Software Engineer – Australian Secret Intelligence Service
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770745
- Agency: Australian Secret Intelligence Service
- Job Title: Software Engineer
- Position Number: Not provided
- Classification: APS Level 4;APS Level 5;APS Level 6;Executive
- Closing Date: Wednesday 30 September 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
- Location: Adelaide SA
- Future Merit Locations: Adelaide
- Salary: Future Merit
- Office Arrangement: On Site (On Site)
About Australian Secret Intelligence Service
ASIS is Australia’s overseas secret intelligence collection agency. Its mission is to protect and promote Australia’s vital interests
through the provision of intelligence services as directed by the Government. Its work can involve collecting intelligence relating to
national security, international relations and economic issues. It also contributes to Australia’s coordinated national efforts against
terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and trans-national issues such as people smuggling.
Duties
- Key Responsibilities and Tasks
- Engage in cross-functional collaboration with other engineers, data scientists, and
- end-users, to design, develop, and maintain innovative bespoke systems that maximise the
- value and impact of ASIS’s data.
- Enable high value mission outcomes by building engaging and intuitive UX for end-users,
- robust backend APIs for engineers and data scientists, or solutions that bridge both.
- Write clean, maintainable, and scalable code, actively participate in code reviews, and
- contribute to fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Design, implement or apply efficient data structures and algorithms to optimize performance.
- Continuously learn and develop new skills, taking ownership of your personal and
- professional growth, while working independently with minimal supervision.
- Clearly communicate business and technical concepts to diverse range of stakeholders, from
- end-users to senior leadership.
- Education, Qualification and Experience Requirements
- The panel will regard the following education, qualifications and/or experience highly:
- Formal training, such as a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as computer science,
- software engineering, or equivalent.
- Experience working and succeeding as a software engineer in industry, government,
- intelligence or research institutions.
- Demonstrated independent drive to succeed in a small, tight-knit team.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Eligibility / Notes
- To be eligible for a role you must:
- Be an Australian citizen
- Be assessed as suitable to hold and maintain a TOP SECRET-Privileged Access security
- clearance
- For more information on eligibility please see the Protective Security Policy Framework
- which is publicly accessible at https://protectivesecurity.gov.au, section 12 provides
- information on Eligibility and suitability.
- The position is Canberra based, with conditions similar to those in the Australian Public
- service including superannuation.
How to Apply
Position Contact Not Provided, Not Provided
Agency Recruitment Site https://www.asis.gov.au/
Applicants to vacancies notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette should be aware:
that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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