Software Engineer

Software Engineer

• Access to industry-leading technical development programmes

• Join our global leading business offering outstanding personal development & global career.

• Permanent employment which includes a huge range of additional benefits

• Challenging full time role based in our Perth Operations Centre.

About the role

Within Rio Tinto IS&T, the OC Systems team support over 10+ applications & systems within production and corporate environments based within the Perth Operations Centre.

Along with providing Level 2 and Level 3 support, the team have several work-plan actions for 2025 that focus on improving and expanding supported items to meet cyber security regulations, continuous development and deployment, and improvement features adding value to users.

Responsibilities

• Working within an engineering team to support the 10+ systems and applications used across our business.

• Implementing methodologies, documentation and delivery toolsets for Corporate and Production environments

• Maintaining working relationships with team members to facilitate a culture of shared knowledge and common processes

• Creating test scripts, unit testing and regression testing

• Creating documentation for in-house developed applications supported by the team

• Adhering to change management processes.

• Facilitating transition to support activities from project to operational support teams

• Responsibility for the uptime and quality of deployed solutions

• Modernising and uplifting existing applications into modern platforms.

What you will bring

• A minimum of 2+ years of experience in software engineering

• Experience with dotnet (desirable).

• Familiarity with SQL

• Experience with Micro-services and HTTP based APIs

• Adaptable at learning new languages (e.g. C#, JavaScript, PowerShell and Python)

• Familiarity with Windows Server environments

• Familiarity with DevOps concepts

• Candidate should be able to produce support documentation.

• Good self-time management & prioritisation to ensure timely resolution of technical issues and development activities.

• Experience with and ability to adhere to applicable policies, standards & solutions architecture.

• Desire to learn and practice cyber security best practice in applications.

• Experience with Microsoft Azure (desirable)

• Exposure to functional programming (desirable)

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• An excellent base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program.

• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family.

• Attractive share ownership plan.

• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options.

• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions.

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more).

• Domestic relocation if required.

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.