Senior Infrastructure Engineers / Enterprise Integration Engineer

• Location: Canberra
• Type: Contract
• Job #17956

About the role

The Enterprise Integration Engineer will ensure the efficient, automated, and reliable deployment of integration solutions across a large-scale federal government enterprise environment. The role will design, develop, and maintain scalable and secure APIs, working with cross-functional teams to support testing, monitoring, troubleshooting, and issue resolution. This position sits within a technical delivery team and plays a key part in ensuring enterprise systems remain connected, secure, and high performing.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with analysts, engineers, and stakeholders to design and develop integration solutions using Microsoft Azure tools (App Services, Logic Apps, Functions, Service Bus).
• Design, develop, and implement APIs ensuring reusability, reliability, scalability, and security. Manage API versions and transitions.
• Write clean, efficient, maintainable code for integration components.
• Troubleshoot and resolve integration issues, working across teams to identify root causes.
• Conduct code reviews and plan comprehensive testing, including unit, integration, and regression testing.
• Monitor performance, identify bottlenecks, and optimise speed and scalability.
• Maintain technical documentation, including API endpoints, authentication methods, and deployment procedures.
• Work with developers, analysts, testers, and stakeholders to align DevOps practices with project goals.
• Provide input into architectural decisions and cloud strategy.
• Ensure compliance with Australian Government security frameworks (ISM, PSPF) and privacy legislation.
• Support change management and release coordination.
• Stay updated on technologies, integration patterns, and best practices to enhance processes.
• Monitor and troubleshoot workflows to ensure high availability, performance, and data integrity.

Desirable criteria

• Understanding and practical experience with microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and Domain Driven Design principles.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps.
• Proficiency in Git, YAML, ARM, Bicep, and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Knowledge of security testing tools and practices (SAST, DAST).
• Familiarity with Micro Focus Fortify, SailPoint, Service Now, and AWS.
• Experience delivering results within time constraints and competing priorities.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Skills and experience

• Proven software development experience with C#, .NET Core, and SQL.
• Demonstrated expertise in Azure integration services (Functions, Service Bus, Logic Apps, Event Grid, APIM).
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Azure services and cloud storage.
• Experience building secure web services with OAuth, OpenID, and JWT.
• Knowledge of microservices, data transformation, and interoperability standards (JSON, XML, REST, SOAP, gRPC, GraphQL).
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design principles and frameworks.
• Familiarity with databases, data structures, and integration patterns.
• Experience with API testing tools and methods.
• Strong communication skills to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and attention to detail.
• Experience engaging diverse stakeholders across legal, policy, technical, and operational areas.
• Understanding of Australian Government security and privacy requirements.

Benefits

• Long-term contract with possible 2-year extensions.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Opportunity to contribute to high-impact federal government ICT initiatives.
• Exposure to large-scale cloud integration and Azure technologies.
• Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.

Contact details

For a confidential chat, please contact Anissa on 0484 568 874 or via email at anissa@exclaim-it.com.au and we would be more than happy to provide you with additional information and assist in the application process.