Systems Tester | Federal Government | Wollongong

12-month contract with potential for a further 12-month extension

Location: Wollongong

Existing Baseline or NV1 security clearance highly preferred

Talent International is partnering with a major Federal Government organisation to recruit an experienced Systems Tester to support the delivery of complex technology projects.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong hands-on automation testing experience to work across modern cloud technologies, system integrations and enterprise applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test strategies, test plans and automation frameworks.

• Perform end-to-end system, integration, regression, API and database testing.

• Design and implement automated tests using C#, Java and modern automation tools.

• Test AWS cloud environments, data migrations and event-driven integrations.

• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.

• Manage defects, test environments, reporting and release readiness.

• Collaborate with developers, business analysts and stakeholders within Agile Scrum teams.

• Mentor junior and intermediate testers to improve automation capabilities.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in systems testing, with a strong focus on automation.

• Strong hands-on automation experience using C# and Java.

• Demonstrated experience testing AWS environments, including DMS/CDC and Kinesis.

• Experience with Selenium, Playwright, JMeter, Postman and Swagger.

• Strong SQL skills for data validation, reconciliation and defect investigation.

• Experience testing APIs, data migrations and event-driven architectures.

• Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows.

• Strong understanding of Agile Scrum delivery methodologies.

• Experience leading testing activities and mentoring less experienced testers.

What’s on Offer

• Initial 12-month contract with potential for a further 12-month extension.

• Wollongong-based opportunity.

• Opportunity to contribute to significant Federal Government technology initiatives.

• Work with modern automation tools and cloud technologies.

• Collaborative Agile environment with experienced technology professionals.

How to Apply

If you’re an experienced Systems Tester with strong automation skills and are looking for your next contract opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now or reach out to Talent International for a confidential discussion.

An opportunity is available for an Employee Relations Officer to help navigate employment matters and advocate for fair workplace outcomes. Joining a small, experienced team, you will handle a varied workload spanning individual concerns, industrial negotiations and the interpretation of employment conditions.

What you’ll be doing

• Guiding Members through workplace concerns, offering practical advice and representing their interests.
• Contributing to bargaining discussions and the development of workplace agreements.
• Reviewing employment conditions, researching industrial issues and assessing potential breaches.
• Progressing cases in accordance with organisational policies and keeping clear, accurate records.
• Working with employers and other stakeholders to resolve issues and uphold agreed obligations.

What you’ll bring

You will be comfortable analysing detailed information, communicating with people in challenging circumstances and managing sensitive matters with care.

Your strengths will include:

• Turning complex legislation, agreements and policies into clear, useful guidance.
• Establishing trust and maintaining constructive professional relationships.
• Preparing well-researched written advice and communicating confidently.
• Prioritising a varied caseload and meeting deadlines.
• Exercising discretion and sound judgement.
• Contributing to a close-knit team while continuing to build your expertise.

A background in industrial or employee relations, HR, employment law or advocacy would be valuable. Experience with grievances, investigations, bargaining or case management, and familiarity with Western Australia’s industrial relations framework, will be well regarded.

If you enjoy solving workplace problems and helping people understand their entitlements, we’d like to hear from you.

Match the selection criteria? Click the “APPLY” button now!

Alternatively, for a confidential conversation, contact Jane Saxby +61 423 165 998 OR jane.saxby@talentinternational.com

Our client is an Australian technology company, delivering cutting-edge technology around the world. Due to a busy period, they require a Quality Assurance Analyst with good all-rounder experience including Automation scripting join their team.

• Mid-to-senior level role, 6 month contract starting ASAP
• South Melbourne location, hybrid 3 days in office
• Daily rates negotiable depending on experience, expecting approx. $600 to $800 range

The QA Analyst is responsible for the quality of the client’s future and existing technology products. This position will involve testing of specialised high-performance Win32 desktop applications, as well as modern web-based applications, back-end microservices and APIs. This is role requires automation and manual testing skills.

