Drupal Developer

About this role

The Department of Finance is seeking an APS5 Drupal Developer to support delivery and maintenance of whole-of-government digital products. The role works under direction, applies foundational technical skills to allocated tasks and contributes to team outputs while developing capability and experience in a structured environment.

The role contributes to maintaining platform stability, meeting security and compliance requirements, supporting strategic initiatives and strengthening development capability within the team.

The successful candidate will: • Apply foundational technical knowledge in Drupal and web development. • Work under direction, following established processes and guidance. • Contribute to team outcomes through reliable task delivery. • Demonstrate a willingness to learn and build technical capability. • Communicate effectively within a team environment.

In addition to the broader capabilities outlined in the Finance People Capability Framework, Finance is seeking candidates who possess the following job specific skills and attributes aligned to our core capabilities:

Lead • Take ownership of allocated tasks and ask for guidance early when requirements or risks are unclear. • Demonstrate reliability, integrity and accountability in day-to-day delivery. • Use established processes to support consistent outcomes and service quality. • Build confidence in making sound technical judgements within the scope of the role.

Collaborate • Work constructively with developers, product staff, support teams and stakeholders. • Communicate progress, blockers and support needs clearly and promptly. • Participate in team discussions, code review and documentation activities. • Contribute positively to a respectful, inclusive and knowledge-sharing team culture.

Achieve • Complete allocated development, testing, release and support tasks to agreed standards. • Follow documented processes for coding, security, accessibility and deployment. • Resolve routine issues accurately and escalate complex matters appropriately. • Contribute to stable, maintainable and accessible whole-of-government digital products.

Think • Apply analytical thinking to diagnose routine Drupal, build, deployment and support issues. • Use available evidence, guidance and documentation to make sound recommendations. • Consider how individual tasks affect product quality, users, security and team workload. • Look for practical improvements to repeatable processes and documentation.

Learn • Develop Drupal, web development, DevOps, accessibility and security capability through practical experience. • Seek feedback and apply it to improve quality and independence. • Use documentation, pairing and mentoring opportunities to build depth of knowledge. • Share new learning with the team where it improves common practice.

Know • Foundational Drupal development and maintenance. • HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and version control basics. • Build, release and deployment practices under guidance. • Testing, documentation and issue diagnosis. • Security and WCAG accessibility awareness. • Cloud, DevOps and government digital service exposure where relevant.