• 6-month contract, with potential to extend
• Brisbane CBD based
• Contractor benefits through Talent!

About the company:

Our client is a Queensland Government department responsible for supporting and developing key industries across the state. The department plays an important role in driving economic growth, strengthening regional communities and supporting sustainable industry development through policy, investment, regulation and strategic initiatives.

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and reporting on the department’s capital expenditure, assets and associated budgets, ensuring financial information is accurate and compliant with government accounting standards

About the role:

Your main duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to.

• Prepare monthly capital project reports, reconciliations, briefing notes and presentations, providing financial insights to management.
• Assist with reviewing and updating capital management policies and procedures to ensure compliance with government requirements.
• Provide advice on asset accounting, Capital Work-in-Progress and asset acquisitions in line with relevant accounting standards.
• Assist with preparing and maintaining annual capital budgets and budget updates, ensuring accurate reporting to Queensland Treasury.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with internal teams, senior management and external stakeholders.
• Work closely with the finance team to maintain accurate financial records and internal controls.
• Communicate capital and asset-related financial information to stakeholders, management and auditors.

What’s in it for you?

• 6-month labour hire contract, with potential for extension
• Brisbane CBD location
• WFH arrangement on offer
• Flexible start and finish times
• Attractive hourly rate aligned with AO6 Banding

Skills and experience required:

• Extensive experience in asset accounting, capital accounting or financial accounting.
• Experience managing capital budgets, reconciliations and financial reporting.
• Understanding of Australian Accounting Standards, particularly those relating to non-current assets.
• Knowledge of Capital Work-in-Progress (CWIP), asset capitalisation and asset registers.
• Previous Queensland Government experience, particularly with Treasury reporting requirements, would be highly advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Relevant accounting qualifications (highly regarded)
• CPA or CA Qualifications (highly regarded)

How to Apply:

If you would like more information about this role, or wish to have a confidential discussion about your career aspirations, please contact Emma Hansen (07) 3031 4517 // emma.hansen@talentinternational.com

Applications close: 5:00 PM Tuesday, 24^th November 2026

Take the next step in your project coordination career and contribute to one of Australia’s significant Defence programs!

Talent International is seeking an enthusiastic and highly organised Project Coordinator to join a major Defence program based in Brisbane.
This is a fantastic opportunity to play an important role in a complex, high-profile program, working closely with experienced leaders and multidisciplinary teams to keep operations running smoothly.
You’ll be at the centre of program coordination, supporting stakeholders, tracking progress, improving processes and ensuring key activities stay on track.

The Opportunity
As a Project Coordinator, you’ll provide essential coordination and operational support to program leadership, helping ensure the efficient delivery of day-to-day activities across the program.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Project Coordination: Support program activities, monitor progress, track key deliverables and assist with reporting.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Coordinate communication between program leaders, internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Administration & Operations: Manage documentation, coordinate travel arrangements, support procurement and assist with operational requirements.
• Reporting & Documentation: Maintain accurate project records, prepare updates and identify emerging issues or trends.
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, improve processes and support the implementation of changes.
• Compliance & Governance: Support adherence to organisational policies, procedures and safety requirements.
• Team Support: Act as a central point of contact, helping resolve day-to-day challenges and escalating issues when required.

About You
We’re looking for a proactive, adaptable and personable coordinator who enjoys bringing structure to busy environments and building strong relationships.
Ideally, you’ll bring:

• Previous experience as a Project Coordinator, Program Coordinator, Project Administrator or in a similar coordination role.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to juggle competing priorities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with confidence working across different teams.
• Experience maintaining documentation, preparing reports and coordinating administrative activities.
• A proactive mindset, strong attention to detail and a practical approach to problem-solving.
• Strong computer literacy and the ability to quickly learn new systems and software.
• Experience within Defence, aviation or large-scale programs would be advantageous, but is not essential.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Competitive Salary: $80,000 – $110,000 per annum, including superannuation.
• 10-Month Fixed-Term Contract: An opportunity to gain valuable experience supporting a major Defence program.
• Meaningful Work: Contribute to an important aviation program supporting Australia’s Defence capability.
• Career Development: Build your experience in project coordination, stakeholder management and program operations.
• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside experienced professionals across a diverse range of functions.

Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must be eligible to obtain an Australian Government Defence security clearance (Baseline/NV1) and meet applicable security and export-control requirements, including ITAR and EXIM.

Ready for Your Next Opportunity?
If you’re a motivated Project Coordinator who enjoys working with people, staying organised and making things happen, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

Apply now through SEEK or send your CV directly to Ray at ray.stewart@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

• 6 Month Contract
• $920 PD
• Brisbane Based

About the Role

• Lead workshops to capture and validate requirements across crew planning, rostering and technology teams.
• Translate enterprise agreement provisions into documented business rules and system requirements.
• Assess existing processes and system capabilities, identifying gaps and required changes.
• Develop process maps, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with technical teams and vendors throughout configuration and implementation.
• Support testing, UAT and implementation readiness.

About You

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst or Senior Business Analyst on complex system implementation or business change projects.
• Ideally, experience with airline rostering, crew scheduling or crew management systems.
• Experience implementing enterprise agreement rules or complex workforce requirements is highly desirable.
• Strong workshop facilitation, process mapping and requirements documentation skills.
• Confident working across operational stakeholders, technical teams and external vendors.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

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

Are you an experienced API Automation Test Engineer with strong Java, Rest Assured and TypeScript skills?

We have an exciting opportunity to join a major enterprise organisation working on a Native App Foundations initiative, building scalable API testing capabilities to support modern mobile applications.

This is a hands-on engineering role where you’ll develop robust automation frameworks, work with event-driven architectures and leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve testing efficiency and quality.

The Opportunity

You’ll play a key role in developing and enhancing automated API testing capabilities across a complex enterprise environment, ensuring APIs are reliable, scalable and ready to support customer-facing applications.

Working closely with software engineers, quality engineers and DevOps teams, you’ll help establish reusable automation frameworks and embed testing into modern CI/CD pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain API automation frameworks using Java, Rest Assured and TypeScript.
• Build automated functional, regression, integration and end-to-end API tests.
• Develop API contract tests, including OpenAPI validation, schema compliance and backwards compatibility.
• Automate Kafka event-driven testing, including message publishing, consumption and validation.
• Implement service virtualisation and API mocking using WireMock or similar tools.
• Develop and execute performance tests using k6 and JMeter, analysing results through Grafana dashboards.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, implementing quality gates and reporting.
• Leverage AI coding assistants to accelerate test development, scenario generation and troubleshooting.
• Create reusable testing utilities, test data builders and automation scripts.

Skills & Experience

We’re looking for an experienced API Automation Engineer with strong hands-on technical capabilities across:

• Java & Rest Assured – Strong experience developing automated API tests and reusable frameworks.
• TypeScript & Playwright – Practical experience with TypeScript-based API testing tools.
• Kafka – Experience testing asynchronous messaging, event-driven integrations and service resilience.
• API Contract Testing – OpenAPI, schema validation and backwards-compatibility testing.
• Performance Testing – Hands-on experience with k6 and/or JMeter.
• CI/CD & DevOps – Experience integrating automated testing into delivery pipelines.
• BDD & Mocking – Exposure to Cucumber, Gherkin, WireMock or equivalent technologies.
• AI-Assisted Engineering – Practical experience using AI coding assistants to improve test automation and engineering productivity.

Experience creating reusable AI workflows, prompts or scripts for automated testing will be highly regarded.

What’s on Offer?