Responsibilities

• Requirements analysis, designing detailed test cases, and detailing testing procedures, from requirement specifications
• Ability to perform both manual and automation testing within sprints
• Assisting with migration of testing suite to TestComplete, and developing new scripts/frameworks with VB Script
• Ensure all product releases meet or exceed defined quality goals
• Work with business analysts, development teams, and internal groups to ensure customer/business requirements are met
• Attends design review and user meetings as required
• Document test cases, test plans, test results and defects as needed
• Performs the executions of the test plan, continually analysing testing efforts for completeness
• Performs system integration, functional, volume, user interface and performance testing on modifications and enhancements before production release through manual and automated techniques
• Create, maintain, and run automated test scripts
• Analyses failure/success of automated scripts and makes modifications as required
• Participate in Agile estimations, planning, daily ceremonies and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement in team and personal performance
• Be a collaborative, active and positive member of the Software Development team who operates in alignment with the clients Values

To apply for this role, you will need the following:

• A minimum of 2-3 years automation testing experience
• Experience with testing Win32 / Windows based Desktop applications
• Experience with TestComplete and developing automation scripts
• Good skills in testing across manual, API, data, etc. and any
• exposure to edge technology/IoT is highly regarded
• Ability to conduct functional testing, regression testing, system-level integration testing, end-to end testing and acceptance testing
• Experience in automation testing of the following Tech stack -Java, AWS, Postgres DB, Azure DevOps is a bonus
• Well-developed verbal, listening, comprehension and written communication skills

Apply:
Please submit your confidential resume ASAP. For more information, please contact Jarrodd.edwards@talentinternational.com. Short-listed candidates will be contacted, and the successful candidate will need to pass a national police check.

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The Opportunity

Our client is an award-winning technology solutions provider with an established reputation for delivering enterprise networking, collaboration, contact centre, cloud and managed services solutions to organisations across Australia and internationally.

We are looking for candidates that specifically have experience selling contact centre solutions, either Cisco WebX or similar technology’s like 8×8.

Due to continued growth, they’re looking to appoint an experienced Business Development Manager to focus on acquiring new enterprise customers and expanding market presence across the ANZ region.

This is a genuine hunter role suited to someone who enjoys building relationships from scratch, identifying strategic opportunities, and managing complex solution sales from initial engagement through to contract signature.

Working closely with solution architects, delivery teams and strategic technology partners, you’ll help organisations modernise the way they communicate, collaborate and engage with their customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify, develop and win new enterprise customers.
• Manage the full end-to-end sales cycle from prospecting through to close.
• Build relationships with C-level executives and key business stakeholders.
• Develop strategic account plans and execute targeted business development initiatives.
• Generate pipeline through outbound activity, referrals, partner networks and marketing campaigns.
• Work collaboratively with pre-sales and technical consultants to design tailored customer solutions.
• Prepare commercial proposals, negotiate contracts and manage commercial outcomes.
• Maintain accurate CRM records and sales forecasting.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends.

About You

You’ll be a commercially driven sales professional with a genuine passion for winning new business and building long-term customer relationships.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Proven success in new business acquisition within the technology industry.
• Experience selling enterprise IT solutions, managed services, cloud, networking, collaboration or contact centre technologies.
• Strong consultative sales and solution-selling capability.
• Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise sales cycles.
• Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
• A proactive, resilient and highly organised approach.
• The ability to build trusted relationships internally, with partners and customers alike.

Experience selling collaboration platforms or contact centre technologies will be highly regarded.

What’s on Offer

• Join a growing, high-performing technology business with an outstanding market reputation.
• Sell industry-leading technology solutions supported by world-class vendor partnerships.
• Hybrid working flexibility.
• Strong career development and ongoing training.
• Collaborative, supportive and high-performance culture.
• Attractive salary package with uncapped commission.
• Opportunity to work alongside experienced technical specialists and industry leaders.

Apply now for immediate consideration.

An exciting opportunity has opened for an experienced Enterprise Business Development Manager to join an established and growing technology services organisation.

This is a genuine net-new business role, suited to a commercially driven enterprise salesperson who knows how to identify strategic accounts, open doors and navigate complex technology sales cycles.

The Opportunity

You’ll take ownership of identifying and winning strategic enterprise customers, managing the complete sales journey from initial account planning and prospecting through discovery, solution development, commercial negotiation and close.

Working closely with Solution Architects, technical specialists, strategic technology partners and internal services teams, you’ll help customers navigate complex networking and security requirements and develop solutions aligned to their business outcomes.

