledge of various Software, Quality Assurance, Artificial Intelligence and Automation tools and techniques.
  • 10+ years in Software Development, with at least 4 years in a large IT organisation.
  • Expert knowledge across current software toolsets such as C# / .Net, C# / .Net Core, NodeJS
  • Experience building software using patterns like Event Sourcing, Domain Driven Design, Service Oriented Architectures, and Hexagonal / Onion / Clean architecture as these are fundamental to the system
  • Experience with the following will be a bonus : EventStore, Temporal, GraphQL
  • Knowledge of systems integration using APIs; REST, web services, Auth0 etc
  • Experience building emerging workflows in AI.
  • Proficient with modern DevOps Tools and utilities.
  • Proficient with modern Testing Tools and utilities.
  • Effective presentation skills with the ability to convey technical information across various levels including cross functional collaboration and proactive stakeholder engagement
  • Strong financial management practices with a clear understanding of the relationship between costs, utilisation and project revenue.
  • Why join us here at Datacom?

    Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.

    We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment.

    We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.

    We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.

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