• 7-month contract opportunity
• Competitive daily rate of $900-$975 including super
• Work on a major enterprise native mobile application initiative
• Exposure to modern API architectures, Kafka, AI-assisted engineering and performance testing
• Collaborate with experienced engineering and DevOps teams
• Opportunity to build reusable automation capabilities within a large-scale technology environment

Interested?

If you’re a hands-on API Automation Test Engineer who enjoys building robust automation frameworks and working with modern engineering technologies.

Apply now through SEEK or send your CV directly to Ray at ray.stewart@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

For over 30 years Talent has been redefining the contracting experience with industry leading support, exclusive contractor benefits & a world-class digital platform ENGAGE to access it all. Apply today to see how we can elevate your career

Lead API-first automation

Modern cloud technologies

Hands-on technical leadership

We are seeking an experienced Technical Test Lead to drive the design and implementation of modern, scalable test automation solutions across a complex, multi-SaaS technology environment.

This is a hands-on technical leadership opportunity suited to someone with strong software engineering expertise who can design automation frameworks, influence quality engineering practices and deliver practical improvements across integrated platforms.

The successful candidate will combine technical depth with the ability to mentor engineering teams, establish standards and improve confidence in software delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement scalable automation frameworks across API, integration and UI testing.

• Champion an API-first testing approach, incorporating contract testing, integration testing and end-to-end validation.

• Embed automated quality gates into CI/CD pipelines to improve release reliability and delivery efficiency.

• Establish effective test data management practices, including provisioning, masking and obfuscation of sensitive information.

• Develop performance and compatibility testing approaches across cloud-hosted environments.

• Provide hands-on technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring and the establishment of engineering standards.

• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to improve automation capability and testing maturity.

• Define meaningful quality metrics and dashboards to measure automation stability, coverage and effectiveness.

Skills & Experience

To succeed in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Proven experience as a Technical Test Lead, Senior SDET, Automation Architect or similar.

• Strong hands-on software engineering skills, particularly in designing and building automation frameworks rather than simply maintaining existing scripts.

• Extensive experience with API automation, contract testing, integration testing and end-to-end test orchestration.

• Practical experience implementing automated testing within CI/CD pipelines, particularly GitHub-based workflows.

• Experience using modern automation tools.

• Knowledge of secure test data management

• Experience with performance testing, compatibility testing and cloud-hosted environments, ideally AWS.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to mentor technical teams and influence engineering practices.

The Opportunity

This position offers the opportunity to take ownership of automation architecture and technical testing practices across a sophisticated technology landscape.

You will play a key role in establishing reusable frameworks, improving testing efficiency and enabling faster, more reliable software releases.

If you are an accomplished automation engineer who enjoys remaining hands-on while providing technical leadership, we encourage you to apply.

Submit your CV outlining your experience designing and implementing automation frameworks, particularly within API-first and integration-heavy environments.

E gary.murray@talentinternational.com

m 0437 769 041

• 6 Month Contract
• $920 PD
• Brisbane Based

About the Role

• Lead workshops to capture and validate requirements across crew planning, rostering and technology teams.

• Translate enterprise agreement provisions into documented business rules and system requirements.

• Assess existing processes and system capabilities, identifying gaps and required changes.

• Develop process maps, user stories and acceptance criteria.

• Collaborate with technical teams and vendors throughout configuration and implementation.

• Support testing, UAT and implementation readiness.

About You

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst or Senior Business Analyst on complex system implementation or business change projects.

• Ideally, experience with airline rostering, crew scheduling or crew management systems.

• Experience implementing enterprise agreement rules or complex workforce requirements is highly desirable.

• Strong workshop facilitation, process mapping and requirements documentation skills.

• Confident working across operational stakeholders, technical teams and external vendors.

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

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

• 7 Months
• $1250 PD
• Brisbane Based

About the role

• Lead the change management strategy, plans and activities across a complex statewide implementation.

• Assess change impacts, manage resistance and develop targeted business readiness initiatives.

