We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our Connect division. The Symbio Connect division works with the world’s leading software platforms and communication providers, with customers including Google, Microsoft, and Cisco.

Reporting to the Lead Software Engineer, this role is responsible for designing, maintaining, and supporting our next generation platforms.  This is a full stack, hands-on role that will be developing new features for our customers which meet the needs of our business. Your role will involve building with best practices and resiliency in mind, adhering to agile processes and dealing with business and technology stakeholders.

There is an expectation that this role is part of the teams after hours support roster (level 3), which is rotated weekly for production critical platforms.

What you'll do as a Software Engineer:

• Solution, develop, deploy and support well architected code in our microservice based rating platform
• Ensure code is adequately tested
• Ensure appropriate consideration is given to testing, security, stability, reliability, and monitoring of code
• Drive technical decisions and directions within the team and across platforms
• Own end to end delivery of teams products/platforms
• Work in a team environment; collaborate with internal stakeholders and customers
• Invest time in learning new technologies

2x Positions Available: We are looking for a Mid-level Data Engineer & Associate Data Engineer to join our Data Team to support the performance, integrity, and security of the organization's databases.

What is this role about?

The data engineer is responsible for building a data platform to help develop self-serve BI capability and enforce the data management practices are implemented as part of solution design. Help foster a culture of continuous improvement in processes, operations, and support by enforcing best practices and ensuring that the team consistently maximizes the efficiency and effectiveness of the platforms.

Here's more of what you’ll work on:

• Develop and Maintain AWS Data platform infrastructure code through Terraform.
• Produce the platform for extraction, loading and transformation (ELT) of data from a wide variety of data sources using ‘Big Data’ technologies by building an Integration Hub.
• Implement, review, and manage governance policies to help implement them on the data platforms.
• Manage the release of configuration changes to production environments in accordance with Cuscal change management principles.
• Manage and process complex, large data for analysis (e.g., hierarchies of datasets, inter-relationships, partitions, views, etc.)

UI/UX Engineer (12 month Fixed-term-contract)

Join our team as a UI/UX Engineer, and unlock your potential in a challenging, dynamic, and fast-paced environment. 

As a UI/UX Engineer, you will be part of a Tech Squad to execute on an exciting travel product. You will get an opportunity to work on cutting edge technology and play a pivotal role in driving advancement in the bank's leading engineering practices. You will build and coach others to develop and automate the testing of robust, adaptable code that is always production ready.  

Enjoy a competitive salary, wellbeing perks, and endless opportunities for professional development and internal mobility. Don't miss out on this chance to showcase your skills!

 About us

Visa Managed Services (VMS) is the delivery arm of Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA) team. We draw on our expertise in strategy, consulting, data analytics, and industry experience to develop fact-based recommendations and delivery plans to improve client performance. The VMS team is specialised in building teams that work within our client’s businesses to drive results.

About your role

Embedded within the client’s business, you’ll enjoy working in a collaborative Tech Squad, delivering against a clear roadmap that will deliver results for the client.

• You are a UX leader curious about emerging technology
• Our team is committed to providing the best digital experience for our customers
• Through collaboration we can deliver the best customer experience across our digital platforms
• Cohesively work with the broader design, research and delivery team to produce designs that champion the best digital experience for our customers while achieving business goals.
• Under the leadership of your Experience Design lead you will own 1-2 major projects – from scoping and costing through to design execution.
• Produce flows, wireframes and interactive prototypes along with detailed supporting documentation
• Regularly review data and insights to create designs that put the customer first while meeting business objectives
• Effectively manage stakeholder’s expectations through regular and relevant interaction. Your stakeholder community includes Product Owners, Dev/Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Legal and Compliance representatives
• Adhere to the Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct sets the standards of behaviour, actions and decisions we expect from our people.
• Make trade-offs in an environment of often-conflicting objectives, e.g. deliver great experience to deadlines with fixed resources. Ruthless prioritisation and an ability to focus on key issues.
• Advocate the value of UX in the broader organisation

What you will need to be successful:

• Proven experience designing conceptually for complex, transactional consumer interfaces across multiple devices
• An ability to solve complex design problems while visualising solutions in appropriate ways
• Proven experience managing UX project delivery in an agile framework within agreed time frames
• Experience managing, coaching and mentoring other designers to achieve desired outcomes while recognising the difference between “good” and “great” work.
• Influential communication and stakeholder management skills with demonstrated success presenting design in a clear, confident and persuasive manner
• Experience using customer research, behavioural or digital analytics to drive design and optimisation
• Skills in information architecture, task flow and/or decision tree mapping
• To support the application a strong portfolio demonstrating UX process, low and high fidelity design skills, outcomes delivered would be of value.

