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Become part of the most complex transformation project of air traffic systems in Australia to modernise and integrate the Australian airspace and support developed the next generation of Air Traffic Management system (OneSky).

About Your Role

In this exciting opportunity you will lead the Software Configuration Management at the program level, building releasing, automating and configuring changes through a complex program of more than 150 software integrated together to establishes and maintains integrity and traceability (as build to as design) for all software deliverables across their entire life cycle.

• Responsible for extending the existing SCM and CICD pipeline with innovative solutions, continuous improvement, and a skilled workforce

• Work closely with system engineers, software engineers and integration engineers, across a large spectrum of items (proprietary software, firmware, configurable test benches, simulation, COTS and tools) to enable software configuration management mechanisms

• Identify existing gaps, to propose solutions quickly and to coordinate their developments

• Design, plan, enforce and coordinate the SCM processes and procedures

• Design and lead the development of the extension of the CICD pipeline to support and automate the SCM processes and procedure

• Anticipate and manage key risks, issues and opportunities, proposing effective solutions, executing mitigation actions and reporting on outcomes, cost savings and residual risks

• Manage the software changes & version control

• Support the activities of Status Accounting & Configuration Audits

• Managing the system releases

• Document and provide guidance, standards and technical inputs to the other teams for dependency management, build and versioning all other software configuration activities

• Prepare, create and review documentation to align with project requirements on costs, schedule and quality

How About You?

The ideal candidate will be someone who is passionate about CICD and knows how to maximize efficiency within the software development life to minimize error, enable state of the art change management and control as well as accelerate the pace of integration and delivery to the factory test beds.

• A tertiary qualification in Engineering, Computer Science or IT

• Significant experience of SCM for large, complex, software-based systems

• Strong Experience with CI/CD methodologies, workflows, configuration management, and the corresponding tools

• Strong Experience with Configuration Management tools (Ansible, Puppet)

• Deep knowledge in any of the following: change control (ex: Jira), version control (ex: Git, Bitbucket), build and deploy (ex: GitlabCI, Jenkins), asset management (ex: Artifactory), infrastructure as code, automated monitoring and test environment

• Scripting and automating administration tasks like Python, Bash, PowerShell

• Extensive experience of using UNIX/Linux operating systems,

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to manage variety of stakeholders and customers, and to write clear and concise documents that clearly articulate complex technical detail

Good to Know

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As part of our standard process you will complete a police clearance, medical, employment and references.

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