• Drive communications and stakeholder engagement, clearly articulating the program’s benefits and impacts.

• Oversee training needs analysis, learning materials and coordinated training delivery.

• Partner with technical teams to incorporate user needs into testing and implementation planning.

• Lead and mentor the change team, reporting on readiness, adoption, risks and progress.

• Support business transition and embed new processes following implementation.

About you

• At least five years’ experience in senior change management roles supporting large, complex transformations.

• Strong experience across stakeholder engagement, communications, training and business readiness.

• Practical knowledge of recognised change frameworks, such as Prosci ADKAR.

• Proven ability to influence senior executives and engage diverse stakeholder groups.

• Experience leading change teams and coordinating multiple workstreams.

• Strong communication, facilitation and problem-solving skills.

Experience with LMS, HR or workforce system implementations, particularly SAP SuccessFactors, would be highly regarded. A background in healthcare, government or similarly complex organisations, along with Prosci certification, would also be advantageous.

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

• 12 Month Contract
• Brisbane Based
• Market Rates

Key responsibilities

• Process payroll accurately and within scheduled pay cycles.

• Manage leave, allowances, overtime, salary sacrifice arrangements and termination payments.

• Coordinate payroll deductions, taxation and superannuation contributions.

• Review and audit payroll data to ensure accurate payments and compliance.

• Interpret awards, enterprise agreements and organisational policies, working closely with People & Culture.

• Maintain payroll procedures and contribute to process improvements.

About you

• Minimum five years’ payroll experience, ideally within energy, mining or a similar industrial environment.

• Strong ability to interpret and apply awards and enterprise agreements.

• Knowledge of PAYG tax, FBT and superannuation requirements.

• Understanding of general accounting principles.

• Intermediate Microsoft Excel and Word skills.

• Strong communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.

• Qualifications in business, commerce or human resources are desirable.

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

Talent International is partnering with a leading Australian enterprise to recruit an experienced Java API Engineer – AI & Test Automation for an exciting technology transformation program.

This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of AI-assisted software engineering, combining your Java and Spring Boot expertise with cutting-edge AI coding agents to transform how APIs are tested, maintained and upgraded.

You’ll work alongside experienced engineers and technical leadership to build intelligent testing capabilities, strengthen automation and help establish modern engineering practices across a large-scale enterprise API environment.

This isn’t a traditional Java development role. We’re looking for an engineer who has already used AI coding agents in real-world development or testing environments and knows how to turn AI-generated code into reliable, production-ready outcomes.

What You’ll Be Doing

• AI-Powered Test Automation: Use tools such as Codex, Claude Code, Cursor or similar to generate, validate and improve automated API tests.
• Java & Spring Boot Engineering: Work hands-on with Java, Spring Boot and microservices, supporting application maintenance, upgrades and optimisation.
• API Testing: Develop and enhance unit, integration, contract and regression testing across enterprise APIs.
• Automation & CI/CD: Improve testing pipelines, automate dependency updates and support modern engineering workflows.
• Technical Problem-Solving: Resolve dependency conflicts, failed builds, testing issues and API compatibility challenges.
• Continuous Improvement: Develop reusable testing frameworks, automation patterns and engineering best practices.
• Team Collaboration: Share knowledge, contribute to technical decisions and support other engineers in adopting AI-assisted development practices.

What We’re Looking For

Essential Experience:

• Recent hands-on experience using AI coding agents (Codex, Claude Code, Cursor or similar) to generate or maintain tests on production code.
• Strong commercial experience with Java, Spring Boot and microservices architecture.
• Proven expertise in automated API testing, including unit, integration, contract and regression testing.
• Experience with testing tools such as TestKube, WireMock, Postman or Playwright.
• Strong understanding of Maven or Gradle, Git, CI/CD pipelines and code reviews.
• Experience managing Java/Spring Boot dependency upgrades and troubleshooting technical issues.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, solutions-focused approach.

