An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Engineering Lead to lead a team of nine engineers delivering an AI-enabled automated patching and remediation capability across a large enterprise microservices environment.

You’ll lead the initial pilot before scaling the solution across 250+ Java/Spring Boot APIs, combining hands-on engineering leadership with AI-assisted development, automated testing, vulnerability remediation and modern DevOps practices.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong Engineering Lead who wants to work at the intersection of AI, Java/Spring Boot, API engineering and automation.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead a team of nine engineers delivering an automated API patching factory.
• Drive AI-first engineering practices across development, testing, code review and documentation.
• Scale automated patching and remediation across 250+ microservice APIs.
• Build reusable regression testing and automated quality frameworks.
• Automate Spring Boot dependency and security patching using Renovate.
• Lead remaining Spring Boot 3 to Spring Boot 4 migrations.
• Establish engineering standards across development, testing, security and CI/CD.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across Java, Spring Boot, APIs, AI and automation.
• Mentor engineers and work closely with architecture, SRE, testing and delivery teams.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong Engineering Lead / Technical Lead experience in complex enterprise environments.
• Deep hands-on Java and Spring Boot expertise.
• Strong microservices, REST API and integration experience.
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-based microservice environments.
• Practical experience using AI coding assistants throughout the software engineering lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of automated testing, CI/CD, DevOps and observability.
• Experience with event streaming and real-time integration.
• Strong technical design capability and experience establishing engineering standards.
• Experience with Renovate, automated dependency management or vulnerability remediation would be highly regarded.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to lead both onshore and offshore engineering teams.

Contract Details

• Contract: 6 months
• Location: Brisbane / Southbank
• Rate: $950-$982 per day including super
• Environment: Large-scale enterprise integration and microservices environment
• Scope: Lead a team of nine engineers across an estate of 250+ APIs

Benefits

• Lead a highly visible AI-first engineering and automation initiative.
• Take technical ownership of a large-scale 250+ API ecosystem.
• Work hands-on with Java, Spring Boot, AI-assisted engineering and automation.
• Lead and mentor an experienced engineering team.
• Drive modern engineering standards across testing, security, CI/CD and API development.
• Work on a program with tangible outcomes across security remediation, automation, and software quality.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a technically challenging initiative focused on automating the security, maintenance and quality of a large enterprise API environment.

If you’re a hands-on Engineering Lead with strong Java/Spring Boot foundations who is genuinely using AI and automation to improve software engineering at scale,

Apply now or reach out to ray.stewart@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

Location: Brisbane, CBD.

Rate: $125 per hour inc super

Duration: 4 months + extensions to 2028

The Role

You will play a key role in developing and improving Power BI reporting and dashboards, supporting data modelling and governance, and ensuring data is accurate, consistent and fit for purpose.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Analyse data from multiple sources to identify trends, patterns, risks and actionable business insights.
• Design, develop and maintain Power BI dashboards, reports, visualisations, metrics and performance measures.
• Engage with stakeholders to understand operational, intelligence, reporting and analytical requirements.
• Translate business requirements into clear data and reporting specifications for technical teams.
• Validate and improve data quality, accuracy, completeness and consistency.
• Work alongside Data Architects and Data Engineers to improve data governance and usability.
• Support UAT, report validation and implementation activities.
• Analyse intelligence, safeguarding, operational and regulatory data to identify emerging trends and risks.
• Present analytical findings and insights to business stakeholders through reporting, visualisations and presentations.
• Support continuous improvement and data literacy across the organisation.

About You

To be successful, you will bring demonstrated experience across data analysis, business intelligence, reporting and analytics, with particularly strong Power BI capabilities.

