Our Why
Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.
About the Role (your why)
We're on the hunt for a Contract Tech Lead specialising in Java & Spring Boot to become a pivotal part of our dynamic team. If you're passionate about weaving together innovative solutions and crafting seamless experiences, this is the role for you! With your expertise in API development, application design, and cloud solutions, you'll be at the forefront of delivering transformative tech to our clients alongside a team that's as driven and enthusiastic as you are. We're all about speed, passion, and innovation - are you ready to make an impact?
What You'll Do:
- Deliver impeccable, tested, and robust code that exceeds our customers' expectations.
- Design and automate groundbreaking solutions as a key player in a cohesive team.
- Stay at the cutting edge by diving into the latest in DevOps, Containers, Cloud, and AI.
- Partner with clients to tailor solutions that meet their unique needs.
- Ensure seamless, on-time task delivery—because surprises are for parties, not projects.
- Tackle challenges with resilience and support your team in achieving shared goals.
What You'll Bring:
- Demonstrate strong proficiency in Java and related technologies including the Spring framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data), JVA/Hibernate and related technologies.
- Ability to develop robust and scalable back-end services and APIs using Java, Spring Boot, and related technologies. Experience with microservices architecture is a plus.
- Experience with AWS cloud services including EC2, Lamda, RDS, API Gateway, EKS, Glue, Bedrock and Q Developer and other relevant services. Ability to implement cloud native services. AWS certifications is a bonus!
- Experience in Node.js and Python for automation, data processing, and integration tasks. Experience with relevant Python libraries (e.g., Boto3) for interacting with AWS services.
- A solid understanding of DevOps methodologies and CI/CD pipeline deployment.
- Familiarity with container platforms, automated testing, and Agile environments.
- Stellar communication skills and the ability to thrive both independently and as part of a team.
- A passion for technology, a desire to learn, and a drive to see projects through.
Why Join Us?
Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.
We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat-structured environment.
We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities.
We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.
Skills Required
- Strong proficiency in Java and Spring framework (Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Data)
- Experience with JPA/Hibernate
- Ability to develop robust, scalable backend services and APIs using Java and Spring Boot
- Experience with microservices architecture
- Experience with AWS services (EC2, Lambda, RDS, API Gateway, EKS, Glue, Bedrock and other AWS services)
- Experience with Node.js and Python for automation, data processing and integrations (including Boto3)
- Solid understanding of DevOps methodologies and CI/CD pipeline deployment
- Familiarity with container platforms, automated testing, and Agile environments
- Stellar communication skills and ability to work independently and collaboratively
- AWS certifications
- Passion for technology and desire to learn and deliver projects end-to-end
Datacom Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Datacom and has not been reviewed or approved by Datacom.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare support includes complimentary health insurance packages in Australia and New Zealand alongside employee assistance programs. Wellbeing resources and on‑site meditation rooms are highlighted as part of the offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Flexible and remote work support, plus discounts on gyms, travel, and selected retailers, are prominently featured. The package emphasizes work–life balance and lifestyle support alongside core benefits.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible working is promoted across locations, with hybrid/remote arrangements positioned as standard practice where feasible. Benefits are framed as locally tailored by country and business unit, reflecting adaptability to context.
Datacom Insights
What We Do
Datacom is Australasia's largest home-grown tech company. Drawing on the experience of over 6500 staff in 24 locations around the globe, we work with a full range of clients, from small start-ups through to government agencies and multinational corporations, to explore and extract the hidden value in their systems. We bring together over half a century of know-how, the right technology and the knowledge and creativity of our people, to deliver sustainable solutions to our customers’ greatest challenges. With our team of dedicated professionals, we work with leading partners to deliver the solutions that are right for our customers – that solve their issues and enhances their businesses. We design, build and run IT systems and processes across operations, cybersecurity, cloud, digital platforms, payroll and enterprise applications. We deliver customer care services and operate mission-critical infrastructure with best-in-class data centre facilities – Datacom delivers on the promise: practical imagination.
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