Highly Regarded:

• Renovate, Dependabot or similar dependency automation tools.
• Experience with AI-assisted development workflows and reusable test frameworks.
• Kafka, event-driven architecture and OpenAPI.
• Experience working within large-scale enterprise technology environments.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Competitive Contract Rate: $900-$975 per day, including superannuation.
• 6-Month Contract: Join a major enterprise technology initiative.
• Innovative AI Program: Gain further experience working with AI coding agents in a production engineering environment.
• Modern Technology Stack: Java, Spring Boot, microservices, API automation and CI/CD.
• Meaningful Technical Impact: Help improve how critical enterprise APIs are tested, upgraded and maintained.
• Collaborative Engineering Team: Work alongside experienced technical specialists and contribute to emerging engineering practices.

If you’re a hands-on Java engineer who is already using AI coding agents to improve testing and software delivery.

Apply now through SEEK or send your CV directly to Ray at ray.stewart@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

• 7 Months
• $1350 Per Day
• Brisbane Based

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of enterprise architecture frameworks, target-state architectures, technology roadmaps and governance standards.

• Provide architectural leadership and assurance across the SAP S/4HANA Finance upgrade, including solution design, integrations and platform migration.

• Develop and maintain Solution Architecture Documents (SADs), ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards.

• Oversee architecture governance, design approvals and technical assurance across complex enterprise systems.

• Provide architectural direction across SAP custom code remediation, security, interfaces and integrations.

• Support system integration testing, performance testing, cutover planning and transition activities.

• Collaborate with senior stakeholders, technical teams and external vendors to deliver effective architecture outcomes.

Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience as an Enterprise Architect delivering large-scale ICT transformation programs.

• Strong experience with SAP S/4HANA Finance, including architecture design, upgrades and platform migrations.

• Exposure to RISE with SAP / Private Cloud Edition (PCE) environments.

• Proven ability to develop enterprise architecture strategies, target-state designs, transition roadmaps and integration frameworks.

• Experience managing architectural governance, technical assurance and solution design approvals.

• Strong understanding of enterprise integration, cloud architecture, cybersecurity and infrastructure domains.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and technical leadership capabilities.

Highly Desirable

• Experience across SAP HR/Payroll, SAP SuccessFactors or other complex enterprise SAP environments.

• Previous involvement in major SAP version upgrades, custom code remediation or enterprise platform migrations.

• TOGAF, ArchiMate or equivalent enterprise architecture certifications.

• Experience delivering ICT transformation within government or similarly complex enterprise environments.

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

Lead a major enterprise data transformation initiative, driving technical delivery, data integration and modernisation within a complex enterprise environment.

The Opportunity

Talent International is seeking an experienced Technical Data Lead / Data Engineering Lead to join a leading Australian enterprise on an exciting 6-month contract based in Brisbane.

This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of a significant Enterprise Data Platform transformation, consolidating multiple operational data sources into a centralised platform to improve data quality, accessibility, real-time insights and business decision-making.

You’ll work closely with data architects, engineers and senior stakeholders, providing technical direction and ensuring complex data initiatives translate into practical, scalable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery across enterprise data integration, migration and platform modernisation initiatives.
• Guide data engineering and integration teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles.
• Oversee the consolidation of disparate data sources into a centralised Enterprise Data Platform.
• Drive improvements in data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, data quality and governance.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers and business stakeholders to deliver scalable data solutions.
• Manage technical dependencies, delivery risks and competing priorities.
• Support enhanced reporting, analytics and real-time data capabilities.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Technical Data Lead, Data Engineering Lead, Data Lead or Technical Lead within a large enterprise.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data architecture, data integration and modern data platforms.
• Experience with Apache Kafka, event streaming and enterprise integration technologies.
• Strong knowledge of ETL/ELT, data pipelines, data modelling and data quality management.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and delivering complex data initiatives.
• Experience integrating multiple enterprise systems and operational data sources.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to bridge technical architecture and business delivery.