Ideally, you will have:

• Moderate to advanced Power BI experience.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Strong experience with DAX, Power Query and SQL.
• Experience working with Microsoft Fabric, including semantic models, Dataflows and Lakehouse concepts.
• Experience with Databricks and Spark SQL, particularly processing and transforming large datasets for Power BI reporting.
• Experience implementing Row-Level Security (RLS) within Power BI.
• Strong data modelling, transformation and visualisation capabilities.
• Experience working with business stakeholders to translate requirements into reporting and analytics solutions.
• Understanding of data quality, governance and business intelligence practices.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and deliver quality outcomes with minimal direction.

If this opportunity sounds like the right fit for you, please apply now or contact Anika on anika.starkey@talentinternational.com

About the client

Our client is a Queensland Government organisation delivering a major technology program that will support important services for Queenslanders.

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Procurement Officer to provide procurement, commercial and contract management support across a large-scale ICT program. You will work closely with project managers, business stakeholders, suppliers and procurement teams to ensure procurements are compliant, commercially sound and deliver value for money.

Initial contract until February 2027, with likely extension through to February 2028.

What’s in it for you?

• Long-term contract supporting a significant Queensland Government ICT program
• Broad end-to-end procurement and contract management exposure
• Brisbane hybrid working arrangement

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate procurement activities including RFQs, tenders, evaluations, contract establishment and variations
• Provide procurement, commercial and contract management advice to project teams and stakeholders
• Support vendor negotiations, contract renewals, extensions and procurement planning
• Monitor contract obligations, milestones, deliverables, supplier performance and service levels
• Track expenditure, financial commitments, invoices and forecasts
• Prepare procurement documentation, governance papers, reports and briefing materials
• Identify and manage procurement and contract risks
• Maintain complete and auditable procurement and contract records
• Support continuous improvement across procurement processes and governance practices

Requirements

• Experience in procurement, contract management, commercial support or project administration
• Government or highly regulated procurement experience is highly regarded
• Strong understanding of procurement processes, contract management, supplier performance and commercial governance
• Experience supporting end-to-end procurement activities, including evaluation and contract administration
• Ability to interpret contract terms and monitor supplier obligations
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and organisational skills
• ICT, digital transformation or professional services procurement experience is advantageous
• Procurement Certification Level 3 or relevant qualifications are desirable

About the client

Our client is a well-established public-sector organisation delivering essential administrative and support services within Queensland.

About the role

This is a hands-on finance position sitting between a transactional Finance Officer and Senior Finance Officer. You will support accurate, timely financial operations while working closely with internal stakeholders to resolve queries and maintain strong financial controls.

Responsibilities

• Process Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable transactions, including payment runs, invoices, purchase orders and debtor follow-up
• Review and process employee expense claims and reimbursements using ExpenseMe
• Use TechnologyOne to process financial transactions, maintain records and assist with reporting
• Complete bank, general-ledger and other account reconciliations
• Assist with month-end activities, including journals, accruals, coding and financial-data analysis
• Respond to finance queries and provide guidance on financial policies, processes and approvals
• Support continuous improvement across finance procedures and systems

What’s in it for you?

• Join a highly regarded public-sector environment in Brisbane CBD
• Work in a broad, hands-on finance role with real ownership across core processes
• Build further exposure across TechnologyOne, ExpenseMe and government finance operations

Requirements

• Previous Queensland State Government finance experience is highly desirable
• Demonstrated TechnologyOne and ExpenseMe experience is essential
• Strong AP/AR, reconciliations, journals and month-end finance-support experience
• Confidence using Excel and finance systems to analyse and maintain accurate data
• Strong attention to detail, communication skills and ability to manage competing priorities

Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We’re partnering with a major enterprise organisation seeking an experienced Technical Business Analyst to support the delivery of AI-enabled products and intelligent automation initiatives.

This role is suited to a technically strong BA who has experience contributing to digital product development and can work effectively across business and engineering teams.