Why Work with Us:

• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Take advantage of working across two organisations
• Collaborative and supportive team culture
• Competitive salary and other perks including AUD1,000 well-being allowance and AUD4,000 study grant
• Professional development opportunities to grow your skills and career
• Opportunities to move internally to switch up your career

Become a valuable member of our team and contribute to our thriving organisation. Apply now and show us what you’ve got!

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Development is the largest discipline at Endava. Our developers design, build, and release software products in multiple programming languages, frameworks, and libraries. Always collaborating with cross-functional project teams, our developers are adaptable problem-solvers with a client-oriented mindset.  

Responsibilities

• Elaborates software/system design and assists development teams in carrying out the implementation of complex technical solutions.
• Collaborates with architects, BAs, and other project stakeholders in assessing the feasibility of the requirements and actively participates in defining the technical solutions.
• Recommends and promotes IT industry standards, tools, and practices (DevOps, etc.) to achieve well-engineered software products.
• Proposes improvements and escalates risks/issues related to development activities.
• Participates in the review of the work done by development team members.
• Learns, applies, and promotes new technologies, practices, and tools as appropriate to the project.
• Participates in internal and external tech communities, events, etc.
• Shares experience and knowledge gained from projects.

First Focus is Australia's best mid-market Managed Service Provider, bar none. We are growing fast and now have over 270 staff across Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa and Ireland. We are a stable and very focused company, with over 15 years of consistent growth and we're continuing to win new clients and evolve our solutions.

We pride ourselves on being a genuinely great place to work, with a dynamic culture, clear vision and strong leadership. We only hire the best people and are looking for an exceptional IT professional with a deep understanding of both Managed Services and the needs of mid-tier clients.

We are looking for the best Unified Communications Engineer in Australia. Why would such an amazing person consider coming to First Focus? What makes First Focus better than where you are today?

• We understand the challenges of UC specialists and work with you and our clients to make sure you still get the time and the opportunity to train and develop
• We seek the best clients for our team to work with as well as the best people to support our clients
• We know that great IT Engineering professionals value different things to field support (for example) - daily variety, great customer relationships and new challenges
• We find and retain the best. Best Service Desk, best Account Management, best Project Manager, best team!

Role

To be the right person for this role, you will have significant experience within the telecommunications industry and unified communications and have developed competence in a range of Unified Communications technologies. Specifically, you will have exposure to Mitel and be looking for your next big step. This role will give you the time and opportunities to grow your career.

In this role you will:

• Be involved in the scoping and delivery of UC solutions for SME and mid-sized customers
• Provide onsite and remote support for voice infrastructure and associated technologies
• Troubleshoot and resolve a wide range of Unified Communications problems
• Work with engineering teams on escalations of complex ongoing issues
• Contribute to on-prem and cloud deployments
• Resolve issues within IVR call flow scripting
• Write and update technical documentation/Knowledge Base articles

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• Solid technical understanding of the telecommunications space, particularly Unified Comms
• Significant exposure to leading UC vendors, ideally Mitel, although Avaya, Cisco etc would be considered
• Exposure to the some of the following technologies:
  • VMWare vCenter/ESXi
  • MiVoice Business
  • MiCollab and MiVoice Border Gateway
  • MiContact Centre Business
  • Networking (DHCP, Vlans, HP Switches, Meraki)
  • SIP Trunking/Devices
  • Fax over IP (FoIP)
• Have some exposure to cloud-based UCaaC solutions like Teams and Zoom
• Familiarity with SBC, ideally in Ribbon or Audio Codes would be viewed very favorably
• Be a self-motivated, autonomous team player - At First Focus we win together
• Be someone who demonstrates dedication coupled with a results-focused mindset
• To be a great communicator possessing outstanding spoken and written English skills

First Focus’ values are based around keeping everyone informed, aligned, supported, and rewarding performance. Some examples of this include:

• A competitive salary is on offer coupled with a broad range of other benefits
• All employees have free access to Uprise, including 1:1 coaching sessions from qualified psychologists or counsellors
• First Focus understands the importance of flexibility for a satisfying work-life balance, which is why we offer hybrid working arrangements
• ‘Never Stop Growing’ is deeply imbedded in our DNA - we offer 10 paid study days a year and support employees towards certifications and qualifications - we will not only pay for the exams you pass but will also give you a pay rise for achieving certs (conditions apply, of course)
• Staff are encouraged to take advantage of our weekly internal training sessions and library
• Opportunities for personal and professional development with our FastTrack mentor program
• We have our very own MAD (making a difference) Council, focusing on equality, charity, and the environme
• Regular social events and a great team culture!

First Focus welcomes applications from Neurodiverse candidates. We recommend & appreciate disclosure along with the application so that a copy of our Neurodiversity Statement can be provided outlining the flexible options we can offer to best showcase your skills.