Highly Regarded

• Experience with AWS and cloud-based data platforms.
• Large-scale data migration, data warehouse modernisation or Enterprise Data Platform delivery.
• Experience consolidating legacy or fragmented data environments.
• Background in aviation, transport, logistics or other complex operational environments.
• Exposure to real-time data processing, business intelligence and operational analytics.

Why Apply?

• Competitive daily rate: $975-$1,050 per day including superannuation.
• 6-month contract with a leading Australian enterprise.
• Opportunity to lead a high-impact data transformation initiative.
• Work alongside experienced architects, engineers and senior business stakeholders.
• Play a key role in shaping enterprise data capabilities and improving operational decision-making.

Interested?

If you’re a technically strong data leader who enjoys solving complex integration challenges and driving meaningful delivery outcomes, Apply now through SEEK or send your CV directly to Ray at ray.stewart@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

Talent International is searching for an experienced Business Analyst to join a higher education client on an initial 12-month contract.

We’re looking for a process-focused, accredited BA with higher education experience who can analyse complex business processes, work through ambiguity and translate business needs into detailed requirements.

• Higher education // Brisbane // Initial 12-month contract
• Program Planner and Progression Validator project
• Strong focus on business processes, SaaS requirements and gap analysis

About the role

The Program Planner and Progression Validator project will introduce a SaaS product to replace existing manual processes. The solution will help students plan their studies, track progression against program requirements and support checks to confirm eligibility for graduation.

The project is currently in the planning and procurement phase, with preparations underway to approach the market. Working closely with business stakeholders, architects, technology teams and vendors, you will analyse current processes and business rules, define future processes and translate requirements into clear specifications.

As the project progresses, you will assess how the proposed solution meets business needs, identify gaps and help determine the process changes, configuration and integrations required for implementation.

This role requires strong critical thinking, attention to detail and sound judgement. You’ll need to investigate complex requirements, challenge assumptions constructively and build agreement across a university environment.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse current manual processes for program planning, progression validation and graduation checks, identifying business rules, exceptions and opportunities for improvement.
• Map as-is and to-be processes using BPMN and work with stakeholders to agree future ways of working.
• Elicit, validate and document functional, non-functional, technical and integration requirements.
• Translate business requirements into specifications that support SaaS solution evaluation, configuration and implementation.
• Conduct gap analysis between business requirements, existing processes and product capabilities.
• Work with stakeholders, architects and vendors to assess gaps and determine appropriate process, configuration or integration responses.
• Facilitate workshops to clarify complex requirements, resolve competing stakeholder needs and prioritise outcomes.
• Maintain requirements traceability and develop acceptance criteria to support testing and validation.
• Support solution design, UAT, implementation and business readiness as the project progresses.

Skills and experience

• Demonstrated senior business analysis experience within higher education.
• Recognised business analysis accreditation or certification.
• Strong business process analysis, improvement and modelling skills, including BPMN.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to interpret complex business rules and work independently through ambiguity.
• Experience translating business needs into clear functional, non-functional, technical and integration requirements.
• Experience conducting gap analysis and assessing how packaged or SaaS solutions meet business requirements.
• Confident stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation and negotiation skills, including working through competing priorities.
• Excellent written communication and the ability to communicate clearly with business and technical audiences.

Experience in the early planning and discovery phases of a project will be highly regarded, particularly where this has involved SaaS procurement or replacing manual processes. Experience with student management systems, program planning, academic progression or graduation processes would be particularly valuable.

Selection process

The process includes an interview, followed by a practical assessment for successful candidates. The assessment focuses on how you approach a realistic, ambiguous business problem, with an emphasis on reasoning and judgement. It does not require knowledge of a specific university system.

How to apply

Please click Apply to submit your current CV. For further information, contact Jackson Bruce at jackson.bruce@talentinternational.com.