Application and Database developer Full-time

Software Development Role at Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN)

In this unique role, you will be responsible for the development, feature improvements and ongoing maintenance of bespoke applications primarily related to AIBN, QBI and IMB Institute administration, data management and critical reporting.

Core to this role will be your advanced software development skills, integrating a range of solutions with both central and local databases, and the ability to provide unique solutions to local problems.

You will work closely with stakeholders to design improvements and develop existing systems, databases and webservers, to support the optimisation of research data storage, reporting and analysis, so excellent client facing skills including clear communication, active listening, adaptability, and organisation skills are essential to your success in this role.

Key responsibilities will include:

Design, implementation, and maintenance of the Institute Databases Service and other custom software solutions across a variety of technology stacks

• Determine design requirements in consultation with stakeholders.
• Development of features (primarily in PHP/MariaDB), performance enhancements, and bug fixes on existing solutions
• Management of service roles and permissions
• Security monitoring and remediation

Implement data integration initiatives

• Liaising with Data warehouse administration and stakeholders
• Monitoring of data synchronization jobs.
• Development of methods for integrating data from different systems.
• Lead projects for data clean up and import/exporting of bulk data.

Additional Duties

• Provide technical advice on aspects of Database and Data Integration topics.
• Assist with deployment, support, and training of new solutions/services
• Communicate effectively on task progress, evaluations, suggestions, schedules, and in regards to technical and process issues.
• Manage and ensure continuity with a range of authentication systems.
• Use test driven development and acceptance tests to ensure feature quality.
• Maintain code version control using Git
• Linux and/or windows system administration
• Manage an issue register and/or wiki to detail code changes.
• Assist other team members in the provision of a quality Research focused IT environment.
• Participate in team meetings and team building exercises.

Appointment to this role is subject to the successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks, which may include verification of the right to work in Australia, qualifications, criminal history checks, and other role-specific requirements. This may also include checks relating to gender-based violence matters or other integrity and conduct requirements.

You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.