This isn’t an account-management-heavy position. We’re looking for someone who genuinely enjoys new-logo acquisition and is comfortable proactively creating opportunities rather than relying solely on inbound leads.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Identify and target strategic enterprise organisations across agreed markets and verticals.
• Own complex, multi-stakeholder enterprise sales cycles from initial prospecting through to commercial negotiation and close.
• Develop targeted account plans and outbound strategies to generate new opportunities.
• Build relationships with senior and C-suite stakeholders across prospective enterprise customers.
• Generate pipeline through your own network alongside marketing, vendor and strategic partner channels.
• Work closely with Solution Architects and technical specialists to develop tailored networking and cybersecurity solutions.
• Build strong relationships across the broader technology partner ecosystem.
• Maintain ownership of pipeline management, forecasting and the commercial integrity of your opportunities.
• Stay across evolving networking, cybersecurity and managed services technologies and propositions.

What We’re Looking For

You’ll ideally bring:

• 5+ years of proven enterprise new-business sales experience across technology services, networking or cybersecurity.
• Strong experience selling Cisco networking and/or security solutions into enterprise customers.
• A background within a Cisco partner, Systems Integrator, MSP or networking/security technology vendor.
• A demonstrated track record of achieving or exceeding new-business targets.
• Experience navigating complex enterprise sales cycles involving multiple technical and commercial stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking, cybersecurity and managed services.
• A genuine hunter mentality with the resilience to proactively build pipeline and win new logos.
• Strong relationship-building skills across customers, technology partners and internal technical teams.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to join a business that combines established technology partnerships and technical capability with a strong focus on continued growth.

You’ll have access to specialist technical resources while retaining ownership of your enterprise relationships and new-business strategy.

The broader benefits package includes 25 days annual leave, flexible working, quarterly awards and bonuses, private medical insurance contributions, company shares after qualifying tenure, gym membership support, enhanced parental leave and funding for additional qualifications and professional development.

Apply now for immediate consideration. Only successful applicants who have full working rights in Australia or NZ will be shortlisted and contacted.

We are seeking an experienced Systems Accountant to join a large, complex organisation supporting enterprise finance systems and business-critical applications.

In this role, you will provide functional support for finance applications, ensuring systems are operating efficiently, accurately, and in line with business, compliance, and audit requirements. You will act as a subject matter expert for key finance applications, working closely with finance, IT, and business stakeholders to resolve issues, optimise system performance, maintain configurations, and support ongoing enhancements and projects.

• A focus on ability to investigate errors and do system setups.
• Contract 6 months initial with extension potential
• Flexibility of 2 to 3 days WFH once established into position
• Location: Nedlands/Crawley

Key Responsibilities

• Provide functional support for finance applications and respond to complex user enquiries.
• Maintain financial application configurations, including chart of accounts, workflows, business units, interfaces, and user access.
• Monitor and reconcile system interfaces, supporting daily, month-end, and year-end finance processing.
• Investigate and resolve application issues, working with internal teams and external vendors where required.
• Identify opportunities to improve finance processes, data integrity, and system efficiency.
• Develop and maintain user guides, process documentation, and operational procedures.
• Participate in finance systems projects, including configuration, testing, implementation, and post-go-live support.
• Collaborate with finance and technical teams to ensure solutions meet business requirements and governance standards.

About You

• Relevant qualification in Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise finance systems within a complex organisation.
• Strong understanding of General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, and financial processes.
• Experience supporting or administering large ERP systems such as PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP, or similar.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a customer-focused approach.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work both independently and collaboratively.
• Experience with systems such as Hyperion, Concur, or Alesco will be highly regarded.

If you match the selection criteria and the opportunity aligns with interest, click the “APPLY NOW” button!

For a list of all vacant positions, please see our website www.talentinternational.com.

