Wintel Infrastructure Engineers – NV2/TSPV
Canberra or Melbourne | 12-month contract + 2 x 12-month extensions | Onsite

Talent is seeking experienced Wintel Infrastructure Engineers for long-term contract opportunities within a highly secure Australian Government environment.

This is specifically a Wintel Engineering requirement. While the role has a strong cyber security and security uplift focus, we are looking for hands-on infrastructure engineers with strong Wintel expertise, rather than candidates from a primarily cyber security, GRC or security advisory background.

Candidates must hold a current NV2 or TSPV security clearance at the time of application.

The role
As a Wintel Infrastructure Engineer, you will work across enterprise infrastructure environments, supporting the implementation, management and security uplift of systems that underpin critical digital services.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Implementing and managing secure Wintel infrastructure within complex enterprise environments
• Implementing security controls to uplift the security posture of systems
• Developing SOPs for security and system administration activities
• Participating in technical workshops covering infrastructure design and remediation
• Prototyping security configurations and developing technical advice
• Supporting vulnerability assessment and cyber risk remediation activities

What we’re looking for
We are particularly interested in Wintel Engineers who can demonstrate strong infrastructure engineering capability alongside cyber security experience, including:

• Strong hands-on Wintel / Windows infrastructure engineering experience
• At least 5 years’ technical cyber security experience
• Experience securing and administering enterprise systems
• Experience implementing one or more of the Essential Eight Mitigation Strategies
• Scripting or application development experience to automate system administration or vulnerability assessment activities
• Experience developing tools or automation to assist with cyber risk assessment and remediation

Highly regarded experience includes:

• Active Directory security and remediation, including activities relating to the detection and mitigation of AD compromises
• Cloud infrastructure experience across Azure and/or AWS

Contract details
Location: Canberra ACT or Melbourne VIC
Working arrangements: Onsite
Initial term: 12 months
Extensions: 2 x 12 months
Clearance: Current NV2 or TSPV – essential

This is an excellent opportunity for experienced Wintel Infrastructure Engineers who have worked in security-focused enterprise environments and are looking for a long-term engagement of up to three years.

Apply now or reach out directly to Emma on 0480 804 408 for a confidential discussion.

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An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Data Engineer to join a major enterprise organisation and work within an established Operations Data Squad delivering high-value data initiatives across the business.

This is not just a heads-down engineering position. We are looking for someone who combines strong Databricks, Python and SQL capability with excellent analytical thinking and business communication skills.

You’ll work closely with business stakeholders, analysts and technology teams to understand operational requirements, analyse complex data needs and deliver robust, scalable data solutions that support better business decision-making.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design, develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and data solutions within Databricks
• Use Python and SQL to transform, manipulate and analyse complex datasets
• Work with operational and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into practical technical solutions
• Analyse data, identify trends, issues and opportunities, and communicate findings clearly
• Support the delivery of reliable, high-quality datasets for reporting, analytics and operational use
• Perform data validation, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
• Collaborate across data, technology and business teams within an enterprise environment
• Contribute to data engineering standards, documentation and continuous improvement

What We’re Looking For

• Strong hands-on experience with Databricks
• Advanced Python and SQL capability
• Strong experience developing and supporting data pipelines / ETL / ELT solutions
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent business communication skills, with the ability to work directly with non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to understand business problems and translate them into data and technical requirements
• Strong data investigation, validation and troubleshooting capability
• Experience working within a large, complex commercial or enterprise environment
• Ability to work effectively within a collaborative delivery squad

Experience within aviation, travel, banking, insurance or another large commercial environment would be highly regarded.

Contract Details

Location: Brisbane
Contract: 12 months
Rate: $940 per day inclusive of super
Type: Contract

Apply Now

If you’re a Data Engineer who enjoys combining hands-on Databricks engineering with analytics and stakeholder engagement, this is an excellent opportunity to join a significant enterprise data initiative on a long-term contract or reach out to ray.stewart@talentinternational.com

Financial Controller

Sydney CBD | Permanent | $180,000 base + super + 20% performance bonus

Our client

Our client is a globally recognised organisation operating at the intersection of creativity, culture and entertainment. With a highly collaborative, people-focused environment, the Australian business forms part of a complex international group and is entering an important period of evolution.