You’ll help drive the adoption and optimisation of AI tooling including Codex, while contributing to chatbot development, AI-assisted workflows, and automation initiatives focused on improving requirements gathering, analysis, and delivery outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver AI-driven business and process improvement initiatives
• Enhance and optimise AI tooling and developer productivity platforms
• Support chatbot and conversational AI solutions
• Improve BA and delivery processes using AI-enabled approaches
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and product teams

Skills & Experience

• Strong experience as a Business Analyst within enterprise environments
• Technical background in software development or product delivery
• Experience working with AI tools, LLMs, automation, or developer platforms
• Strong Agile delivery experience
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to operate across both technical and business teams

Contract Details & Benefits

• Initial 6 month contract with strong likelihood of 6 month extension
• Competitive daily rate of $950-$1,000 per day incl. super
• Hybrid working environment based in Brisbane
• Opportunity to work on enterprise-scale AI transformation initiatives
• Exposure to cutting-edge AI tooling and innovation programs
• High-performing and collaborative delivery environment

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape how AI enhances product delivery, business analysis, and enterprise capability at scale apply now or reach out to ray.stewart@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion

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

We’re looking for someone who can take ownership of complex business problems, work confidently through ambiguity and translate business needs into clear requirements and practical solutions.

• University Sector // Long-term contract
• Lead analysis from initial discovery through to implementation
• Strong focus on problem solving, stakeholder engagement and solution design

About the role

Working closely with business stakeholders, architects, developers and technology teams, you will lead analysis across the project lifecycle. This includes defining problems and scope, assessing solution options, documenting requirements and supporting successful implementation.

The client places a strong emphasis on critical thinking, initiative and sound judgement. You’ll need to confidently challenge assumptions, identify what needs investigating and communicate clear recommendations to different audiences.

Key responsibilities

• Independently investigate business problems, identify root causes and define scope, objectives and intended benefits.
• Elicit and document functional, non-functional, technical and integration requirements.
• Map as-is and to-be business processes and recommend improvements.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops to clarify, validate and prioritise requirements.
• Assess solution options, feasibility, risks, dependencies and impacts.
• Develop clear specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria and requirements traceability.
• Support solution design, testing, UAT, implementation and business readiness.
• Present analysis and recommendations to business, technical and senior executive stakeholders.

Skills and experience

• Demonstrated BA experience within large or complex organisations.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to work independently through unclear or evolving requirements.
• Experience translating business needs into functional, non-functional, technical and integration specifications.
• Strong process mapping skills, including BPMN.
• Confident stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation and written communication.
• Experience supporting projects from discovery through to implementation.
• BA qualifications, BPMN certification, Jira/Confluence, Agile or hybrid delivery and formal ICT governance experience will be highly regarded.

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. No knowledge of a specific university system is required.

How to apply

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

Location: Brisbane CBD, 4000

Duration: 4 months with extensions

Rate: $156.88 per hr inc super // $1,255.11 per day inc super (based on 8 hours)

Talent is currently seeking a IT Stakeholder Engagement Manager to join a large Queensland Government based Department based in Brisbane, CBD.

This is a senior engagement role responsible for acting as the key connection between technology teams, business stakeholders and executive leadership. You will build trusted relationships across the organisation, understand business priorities and ensure stakeholder needs are effectively represented throughout the technology delivery lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior business leaders, executives and key stakeholders.
• Act as a primary liaison between ICT program teams and business functions.
• Partner with business leaders to understand strategic priorities, operational challenges and technology requirements.
• Develop and deliver stakeholder engagement and communication strategies.
• Facilitate governance forums, steering committees, workshops and executive briefings.
• Identify stakeholder impacts, concerns and resistance and develop appropriate engagement strategies.
• Proactively manage stakeholder issues and escalations and facilitate resolution between competing business and technical priorities.
• Work closely with Change Management and business teams to support business readiness and technology adoption.
• Monitor stakeholder satisfaction and adoption outcomes.
• Provide executive-level communications and briefings regarding key issues, risks and stakeholder concerns.
• Continuously improve stakeholder engagement, governance and communication practices.

