Automation Engineer

Working at Transurban is different; it’s a place where you can see the benefits of your work play out in real life, every day. We create city-sized solutions—building and operating safer, smarter, and more sustainable roads—to solve pressing transport challenges that are slowing cities down.

About the role

We're seeking an Automation Engineer to bring expert coding and configuration skills to our tolling domain, specifically focusing on Core Tolling, Billing, and Collections applications.

As our Automation Engineer you will collaborate with internal teams and technical experts to ensure the seamless execution of automation requirements, adhering to established standards and addressing application needs.

As our Automation Engineer, you’ll contribute to lasting and positive changes that shape the future of our cities and communities. It’s meaningful, challenging and exciting work.

Day-to-day, you will:

• Design and develop new features and enhancements on the platform along with performing root cause analysis and defect remediation.
• Identify and implement performance improvements and other operational efficiencies to reduce operational costs and effort.
• Maintain and operationalise engineering code management within the Axway platform application domain.
• Conform to source code branching and merging strategies for Axway application platform.
• Maintain awareness of industry trends for the relevant technology stack.
• Provide input into other Core Tolling, Billing and Collections teams as they seek to implement user stories.
• Contribute to driving a culture of innovation across the organisation.

This role will suit someone with a curious mind and transferrable skills and experiences, including:

• Solid engineering background or a Bachelor’s degree in information technology (or similar)
• Proven experience in API Gateways (Axway, Nginx, Kong, Amazon Api Gateway etc.)
• AWS Cloud Experience (S3, RDS, IAM Auth)
• Good understanding of event driven architecture and integrating solutions requiring custom coding, FTP/SFTP, LDAP, Certificate based authentication and common ssh and encryption standards.
• Proven Experience with Automation Stacks utilising several programming languages (Java, Unix/Shell, PowerShell, SQL, Perl, Python, JavaScript, REST API)
• Understanding and experience in using the principles of Agile, CI / CD and DevSecOps
• Strong experience with development tooling Jenkins; GitHub/Perforce; Eclipse; Artifactory; Ant & Gradle
• Have experience writing code for large-scale production environments.
• Self-motivated and track-record of learning new technologies
• Strong troubleshooting skills and creative problem-solving ability
• Strong technical skills, can engage with our senior engineers and solution architects to contribute to technical plans and designs.
• Proven experience in Integration of software components and COTS software, experience in the software integration of complex software projects
• Experience in the software integration of complex software projects

If you meet some of these requirements, but not all, we encourage you to submit your application.

With a career at Transurban, you’ll enjoy a range of benefits, including:

• A range of flexible working and leave options, including the option to purchase an additional six weeks of leave each year
• 16 weeks paid parental leave (regardless of gender or carer status), with no waiting period, with Superannuation paid during unpaid leave as well
• Learning and development opportunities to support your career interests
• Health and wellbeing support—access to Headspace and our EAP program, wellness facilities, and more
• Share offers and insurance benefits
• Social activities, community give-back programs and paid volunteer days

We offer a range of flexible working and leave options, so you can balance your work and life commitments and interests. Have a conversation with us about how this could work for you.

We embrace diversity with a foundation of safety, wellbeing and inclusion; where everyone belongs. We treat everyone with fairness, consideration and respect, regardless of gender, gender identity, marital or family status, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, religious beliefs, cultural or socio-economic background, perspective, and experience – whether they work for us or not. We want to ensure everyone feels comfortable and safe to express ideas, questions and concerns.

We strongly encourage applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds and lived experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people living with disability.

Ready to help us keep cities moving? Apply today.

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