Vacancy Details

Campus Location: North Sydney, Australia | Melbourne, Australia | Brisbane, Australia

Job No: APTAV125115#013

  • Fullstack senior developer with a strong understanding of Higher Education Software and experience with Ellucian products
  • Experience in Java, JavaScript, Groovy, Grails framework, cron jobs, shell scripting, SQL skills for Oracle databases
  • Full-time ongoing role based either Melbourne, North Sydney or Brisbane campus - Hybrid work model.
  • 17% employer superannuation, salary packaging, ACU Advantage Staff Rewards Program and generous leave provisions

About ACU:

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is an inclusive community which welcomes students and staff of all beliefs. ACU has over 2,500 staff supporting more than 34,000 students across eight campuses - Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.

ACU aspires to be a home for our staff, offer the care of a family and develop an academic and professional community. Whatever your faith or culture, and whether you are academic or professional staff, there are many opportunities both for learning and contributing at ACU.

As valued members of our community, all staff members are expected to have an understanding of ACU's mission and values and to demonstrate an active contribution to them.

About the role:

Our Digital Technology division at ACU is currently on lookout for a Senior Full-stack Banner Developer to join our team and avail multiple opportunities for growth and career development along the due course of their career journey with us. In this role, you will be responsible for analysing, documenting and developing the technical aspects of customer business and data requirements, working with stakeholders, end users, project team members and suppliers to develop and recommend software solutions appropriate to their needs. Your strong background in technical skills will ensure that these products adhere to the university architecture, frameworks, policies and standards to meet the strategic needs of the university and advise and consult with business system owners and the IT Directorate on enhancing and extracting the maximum benefits from these investments. You will also have an opportunity to develop an end to end delivery of high quality and maintainable solutions/products utilized by staff and students at the university.

More specifically the role entails:

  • Degree in IT or related discipline and relevant Cloud certifications.
  • Provide hands-on full stack development capabilities with expert understanding of backend, frontend, systems and data domains.
  • Experience working across the full software lifecycle, analysing and refining requirements, proposing solutions, estimating, developing, deployment, ongoing maintenance.
  • Compiling and deploying Banner applications across Tomcat servers.
  • Develop and supporting system data feeds and integration between Banner and other systems using interoperable APIs.
  • Ability to provide coaching, conduct code reviews, provide development and best practice guidance to uplift skill capabilities within the team.

For full position details, refer to the position description.

What we offer:

  • The University pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement.
  • Total remuneration valued to $130,436 - $145,828(pro rata) pa, including salary component $110,220 - $123,227 (pro rata) pa (HEW 8), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
  • 17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed-term staff.
  • Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date.
  • As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include but not limited to: flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging. Find out more information about the benefits or working at ACU here.

How to Apply:

Step 1: Review the Position Description and become familiar with Our Mission and the Application process

Step 2: Click the 'View Position Description and Apply' button, and populate your candidate application details, including your:

  • resume (maximum 5 pages).
  • responses to the Selection Criteria and Core Competencies in a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) or in the online Declaration and Criteria application page.
  • brief online responses to any pre-screening employment questions.

Candidates must hold Australian work rights to apply for this position. For permanent/ continuing roles, applicants must have permanent work rights. For further information visit Immigration and Citizenship(homeaffairs.gov.au)

Acting in truth, ACU is dedicated to the dignity of the human person through equitable and respectful opportunities for everyone. ACU can offer support for candidates that may require adjustments through the recruitment process.

Your Privacy of personal information is maintained in accordance with ACU policy. For more details visit: www.acu.edu.au/careers

Applications close: 20-OCT-2024 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time

ACU does not accept candidate applications submitted by external recruitment agencies through the ACU careers website.