For further enquires please contact Kristen on kristen.stewart@talentinternational.com OR +61 437 205 690

• Contract until end of June 2027 – Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Delivering SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 solutions

We are seeking an experienced SharePoint Consultant to join a digital program delivering a modern intranet using Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure and implement SharePoint Online Modern Experience solutions
• Develop information architecture, metadata, taxonomy, navigation and content management solutions
• Support content migration, remediation, governance, permissions and lifecycle management
• Configure and optimise Microsoft Search, including metadata-driven navigation
• Support integration across Microsoft 365, including Teams, OneDrive, Power Platform, Microsoft Search and enterprise systems, while contributing to testing, deployment and operational transition.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience delivering SharePoint Online and Microsoft 365 solutions, including SharePoint Modern Experience.
• Extensive SharePoint development and administration experience, including SPFx Web Parts and Extensions.
• Strong understanding of information architecture, UX/UI, metadata, taxonomy, content management and accessibility.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 services, including Teams, OneDrive, Power Automate, Power Apps and Microsoft Search.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, consultancy, communication and problem-solving skills

What’s in it for you:

• Contract until end of June 2027
• Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD/ Hybrid Working Arrangement

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Donal McCann on donal.mccann@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

• Contract until end of April 2027 – Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Databricks, Python, SQL and Azure

We are seeking a Data Engineer – Databricks to join a major data platform migration program. You will play a hands-on role in transitioning an existing SQL Server data warehouse and associated pipelines to a modern Databricks and Azure environment.

Key Responsibilities
Lead the migration of an existing SQL Server data warehouse and ETL environment into Databricks and Azure.

• Translate existing SQL warehouse structures, queries, stored procedures and ETL logic into scalable Databricks solutions.
• Build and develop Databricks notebooks, data pipelines and workflows using SQL and Python.
• Analyse existing SQL data and processes, identify migration requirements
• Support data validation, testing, optimisation and troubleshooting throughout the migration

Key Skills and Experience

• 10+ years of hands-on experience as a Data Engineer.
• Strong hands-on experience with Databricks, including data engineering, notebooks, workflows and pipelines.
• Advanced SQL skills, with proven experience working with data warehouses
• Strong Python development skills, particularly for building data pipelines
• Proven experience migrating SQL Server data warehouses, ETL processes or data platforms to Databricks or similar modern data platforms.

What’s in it for you:

• Contract until end of April 2027
• Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD/ Hybrid Working Arrangement

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Donal McCann on donal.mccann@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

Talent International is proud to partner with ASC to recruit a Principal Mechanical Engineer for a permanent opportunity within ASC’s Whole of Boat Integration & Performance team.

This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced senior mechanical engineering professional to join ASC and contribute at a whole-of-platform level within one of Australia’s most complex engineering environments.

Reporting to the Head of Whole of Boat Integration & Performance, you will join a specialist engineering group of approximately 35 people and work alongside senior leaders across IV&V, Electrical Engineering, Signatures, Certification and Configuration.

This is not a traditional mechanical design role. As Principal Mechanical Engineer, you will provide senior engineering leadership and technical authority across complex submarine systems, interfaces, integration activities and engineering changes.

What you’ll be responsible for

• Providing mechanical engineering authority across complex submarine engineering activities.
• Leading multidisciplinary technical investigations and engineering assessments.
• Reviewing and approving mechanical designs, calculations, specifications and technical documentation.
• Assessing system interfaces and understanding the broader platform impact of mechanical engineering changes.
• Supporting defect investigations, root cause analysis and remediation strategies.
• Providing technical direction across design, integration, certification and engineering assurance.
• Balancing safety, performance, cost and schedule to deliver practical engineering outcomes.
• Mentoring engineers and providing senior technical advice to ASC, Defence and external stakeholders.
• Operating with considerable independence and acting as an engineering authority across complex and critical engineering activities.

What we’re looking for

You will ideally bring:

• A degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Significant experience working within complex, highly integrated engineering environments.
• Strong capability across mechanical systems, structures, equipment and system interfaces.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering activities.
• Strong experience across technical assurance, engineering risk, configuration and governance.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and technical communication skills.
• CPEng or equivalent professional recognition.
• Eligibility to obtain an Australian Defence security clearance and meet applicable ITAR requirements.

MUST HAVE: Australian Citizenship Mandatory

Apply now or contact Aparna Malik on 08 8228 1560 for a confidential discussion.

