• Opportunity to provide leadership in development technologies and processes
• Located on the Camperdown Campus in the Veterinary Science School ranked #1 in Australia and #16 globally
• Full time HEO 8 fixed term 2 years, offering a base salary of $107K - $121K p.a., plus leave loading and generous employer's contribution to superannuation

About the opportunity

Reporting to the Practice Manager, Digital Application Development, the Senior Analyst Programmer (VARDC) role is responsible for delivering application and integration of IT solutions to the University, specifically for the Veterinary and Animal Research Data Commons (VARDC) platform. The successful candidate will technically be supporting all existing applications within the portfolio and providing leadership to the team on particular areas of technology and processes used in development. The Senior Analyst Programmer will work within a team of developers, to design, develop, analyse, support, and maintain applications. They will encourage and guide team members to maintain their skills and drive continuous improvement and currency of the relevant applications. This will also include:

• development of new applications
• development of new functionality for existing applications
• provision of support for applications
• leadership in developing technologies and processes for the ICT software development team.

The Senior Analyst Programmer will be part of the Research Technology group in ICT and work closely with the Sydney School of Veterinary Science to develop the Veterinary and Animal Research Data Commons (VARDC), a platform that will give researchers a single point-of-access to multiple, related systems. The primary one of these will be VetCompass Australia (VCA), which collates electronic patient records (EPRs) from hundreds of veterinary practices nationally and aggregates clinical data for researchers to interrogate. The platform will give researchers optimised access to the data and data cleaning and will mesh clinical records on individual animals with related information, such as pathology reports.

To learn more, visit the Sydney School of Veterinary Science and VetCompass Australia.

About you

The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance of recruiting talent aligned to these values and are looking for a -Senior Analyst Programmer who has:

• a tertiary qualifications and relevant experience, or combination of relevant experience and/or education/training
• software engineering experience with strong integration knowledge
• proven ability to work within agreed timeframes and manage competing priorities
• experience with .NET, Azure deployment, web frontend technologies including React, CSS and JavaScript
• extensive object-oriented design, development, and analysis experience
• Extensive experience with databases such as SQL and SQL server
• Service Oriented Architecture design and development experience, with experience working with REST and SOAP interfaces

Please outline your relevant skills and experience in your cover letter and attach to your online application.

Other

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position

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