Applications Developer

**Looking for a new challenge?**:

- **Got a passion for crafting and supporting resilient, adaptable systems in an evolving operating environment?**

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to be part of making a genuine change to how we protect New Zealand's borders and reduce harm to New Zealanders.

**About this role | Mō tēnei tūranga mahi**

As an Applications Developer you will be responsible for the development of new product capabilities; the ongoing maintenance and support of those products in production; as well as supporting and contributing to continuous improvement development and delivery practices. You will use your design, build, CI/CD pipeline, containerisation, deployment automation, testing and issue resolution skills; to deliver and support quality solutions to our customers.

Working with the Product Manager and Protection team, you will ensure enterprise standards and processes are adhered to and feed into the growth of these standards.

**What we value in the Protection team**
- Being focused on customer needs and how we can best deliver business value.
- Leveraging your knowledge and analytical skills to solve difficult problems with effective solutions.
- Visibility and transparency.
- Focusing on delivering value early.
- Embracing diversity, inclusion, and belonging for our people.

**About you | Ko wai koe**

To help us achieve this vision, we are seeking a talented and motivated Applications Developer to join our team who is able to provide strong problem-solving skills and proven creativity to produce customer focused technical solutions.

**To be successful in this role you will need to have experience in a similar role and be able to demonstrate the following**
- Must have technical experience:

- Java, JavaScript/Typescript, Quarkus, React, NodeJS
- Azure - Kubernetes (AKS), Service Bus, APIM
- Technical experience across at least half of the below:

- Drools
- PostgreSQL
- GitLab CI, Jenkins, Terraform
- Jira, Confluence, GitLab, MS Teams, Elasticsearch, Kibana and Ansible
- Miniservice/microservice experience
- Good knowledge of relevant software development topics, including development languages, databases, methodologies, DevOps, build pipelines, automation, API's and cloud concepts.
- An understanding of UX design, product development, networking, security compliance, capacity management etc.
- Experience as a full stack developer working across all stages of the product development lifecycle and ideally in software development teams within complex technology environments.
- Experience working within an Agile delivery framework, as well as methodologies across DevOps, Lean and product management.

**Qualifications**
- Qualifications in software design and development, Agile, SAFe and Microsoft Azure would be preferred.

If you thrive in a complex and ever-changing environment and have a passion for continuous improvement and making a genuine difference to New Zealand, then we want you on our team

**What we offer | He aha mātou e tuku**

At Te Mana Ārai | Customs, we aim to create a great place to work, where our people have a sense of belonging and the capability and desire to meet our future challenges. We are an organisation that is clear about our mission, and this is underpinned by Te Pou Tokomanawa (the Foundations) and our Whanonga Pono (Values). Our work really matters to the safety and success of New Zealand.

**We care about well-being, personal growth, and job satisfaction, which is supported through**:

- offering on-the-job training, formal courses and leadership programmes, and the chance to move across diverse roles
- fostering inclusive and supportive team environment with vibrant social and cultural groups
- supporting flexible working - talk to us about how we can help you achieve your flexible working goals, within our operational requirements
- providing discounted health insurance, and free on-site gyms (in some locations)
- Three days of service holidays, in addition to four weeks of annual leave.

To join Customs in any role you must be a New Zealand citizen or New Zealand Permanent Resident. This means:
To apply, please submit an up-to-date CV and cover letter outlining your skills and experience. We will also have some additional questions for you around why you are interested in the role and working at Customs.

**Applications close at 11:00pm, Thursday 20 March 2025.**

**Please note Customs will be managing this recruitment independently in-house and will not be engaging with recruitment agencies at this stage.**

**Job details**:

- Reference #
- 43773
- Posted on
- 06 Mar 2025
- Closes on
- 20 Mar 2025
- Location(s)
- Wellington
- Expertise
- Information Technology
- Job level(s)
- Experienced
- Work type(s)
- Permanent Full Time
- Additional attachment