The role

This is a senior Financial Controller opportunity with ownership across financial reporting, technical accounting, governance, controls, audit and operational finance.

Leading approximately six team members locally while overseeing a further offshore finance function, you will ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting while strengthening the processes and controls that support the business.

A major focus will be helping prepare the Australian operation for a potential US listing, while balancing global requirements with Australian statutory, tax and audit obligations.

Key responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop the local finance team while driving performance across offshore finance partners.
• Own month-end and year-end close, consolidated reporting and the preparation of accurate financial statements.
• Provide strong technical accounting leadership across complex transactions, estimates, provisions and accounting judgements.
• Strengthen financial controls, governance and processes, including supporting listing-readiness initiatives.
• Oversee Australian statutory reporting, taxation, audit and regulatory compliance.
• Act as a key point of contact for external auditors and international corporate finance stakeholders.
• Drive process improvement, automation and greater efficiency across the finance function.
• Translate financial results into a clear narrative for senior stakeholders rather than simply reporting the numbers.

Skills and experience

• CA/CPA qualified, with strong technical accounting capability.
• Demonstrated Financial Controller or senior finance leadership experience within an ASX-listed environment, ideally with exposure to a global or multinational organisation.
• Strong Australian statutory reporting, audit, tax and compliance knowledge.
• Proven ownership of month-end, financial reporting, controls and operational finance.
• Experience leading and developing finance teams, ideally across both local and offshore structures.
• Confident operating autonomously, interpreting complex requirements and developing practical solutions.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills, with the ability to operate effectively in a creative, fast-moving and less traditional corporate environment.

Additional information

• $180,000 base + super + 20% performance bonus
• Friday work from home + half-day Fridays
• Permanent senior leadership opportunity based in Sydney CBD.
• Lead and develop a sizeable local and offshore finance function.
• Significant exposure to international finance stakeholders and a globally connected business.
• Opportunity to contribute to major listing-readiness and control transformation work.

This role will particularly suit someone who enjoys solving problems, building relationships and introducing structure without becoming overly prescriptive.

How to apply

If you’re a technically strong finance leader who enjoys combining hands-on financial control with leadership, problem-solving and stakeholder engagement, we’d love to hear from you.

• 6 Month Initial Contract – Government Agency
• CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Develop and Customise Microsoft Dynamics CRM

The role
This Government agency is seeking an experienced Microsoft Dynamics Developer who will be responsible for developing, customising, configuring, implementation and support using Microsoft Dynamics.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and customise Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM solutions to meet business requirements.
• Build and maintain plugins, custom workflows, integrations and Power Platform components.
• Develop and support integrations using APIs, Azure Integration Services and Microsoft Dataverse.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Solution Architects and stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.
• Perform code reviews, testing, troubleshooting and ongoing application support.

Key Skills

• Proven experience developing solutions within Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM.
• Strong skills in C#, .NET Core, JavaScript and Microsoft Dataverse.
• Experience with the Power Platform, including Power Automate and Power Apps.
• Knowledge of REST APIs, Azure Functions, Logic Apps or other Azure integration technologies.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments using Azure DevOps or similar tools.

What’s in it for you

• 6 Month Initial Contract
• CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Government Agency

For further questions feel free to contact Donal McCann on donal.mccann@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

Chief Digital & Information Officer – Department of Human Services (DHS)

Executive leadership | Enterprise transformation | Digital, Data, Technology & Cyber

This is not simply a technology leadership role.

We are partnering with a major South Australian Government department, Department of Human Services (DHS), to appoint a Chief Digital & Information Officer (CDIO) who will help shape how the organisation operates, transforms and delivers services into the future.

Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, the CDIO will lead a broad Digital, Data and Technology function, while operating as an influential member of DHS’s broader executive leadership group.

The successful candidate does not need to be the most technical person in the room.

They do, however, need to know how to set direction, lead people, influence executives, prioritise investment and translate technology into better organisational outcomes.

The opportunity

Department of Human Services (DHS) operates in a large, complex and highly stakeholder-driven environment supporting important services across South Australia.

With significant transformation ahead, the CDIO will provide enterprise-wide leadership across digital, data, technology, cybersecurity, architecture and emerging technologies.

Importantly, this role is about understanding the organisation before trying to change it.

You will build strong relationships across the executive, understand operational and service priorities, assess where investment will create the greatest value and establish a clear direction for the technology function.

