• Join an organisation that makes a difference everyday to the lives of Australian children
• Max term contract – June 2021
• Based in Sydney CBD

The Smith Family is a national, independent children’s charity helping disadvantaged Australians to get the most out of their education, so they can create better futures for themselves. We are now seeking a Senior Sitecore Developer to join our growing team.

The Senior Sitecore Developer acts toward facilitating the implementation of technology-enabled business logic to meet The Smith Family’s business goals and objectives, document application architecture and solution design, review technical designs and develop and implement database and software programs.

A day in the life of a Senior Sitecore Developer might look like this, but really every day will be different

You will be responsible for:

• Implementing new functionality using out-of-the-box facilities of Sitecore CMS (9.0 onwards), and other systems, and add extensions using scripting and non-scripting languages; build custom solutions where out-of-the-box is not enough.
• Enhancing and improving DevOps related processes such as automated unit and functionality testing, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.
• Analysing potential solutions and determine which is most efficient to meet the requirements of the request
• Tracing and removing reported faults; identify root causes for production system failure and non-detection of faults prior to go-live.
• Working with Cloud Engineers and vendors to manage application and software change in any environment.
• Working collaboratively with Agile team members to deliver backlog commitments and support project delivery

It takes a special kind of person to be our Senior Sitecore Developer

Our successful candidate will bring the following:

• Tertiary qualification in Information technology
• 8 years’ experience in application development, using ASP.NET, C# and JavaScript
• A minimum 4 years of experience in Sitecore CMS
• Demonstrated experience in implementing continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Experience in database development using SQL server.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Due to the nature of this role, the successful candidate must be prepared to undertake a National Police Check and a Working with Children’s Check. We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to principles of cultural diversity. Applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent are encouraged.

A Position Description is attached below.