Principal Software Engineer

  • Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Contract
  • Up to AU$0.00 per annum

Principal Software Engineer (EL2) | Enterprise SAP & Strategic Platform Architecture

  • Location: ACT / QLD / VIC (Hybrid)
  • Security Clearance: Baseline (Mandatory)
  • Contract Length: 12 months + up to 24 months extensions (Department discretion)

About the position:

This Principal Software Engineer role operates at EL2-equivalent level within a national-scale enterprise ICT environment. The position carries organisational responsibility for software strategy, architectural direction, release governance, and technical capability uplift.

This is not a senior developer role with added mentoring. It is a technical authority role accountable for setting standards, driving engineering policy, and influencing large-scale system outcomes that support essential government services.

You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, providing leadership across software development, integration, release, and long-term platform sustainability.

What you’ll do:

  • Lead enterprise-level software design and architectural decisions across complex SAP and integrated platforms
  • Establish and enforce development standards, methodologies, and release governance frameworks
  • Oversee strategic software delivery programs including integration, deployment, and production stability
  • Provide expert technical guidance to engineering leaders and influence executive-level decision making

What we are looking for:

  • Demonstrated EL2-equivalent experience providing technical leadership across large, complex ICT programs
  • Advanced SAP ecosystem expertise including SAP CRM, S/4 HANA, ABAP, Fiori/UI, and integration frameworks
  • Proven capability operating at SFIA Level 6 across software design, systems development management, integration, and release governance
  • Strong stakeholder influence skills across business, executive, and cross-agency environments

Seniority fit:

  • This role suits technical leaders who already set direction rather than follow it
  • Experience shaping organisational engineering policy and influencing strategic roadmaps is expected
  • Comfort operating under executive visibility and legislative accountability is essential

Technology & environment:

  • SAP CRM, SAP S/4 HANA, SAP ABAP, SAP Fiori/UI, BRF+
  • Java (Spring Framework), Angular, NodeJS (ExpressJS / NestJS)
  • MongoDB, DB2
  • Enterprise integration frameworks and API-driven architectures
  • Large-scale, geographically dispersed government ICT platforms

A quick note before you apply:

  • This role carries organisational accountability for engineering standards and architectural integrity
  • If your recent experience has been limited to project-level delivery without enterprise-level policy or governance exposure, this may not align with current expectations
  • An active Baseline clearance is required
  • The position operates within a structured public-sector framework requiring disciplined documentation, compliance, and executive reporting

To showcase your interest for the position, click on ‘APPLY’ on our website or for any further information, please contact Sanat Anmadwar on Sanat.Anmadwar@talentinternational.com. We look forward to seeing how your expertise can help us achieve excellence!

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