You will lead senior functions across:

ICT Applications, Digital Solutions, Information Security & Cyber Risk, Technology Governance & Assurance, ICT Operations, Data Analytics & Reporting

What will be on your agenda?

• Enterprise transformation – modernise services, platforms and ways of working.
• AI & emerging technology – identify where new technology can deliver genuine organisational value.
• Cybersecurity & risk – strengthen security, resilience and service continuity.
• Enterprise architecture – ensure technology investment supports long-term business strategy.
• Platforms & digital capability – provide strategic oversight across key platforms including Dynamics and Salesforce.
• Investment & commercial management – prioritise technology investment, manage rising costs and maximise value.

Leadership will be critical

This is a significant people leadership role.

You will inherit a large, highly diverse and multicultural technology workforce comprising specialist teams with different disciplines, priorities and perspectives.

Success will require someone who can bring people together around a common direction, empower their senior leaders and create strong relationships across both technology and the broader organisation.

You will be expected to operate as an enterprise executive who leads technology – not a technology executive operating in a silo.

About you

We are interested in speaking with established executive leaders who have operated in complex organisations.

Your experience may have been developed across government, large enterprise, highly regulated industries or similarly complex stakeholder environments.

You will have sufficient technology depth to challenge, guide and support specialist leaders, but your greatest strength will be your ability to connect people, strategy, investment and technology.

Why this role?

Few technology leadership positions provide this breadth.

You will influence enterprise transformation, AI, data, cybersecurity, architecture, major platforms, investment and organisational strategy while helping shape services that have a genuine impact across South Australia.

For an executive who enjoys complexity, transformation, people leadership and working closely with senior decision-makers, this represents an opportunity to lead at an enterprise level rather than simply manage a technology function.

To discuss the opportunity confidentially, apply directly or contact Jesse Alland at Talent International for further information: jesse.alland@talentinternational.com | (08) 8228 1555 | Level 10, 26 Flinders Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000

Applications Close: 23rd of October, 2026.

Join an established organisation delivering technology improvements across critical operational environments. This role suits a Senior Business Analyst with utilities experience and exposure to IT and Operational Technology (OT) projects.

Key activities

• Lead discovery workshops, requirements gathering and process mapping.
• Translate business and operational needs into clear, testable requirements.
• Work with technical teams, operational stakeholders and vendors on system integration and data improvements.
• Support options assessments, business cases, UAT and implementation readiness.

Skills & experience

• Strong business analysis experience
• Utilities industry experience, with exposure to IT and OT technology projects.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills.
• Experience documenting processes, data and integration requirements.
• Comfortable working across Agile and Waterfall environments and attending operational sites as required.

Apply now to secure an interview or contact josh.dmonte@talentinternational.com for further information.

We are partnering with an established media business to recruit an experienced sales professional.

If you enjoy building relationships, developing creative solutions and winning new business, this is an opportunity to take ownership of a client portfolio and drive commercial growth.

The role

• Grow relationships with media agencies and direct clients
• Identify new business and develop tailored advertising partnerships.
• Deliver compelling pitches and proposals.
• Work with internal teams to bring campaigns to life.

About you

• Proven success in media or advertising sales.
• Strong agency and client relationships.
• A track record of achieving revenue targets.
• Confident presentation, negotiation and account management skills.
• Experience selling digital advertising, branded content or integrated campaigns will be highly regarded.

Apply now or contact Alistair Barr on 0480 804 583 for a confidential discussion.

Senior Program Manager

Northern Sydney suburbs | Initial 6-month contract | $1,265 per day including super

We’re seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead project recovery and delivery across a complex telecommunications technology environment.

The opportunity

• Initial 6-month contract with potential for extension.

• Based in the northern Sydney suburbs, with 3-4 days onsite per week.

• $1100 – $1,265 per day including super.

Key responsibilities

• Establish and deliver recovery plans for complex, at-risk projects.

• Support Project Managers with technical delivery issues, project deliverables and tight schedules.

• Lead weekly project health reviews across professional services, infrastructure and lifecycle delivery streams.

• Manage customer remediation plans and delivery escalations.

• Coordinate onshore and offshore teams, resource requirements and workforce planning.

• Prepare inputs for weekly operational reporting, monthly reviews and quarterly business reviews.

