Senior ADABAS Natural Developer

Senior ADABAS Natural Developer

Location: Sydney
Contract: 3 December 2026 - 30 June 2027
Hours: 40 hours per week
Work rights: Full Australian working rights required

An opportunity is available for an experienced Senior ADABAS Natural Developer to join a major operational transformation program within a NSW Government agency.

You will contribute to the design, development, maintenance and support of critical applications, working closely with architects, senior developers, functional specialists and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop technical specifications, solution designs and system designs.
• Build robust and maintainable applications using ADABAS and NATURAL.
• Develop NATURAL programs across online and batch environments.
• Perform detailed design and peer code reviews.
• Troubleshoot application issues, resolve faults and conduct technical impact assessments.
• Ensure solutions comply with technology, architecture and security standards.
• Gather and analyse business and technical requirements.
• Document current business processes and operational support procedures.
• Collaborate with technical teams and end users to ensure solutions meet business needs.
• Contribute to continuous improvement across the development team.

Essential Experience

• At least three years' experience developing solution designs, technical specifications and system designs using ADABAS.
• Strong hands-on NATURAL programming experience across online and batch processing.
• Experience manipulating ADABAS databases using NATURAL.
• Ability to conduct comprehensive design and code reviews for new and modified modules.
• Experience with JCL, TSO and partitioned datasets.
• Understanding of software development methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall or Rational Unified Process.

Desirable Technical Skills

• Experience developing web-based applications.
• Knowledge of AJAX, HTML, XHTML, XML and CSS.
• Exposure to JSP and Java.

About You

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to engage effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborative and team-oriented.
• Strong planning and prioritisation skills.
• Resilient and comfortable working in high-pressure environments.
• Able to influence stakeholders and support effective technical decisions.

Applicants must have full Australian working rights. The successful candidate will also be required to complete a National Police Check and two reference checks.

If you have strong ADABAS and NATURAL development experience and want to contribute to a large-scale government transformation program, please apply with an updated CV.