Technical Lead 

Role Purpose:

As part of the Technology Team, this role will partner closely with business representatives to deliver high quality Technical Lead services at pace to drive strategic outcomes for Bupa’s customers and maintain integral Bupa systems. 

The purpose of this role is to lead the development team, provide support to team members, lead application design and development activities across Bupa’s legacy products, whilst also ensuring development teams adhere to best practices to deliver high quality applications built using the relevant applications that meet or exceed the business and customer expectations

Responsibilities:

• Lead/Deliver application solution design for new ideas/initiatives. This includes working with architecture team, Hub teams and wider business 
• Lead the development and execution of technical projects from inception through to its final production and deployment 
• Responsible for the analysis, design, coding, and testing activities with an expectation of contributing to implementation activities 
• Ensure the quality, consistency and timeliness of all development work are within project schedules 
• Review requirements and provide technical solution and estimates 
• Ensure that technical designs and decisions are appropriately documented 
• Ensure that all team activities and deliverables comply with the requirements, BUPA’s policies, architectural principles, and they perform well in the current Applications in terms of functionality and performance
•  Always strive to improve our CI/CD processes, working closely with our DevOps team 
• Ensure adherence to the long-term strategic architecture of Bupa’s CRM platform Build Effective Teams 
• Provide technical leadership, coach, and mentor development teams 
• People management including periodic performance and remuneration reviews of direct reports Community and practice improvement 
• Proactively support the uplift of project delivery practices and participate in and contribute to Communities of Practice within Bupa 
• Define development guidelines and set the industry standard best practices for application development
• Stay up to date with industry trends and products and recommend and implement lifecycle enhancements and better ways of achieving outcomes, focusing on high quality and reliable applications that are delivered at pace 
• Keep abreast of the latest Microsoft initiatives along with broader digital technologies to produce creative and innovative solutions 

Skills & Experience Required:

• 7+ years’ experience in a Developer role or equivalent experience in support of web in .Net domain role with a minimum: of 7+ years of commercial experience in developing web applications using C#, ASP.NET MVC and Web API 
• Extensive experience in team leading a team of up to 4 to 10 developers to deliver high quality outcomes 
• Demonstrable expert competence level in using development and automated testing tools in the .NET domain, including Web Services development and deployment in .Net Core and WCF
• Experience with SQL Database is mandatory, experience with NoSQL databases advantageous 
• Experience with Azure cloud services and DevOps processes for building and deploying applications in the cloud
• Experience in API integration development
• Significant development experience using MVC framework and multi-tier architectures
• Experience with code versioning tools, such as Git and TFS 
• Experience with WCF and Winforms is desirable 
• Effective at managing change and multiple priorities in a dynamic environment, with the ability to see the bigger picture 
• Demonstrated familiarity with multiple delivery methods and approaches – Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid.
• Understanding of the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) 
• Knowledge of the health insurance business (desirable) 
• Knowledge of Azure Dev Ops and Confluence

What’s in it for you 

We reward our people and celebrate their success. From providing initiatives that develop careers to looking after our people’s health, wellbeing and futures. Through the Viva Healthier and Happier program, we’re providing health benefits for everyone who works at Bupa, no matter their role. We want to support our people to be the healthiest and happiest versions of themselves.  

At Bupa your wellbeing, identity, and personal story are respected and valued. We are continuing to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Bupa is committed to providing equal opportunities and fostering a workplace and environment that is free of discrimination, bullying and harassment. 

We actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ applicants. 

We are dedicated to removing barriers to participation. If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, or if you’d like to discuss how this role can be flexible for you, please let us know so we can support your participation on an equitable basis. 

To obtain a copy of the Position Description or to discuss this opportunity, please contact Hemani.Bhardwaj@bupa.com.au To apply, please do so via the 'apply' button above.