We are seeking an experienced Oracle EPM Technical Administrator to provide platform administration, support, integrations, automation and scripting (EPM Automate, Groovy), and application lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities

• Proven experience administering or supporting Oracle Cloud EPM, Oracle Hyperion, or similar Enterprise Performance Management platforms.
• Monitor system performance, integrations, scheduled jobs and automation processes to ensure operational continuity.
• Coordinate and support integrations between Oracle EPM, ERP systems and other enterprise applications.
• Manage user access, security configurations and system governance requirements.
• Support application lifecycle management activities, including environment management, testing, deployments, upgrades and patching activities.
• Act as the primary liaison with vendors, logging and managing support tickets through to resolution.
• Provide support during critical financial periods including month-end, year-end and budgeting cycles.

Additional information

• National Police Clearance required.
• On-call and after-hours support may be required.

If you have a passion for enterprise finance systems and Oracle EPM technologies, we would love to hear from you.

If you match the selection criteria and are interested in finding out more about the position, please forward your updated CV to Jane Saxby by clicking the “APPLY NOW” button. For a list of all vacant positions, please see our website www.talentinternational.com

For further enquires please call Jane Saxby on 0456 372 202

Our client is a Federal Government agency seeking an experienced Environment & Release Manager to support the coordination and delivery of complex ICT releases across a large enterprise technology environment.
This role will work across delivery, testing, engineering and business teams to coordinate release schedules, manage environment dependencies and ensure releases progress through the required governance and change processes.

The role
You will support end-to-end release and environment management across multiple applications and technology platforms, coordinating release activity across internal teams, delivery partners and vendors.
Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinate and manage ICT releases across multiple applications, projects and programs
• Develop and maintain detailed release schedules, balancing technical dependencies, business requirements and competing priorities
• Work with testing and engineering teams to identify environment requirements, constraints and dependencies
• Coordinate release content reviews, readiness assessments, milestone reviews and Go/No-Go activities
• Develop and maintain release, deployment, implementation and runbook documentation
• Work closely with release engineers to understand code branches, merges and deployment impacts
• Provide regular release reporting and represent release status through ICT Change Management and planning forums
• Ensure releases comply with required change, cyber security, penetration testing and governance processes
• Coordinate across internal delivery teams, external partners and technology vendors.
• Identify opportunities to continuously improve release and change management processes.

About you
To succeed in this role you will need:

• Significant experience in Release and Environment Management in government or large enterprise organisations
• Strong experience planning, coordinating and managing software releases in complex ICT environments
• Experience using release management, work management and deployment tracking tools
• Strong understanding of release management, change management and associated governance processes
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent releases and dependencies across several portfolios such as Salesforce, MuleSoft, EDW, SAP, APIC, Environments, Data, etc.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, including identifying release risks and issues
• Excellent written and verbal communication with strong stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to work effectively across development, testing, engineering, operations and business teams
• Good understanding of the software development lifecycle
• Project management experience within software or technology environments will be highly regarded
• An awareness of contemporary AI capabilities, risks and their practical application within ICT environments

This role requires Australian citizenship, and the successful candidate must be able to obtain a Baseline security clearance.

Apply
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with an updated CV. For further information, contact Jarrodd at Jarrodd.Edwards@Talentinternational.com.

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Join this large governemt body undergoing a major technology transformation and establish its security operations capability as it transitions to a new Azure environment.

This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact, putting the tools, processes and governance in place to strengthen cyber resilience and support future growth.

What you’ll do

• Establish security operations processes, monitoring, threat detection and incident response capabilities.
• Drive operational adoption of Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, Purview and Azure security services.
• Define responsibilities, escalation pathways and service coordination across internal teams and managed service providers.
• Support secure transition into production, developing playbooks, reporting and sustainable operating practices.
• Lead incident coordination and continuous improvement.

Skills and experience

• Experience as a Security Operations Lead, SOC Manager, Cyber Defence Lead, Incident Response Lead or similar.
• A track record of building or maturing security operations capabilities in complex enterprise environments.
• Practical Azure experience and strong knowledge of Microsoft security technologies.
• Confidence leading incident response and working across technical teams, delivery partners and senior stakeholders.
• Familiarity with VPDSF and Essential Eight frameworks is highly regarded.

Ready to shape a security operations function? Apply now with your CV or contact josh.dmonte@talentinternational.com for further information and a detailed position description.