Software Engineer

About AARNet

Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) was established in 1989 and is widely regarded as the founder of the Internet in Australia and renowned as the architect, builder and operator of world-class network infrastructure for research and education. 

As Australia’s National Research and Education Network (NREN). We connect over one million users — researchers, faculty, staff, students, hospitals, vocational training providers, schools and museums — across Australia.

We are an organisation of innovators, doers, and courageous thinkers. We don’t settle for the status quo; instead, we anticipate the future needs of our customers and build solutions today. If you share our imagination, foresight, and drive to shape the future, why not come and join us?

https://www.aarnet.edu.au/

Role Purpose

Join our team as a Network Software Engineer, where you'll play a key role in designing, customising, and deploying the applications that streamline our network’s operational support systems (OSS). This position is perfect for someone who thrives in an Agile environment and is committed to delivering top-notch software solutions using a blend of custom-built and commercial technologies.

We're looking for a creative problem solver who can merge their network and software engineering skills to address the full spectrum of challenges in software lifecycle, automation, and data analysis. You'll be instrumental in driving real business value across AARNet’s extensive international network that serves the global research and education community.

We're looking for candidates with a robust track record of developing software engineering solutions across various technical and system domains, consistently meeting both requirements and value objectives. If you have experience in network or systems automation, you'll find this role particularly fitting.

Join us and contribute to AARNet’s mission while advancing your career in a dynamic and supportive team environment.

Key Accountabilities

At AARNet, all employees are accountable for:

• Actively promoting safe work practices in the workplace during all activities consistent with AARNet’s policies and comply with all WH&S legislation, policies and procedures.
• Actively contributes to a safe and supportive working environment that is inclusive of all staff through celebrating their nationality, cultural background, LGBTI status, abilities, gender and age.

In this role, your main responsibilities are:

Software Engineering

• Write clean, efficient code and actively participate in code reviews to uphold high standards within the team.
• Deliver solutions using best practices in software development lifecycle management (Automation, Change Control, CICD, DevOps).
• Contribute to the requirements gathering and software design processes across multiple stakeholders and key systems.
• Incorporate data across multiple sources to produce network configurations, feed data analysis services and network management systems.
• Improve and migrate functionality from existing systems to new environments.
• Produce documentation for built solutions.
• Provide support and bugfixes for built solutions.

Relationship Management

• Actively participate in Agile team ceremonies and provide regular progress updates.
• Contribute to assigned software projects from conception to finished product.
• Share knowledge and assist fellow team members.
• Develop skills across products as required to fulfill business requirements.
• Collaborate with a geographically dispersed team, internal and external stakeholders to deliver project outcomes.
• Communicate and work with vendors and other specialist teams as required.

About you in the role

You will celebrate diversity, inclusion, belonging and welcome all people regardless of lifestyle choices, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Your directorate: Operations

Your experience, skills & qualifications

• Experience as a software developer delivering enterprise projects in a team environment.
• Experience developing solutions in one or more popular languages (such as Python, C, Java, Go, Rust)
• Experience with public or internal Cloud services and delivering orchestrated, containerised application stacks (such as Kubernetes).
• Building data driven applications, integrations and automations - interacting with API’s, compiling and processing common data formats, such as YAML, JSON, XML.
• A working knowledge of database design patterns and experience with one or more popular SQL databases (such as MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL).

Even Better

Although not essential to the role, it would be even better if you had any of the following experience/skills:

• Experience with microservices patterns and surrounding technologies
• An understanding of IP network technologies, telco environments, device configuration, OSI, SNMP, routing, etc.
• Experience with industry network management, monitoring and telemetry such as Cisco NSO, Netbox, Netconf, Icinga, Grafana and timeseries databases

Benefits at AARNet  

AARNet is committed to diversity and providing equal opportunity to all. We’re a great place to work if you want to make a difference.  

AARNet provides a host of other benefits in line with our HR policies which include: 

• Competitive remuneration; 
• 17% superannuation;  
• Flexible work options including a hybrid work model; 
• Focus on wellbeing – year-round initiatives and social engagement activities; 
• Ethical Leadership: A sector leader in cyber security, social responsibility, and equal opportunity; 
• Options to purchase additional Annual Leave;  
• 2 days paid Women’s Wellness Leave per month;  
• 24 weeks paid Parental Leave – Primary Carer;  
• Welcome back to AARNet superannuation payment – on unpaid Parental Leave for Primary Carer;  
• 4 weeks paid Birth Trauma Leave;  
• 24 weeks paid - Adoption Leave;  
• 16 weeks paid Parental Leave – Secondary Carer;  
• 5 days paid – First Nations Cultural Leave;  
• 2 days paid Family Wedding Leave;  
• 24 weeks paid – Foster Carer Leave;  
• 5 days paid – Fertility Leave;  
• 8 weeks paid – Gender Affirmation Leave;  
• Strong Equal Opportunity focus;   
• Modern office environment: Hotdesking system and new facilities; 
• Support your success: A culture and company structure that allows your career to grow with access to leading edge technologies; 
• An opportunity to give back to the academic and research sector