Senior Analyst Developer - Websites | Kaiwhakawhanake Tātari Matua - Websites (Wellington)
Kaiwhakawhanake Tātari Matua - Websites | Senior Analyst Developer - Websites
Join an organisation contributing to meaningful outcomes, About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come.
Wellington based in our brand new 6-star green building
Bring your creativity, passion, innovation, and ideas to work on our Stats NZ Website
About Us | Ko mātou
Stats NZ | Tatauranga Aotearoa is a Central Government employer of 1200+ people across Aotearoa. We provide data and statistics to support the decisions of Government, Māori and Iwi organisations, businesses, NGOs, and New Zealanders. Our work is About Aotearoa, for Aotearoa - data that improves lives today and for generations to come. We welcome every gender, ethnicity, ability, religion, age, and background and encourage all our people to be their authentic selves.
What's in it for you? | Ngā hua ka riro ki a koe
We encourage you to go to our careers site to learn more about the Way We Work at Stats NZ and also check out our benefits. We want working for us… to work for you!!
Starting salary: $96,307.00 to $128,000.00 + superannuation
Other benefits of joining Stats NZ include:
Contribute to meaningful work that makes a difference to all people in Aotearoa
Extra annual leave days (taken during Christmas office closure)
The role | Te tūnga
The is a 12-month fixed term position based in Wellington, working within our Technology Services delivery team. Our website (www.statsnz.govt.nz) publishes insights and data about New Zealand, and support others to use the data. It is a critical system for Stats NZ.
You will gain more experience in this role working within an Agile delivery team. We have a great multicultural team, who are highly supportive of each other.
As a Senior Developer you will work both on projects and BAU support for production issues. Our platform supports the timely dissemination of information and data releases to other government agencies, wire service providers, business, academia, and the public. You will fix issues, implement enhancements, and manage deployment on the platform.
You will work closely with our business units, service providers, and our technology teams to propose and develop software solutions to enhance the environment and work processes following our SDLC, in-house standards, and best practice. You will provide mentoring and guidance to fellow team members within our delivery team.
This role would suit someone who can bring:
At least 5 years of experience in Silverstripe CMS using the PHP development framework and have strong testing and debugging skills
Experience in developing applications in Silverstripe CMS, Common Web Platform, and the PHP development framework.
An awareness of technologies used for cloud-based web applications, using SQL databases, backups
Familiarity with modern software development approaches such as automated testing, test driven development (TDD), continuous integration, pair programming, code review and version control
Understanding of common web security risks and the corresponding mitigations
Your experience working under time pressure and to deadlines alongside strong attention to detail, a passion for quality and excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
Knowledge / experience meeting NZ government web standards
Knowledge in other technical stacks (e.g. python etc.)
Your knowledge and experience, or willingness to learn about Te Tiriti, Tikanga, Te Reo and Te Ao Māori.
What you bring | Nōu te rourou
We understand transferable skills can come from experience gained from outside of work. We encourage you to be you in your application.
We are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion and lifting our cultural capability. You don't need to be knowledgeable in all these areas already, but you do need to be on board with learning and have a genuine interest and willingness to grow on this journey with us.
Tell us about yourself in your cover letter, what attracted you to this role, and what you would bring to Stats NZ.
How to apply | Me pēhea te tuku tono
If this sounds like you, click on the Apply now button to be redirected to the application page on our careers site. The position description is located on the right-hand side of the page.
We will be screening applications as we receive them to move swiftly to interview. You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone or video. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.
Please reach out to recruitment@stats.govt.nz if you have any questions.
You must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Background and various pre-employment checks are part of our recruitment process.
Note to Recruitment Agencies: unsolicited CVs will not be accepted.