About You

To be successful, you will bring:

• Significant experience in stakeholder engagement, business relationship management, technology delivery or program environments.
• Demonstrated experience working within large and complex digital transformation programs.
• Strong executive-level stakeholder management and relationship-building capability.
• Ability to establish credibility and trust across both business and technology teams.
• Experience developing and executing stakeholder engagement and communication strategies.
• Strong facilitation skills across workshops, governance forums, steering committees and executive briefings.
• Experience navigating complex stakeholder issues, competing priorities and escalations.
• Understanding of organisational change, business readiness and technology adoption.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex technology matters to senior non-technical audiences.

Highly Desirable

• Experience working within Queensland Government or another large public-sector digital transformation environment would be highly regarded.
• Agile or PRINCE2 certification and a recognised Change Management qualification such as Prosci or equivalent would also be advantageous

If this opportunity sounds like the right fit for you, please apply now or contact Anika anika.starkey@talentinternational.com

Join a major enterprise technology transformation and help modernise critical business applications within one of Australia’s largest and most sophisticated technology environments.

We’re seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer with strong Java and React expertise to contribute to a long-term application modernisation program. You’ll join a collaborative Agile team focused on building secure, scalable, cloud-ready applications while uplifting legacy platforms to improve performance, resilience and maintainability.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on a significant enterprise transformation, leveraging modern technologies, contemporary engineering practices and a strong culture of technical excellence.

The Role

You’ll play a key role in designing, developing and enhancing enterprise applications across both frontend and backend technologies. Working alongside architects, engineers and product teams, you’ll help deliver high-quality software while driving application modernisation and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain enterprise applications using Java and React.
• Build and enhance RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Modernise legacy applications using contemporary engineering practices.
• Develop responsive, intuitive user interfaces.
• Produce clean, maintainable and well-tested code.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional Agile teams.
• Participate in code reviews, sprint ceremonies and technical discussions.

About You

You’ll bring:

• Strong commercial experience with Java (11/17+) and Spring Boot.
• Proven experience developing applications using React, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML and CSS.
• Experience building REST APIs and microservices.
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture and design principles.
• Experience with SQL databases.
• Exposure to AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and Git.
• Experience working within Agile delivery teams.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Desirable Experience

• Application modernisation or legacy uplift projects.
• DevSecOps or enterprise security initiatives.
• NoSQL databases.
• Secure software development practices (OWASP).

Contract Details

• 12-month contract
• Up to $982 per day inclusive of super
• Ground breaking AI project
• Hybrid working arrangement

If you’re looking to contribute to a large-scale enterprise transformation while working with modern technologies and a high-performing engineering team, apply now or reach out to ray.stewart@talentinternational.com

• 12 Month Contract
• $900 Per Day
• Brisbane Based

This role has a strong focus on SharePoint Online, Microsoft 365 and Entra ID, alongside broader infrastructure and networking support within a hybrid cloud environment. The position will suit someone who is hands-on, comfortable owning the Microsoft 365 environment, and able to work across both administration and continuous improvement initiatives.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll take an active role in supporting and maintaining our network and infrastructure environment, including:

• Administer and support the Microsoft 365 environment, including SharePoint Online, Teams, OneDrive, Exchange Online and Microsoft Purview.
• Develop and maintain SharePoint Online sites, permissions, document libraries and document management structures.
• Support SharePoint governance, information management and collaboration standards.
• Administer Microsoft Entra ID, including users/groups, RBAC, MFA, Conditional Access and SSO.
• Support Microsoft 365 security, compliance, retention and data protection initiatives.
• Manage tenant configuration, licensing and general Microsoft 365 administration.
• Optimise Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive collaboration across the business.
• Troubleshoot Microsoft 365, SharePoint, identity and access-related issues.
• Provide general infrastructure and networking support across LAN/WAN, VPN, DNS, DHCP, VLANs and wireless environments.
• Maintain technical documentation and contribute to ongoing infrastructure and security improvements

What we’re looking for

We’re particularly interested in candidates with:

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft 365 administration.
• Strong SharePoint Online administration experience, including sites, permissions, document libraries and governance.
• Experience administering Microsoft Entra ID and identity/access controls.
• Knowledge of Teams, OneDrive, Exchange Online and Microsoft Purview.
• Understanding of Microsoft 365 security, compliance and information governance.
• Experience working across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
• General networking knowledge, ideally across Ubiquiti and/or Cisco environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation and communication skills.