• Manage financial forecasting, commercial governance and delivery risks.

Experience required

• 15+ years across IT, Professional Services or Managed Services, including senior program and portfolio delivery.

• Extensive telecommunications experience.

• Proven delivery of Containers as a Service platform environments.

• Experience recovering major, complex projects.

• Technical knowledge across Infrastructure Services or Systems Integration.

• Experience managing onshore and offshore delivery teams.

• Financial forecasting and commercial management experience.

• ITIL, PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent certifications preferred.

Apply now if this sounds like you!

• 12 Months
• $1000 – $1100 Per Day
• Brisbane Based

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the SharePoint implementation project.

• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, budgets, RAID registers and governance.

• Coordinate activities across business stakeholders, technology teams, vendors and implementation partners.

• Manage project scope, risks, issues, dependencies and changes throughout delivery.

• Facilitate workshops and maintain clear communication across technical and non-technical stakeholder groups.

• Coordinate solution design, configuration, migration, testing, deployment and business readiness activities.

• Drive implementation and adoption of the SharePoint solution across the organisation.

• Ensure delivery remains aligned with business requirements, project milestones and organisational standards.

• Provide regular project reporting and updates to senior stakeholders.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will ideally bring:

• Strong experience as a Project Manager delivering technology or business systems implementations.

• Demonstrated experience delivering a SharePoint implementation, migration or major uplift project.

• Strong understanding of SharePoint / Microsoft 365 environments and associated implementation considerations.

• Previous experience within mining, resources, heavy industry, infrastructure, utilities or another asset-intensive commercial environment.

• Strong vendor and third-party management experience.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, including experience working with senior business and technology stakeholders.

• Strong project governance, planning, risk management and reporting capability.

• Ability to manage complex projects involving multiple business areas and competing priorities.

If this is something you’d like to be considered for click APPLY NOW or contact David at david.reynolds@talentinternational.com

Our client is seeking an experienced Technical Analyst to support technology and regulatory change across complex electricity market systems.

This is a hybrid Business Analyst / Test Analyst role, suited to someone who can work across requirements and solution analysis while also being hands-on with testing, SQL validation, defect triage and technical troubleshooting.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather, analyse and document business and functional requirements
• Translate electricity market and regulatory requirements into clear, testable outcomes
• Support process mapping, solution design and system integration activities
• Develop and execute test scenarios and test cases
• Support SIT, UAT and system integration testing
• Perform data and transaction validation using SQL
• Investigate, triage and manage defects through to resolution
• Work closely with Business Analysts, Technical Leads and Developers throughout delivery

Key Requirements

• Strong experience across Business Analysis and/or Test Analysis within technology environments
• Energy and utilities experience required
• Experience across electricity market, metering or billing systems
• Strong requirements gathering, process mapping and functional documentation capability
• Hands-on experience across SIT, UAT, defect management and solution validation
• Strong SQL and data analysis/troubleshooting skills
• Experience working with integrations and transaction-based systems
• Strong stakeholder engagement across business and technical teams

Highly Regarded

• Knowledge of AEMO market procedures, B2B/B2M transactions and settlements
• API, JSON, XML and file-based integration experience
• Jira, Confluence, HP ALM or PractiTest
• Experience delivering regulatory change within the Australian energy market

Benefits

• 12-month contract with high likelihood of extension
• Broad hybrid role spanning BA, testing and technical analysis
• Work across complex and business-critical utilities systems

If you would like to know more, please contact Milly Kerei-Keepa at milly.kerei-keepa@talentinternational.com or hit Apply Now

Talent International is partnering with a leading technology organisation to bring on a Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer for a major enterprise platform engagement.

You won’t simply be maintaining an existing OpenShift environment. You’ll help automate and evolve a Container-as-a-Service platform, working across Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Ansible, Argo CD, ZTP, ACM and advanced networking.

A key focus will be onboarding platform and cloud-native network functions (CNFs), while building the automation and standardisation needed to operate the environment effectively at scale.

You’ll work closely with architecture, network and automation specialists, giving you exposure across the broader platform rather than being restricted to one narrow area of OpenShift.

What you’ll be working on

• Designing, building and automating Red Hat OpenShift platform components.
• Developing automated, repeatable platform deployments using Ansible and Infrastructure as Code principles.
• Building and implementing GitOps workflows using Argo CD.
• Implementing Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and declarative cluster lifecycle management.
• Managing multi-cluster OpenShift environments using Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM).
• Supporting the onboarding of cloud-native network functions, applications and platform tenants.
• Engineering OpenShift networking across OVN-Kubernetes, MetalLB, BGP, Multus and SR-IOV.
• Working across platform, infrastructure and networking layers to solve complex technical problems.
• Supporting production and test environments, including troubleshooting, incident resolution, lifecycle management and patching.
• Helping establish standards, documentation and automation that make the platform easier to operate and scale.
• Sharing technical knowledge with internal engineering and operations teams.

What we’re looking for

You’ll be a senior, hands-on platform engineer who is comfortable owning problems across OpenShift rather than operating within a narrowly defined support function.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Strong hands-on Red Hat OpenShift 4.x experience.
• Strong Kubernetes platform engineering experience at enterprise scale.
• Proven GitOps / Argo CD implementation experience.
• Strong Ansible / Ansible Automation Platform capability.
• Experience applying Infrastructure as Code and automation principles.
• Hands-on experience with Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP).
• Experience with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM) and multi-cluster environments.
• Deep OpenShift/Kubernetes networking knowledge, including OVN-Kubernetes, MetalLB, BGP, Multus and SR-IOV.
• Strong Linux and Linux networking fundamentals.
• Familiarity with technologies such as OpenShift Platform Plus, Quay and OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF).

Even better if you have

Experience in telecommunications or with cloud-native network functions (CNFs) would be particularly valuable.

We’re also interested in experience across:

• Air-gapped or disconnected OpenShift environments.
• Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security (ACS).
• BGP, ACI, EVPN or broader data centre networking.
• NUMA, DPDK and performance tuning.
• Prometheus, Grafana and Alertmanager.
• Storage, backup and supporting infrastructure technologies.

The details

This is an initial 100-day / approximately 3-month contract, with strong potential for extension.

You’ll be embedded within the customer environment in Macquarie Park, Sydney, working full-time onsite alongside the teams you’re supporting. There is currently no work-from-home component.

A September start is preferred.

If you’re an OpenShift engineer who wants to work across the deeper engineering, automation and networking challenges of a large-scale platform, we’d love to hear from you.

Our client is a large values-focused Federal Government Agency seeking an experienced EL2 Program Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of several complex, cross-functional projects focused on improving program integrity.

This is a senior delivery role working across business, technology, change and operational teams to translate strategic goals into clear roadmaps, delivery schedules and measurable outcomes.

ROLE DETAILS:

Location: Melbourne or Geelong VIC
Contract: 12 months + 12-month extension option
Working arrangement: Hybrid – full time (37.5hrs/wk)
Security: NV1 clearance highly preferred; candidates must at minimum be able to obtain NV1
Eligibility: Australian Citizen mandatory
Applications close: Tuesday 20 October 2026

ABOUT THE ROLE:

You’ll lead multiple interdependent projects across a broader integrity program, working with technical delivery teams, change specialists and senior stakeholders.

The focus is on establishing clear program roadmaps and backlogs, managing delivery risks and dependencies, applying Agile ways of working and ensuring key government milestones remain on track.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead delivery across multiple cross-functional projects and workstreams.
• Translate program goals into roadmaps, backlogs, schedules and delivery priorities.
• Manage resources, risks, issues, dependencies and delivery milestones.
• Lead Agile planning, sprint ceremonies, reviews and continuous improvement activities.
• Monitor program health, performance and delivery metrics and take corrective action where required.
• Provide clear reporting and visibility to senior stakeholders.
• Coordinate business, technology, change and external stakeholders to achieve agreed outcomes.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing complex cross-functional projects using Agile methodologies.
• Strong working knowledge in one or more of: Identity, Payment/Claim Processing or Integrity.
• Current NV1 security clearance highly preferred.
• Federal Government program/project delivery experience highly favoured.
• Strong understanding of integrity challenges and ability to translate these into measurable program outcomes.
• Proven delivery experience across business, technology, enabling services and external stakeholders.
• Strong senior stakeholder management, communication and influencing capability.
• Program, Project Management or Agile qualifications.

APPLY:

Submit your resume, or for further information please contact
Reece Prideaux – Talent International
reece.prideaux@talentinternational.com

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