You’ll suit this role if you enjoy being hands-on, can methodically troubleshoot complex technical issues and are comfortable taking ownership of infrastructure problems through to resolution.

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

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Senior Business Analyst to join a leading Australian organisation on a 12-month contract, delivering a range of digital, commercial and customer-focused initiatives.

We’re looking for a senior BA who can do more than simply gather requirements. You’ll be someone who thinks ahead, takes initiative and proactively drives outcomes, while working closely with business, digital, technology and external partners.

The Role

You’ll work across multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment, taking ownership of analysis from discovery and requirements gathering through to delivery and testing.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead requirements gathering, analysis and documentation.
• Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions and stakeholder meetings.
• Develop user stories, business requirements and process maps.
• Analyse current and future-state processes and identify improvements.
• Work across both Agile and Waterfall delivery environments.
• Partner with digital, technology, business teams and external vendors.
• Support testing and implementation activities.
• Proactively identify gaps, risks and dependencies and help drive solutions forward.

About You

We’re looking for someone with:

• Experience delivering digital, commercial or customer-facing projects.
• Excellent requirements gathering and workshop facilitation skills.
• Strong process mapping and documentation capability.
• Experience across Agile and Waterfall environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• A proactive, self-directed approach and willingness to take ownership.
• The ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A collaborative, team-focused mindset.
• Airline, aviation or travel industry experience is highly desirable.

If you’re passionate about delivering outstanding digital experiences and enjoy working on innovative technology projects, apply now or reach out to ray.stewart@talentinternational.com

We’re looking for an experienced Data Engineer with strong, hands-on Databricks experience to join a modern cloud and AI-focused data environment.

Databricks is a mandatory requirement for this role. We’re particularly interested in engineers who have spent several years building and optimising production data solutions on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform, rather than candidates with limited or incidental exposure.

The Role

You’ll work across modern data engineering and cloud integration initiatives, designing scalable data solutions using Databricks, AWS, Python, SQL and PySpark.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and optimise Databricks data pipelines and Lakehouse solutions
• Develop scalable ingestion, transformation and orchestration workflows
• Design and deliver cloud-native data integrations across AWS
• Work extensively with Python, SQL, Spark/PySpark
• Improve data performance, quality, security and governance
• Support AI-enabled data and integration initiatives
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture and business teams
• Contribute to engineering standards, automation and best practices

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years’ Data Engineering experience
• Strong commercial, hands-on Databricks experience – mandatory
• Proven experience building and optimising production Databricks pipelines
• Strong understanding of the Databricks Lakehouse Platform
• Strong Spark/PySpark, Python and SQL
• Strong AWS experience across services such as S3, Glue, Lambda, Athena, Redshift, IAM and API Gateway
• Experience with cloud-native data integration and orchestration
• Understanding of APIs and modern integration patterns
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Experience with Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Medallion Architecture, Terraform/CloudFormation, CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes or AI development tools would be highly regarded. This is a 6 month contract with strong possibility for an extension paying $950 – $1000 per day inc super.

If you’re a hands-on Databricks Data Engineer with strong AWS experience and want to work across modern cloud, data and AI initiatives, apply now or contact ray.stewart@talentinternational.com

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Business Analyst to join a major Australian organisation delivering customer-facing digital initiatives across its travel and loyalty portfolio.

Working within the Customer and Loyalty stream, you will help shape digital experiences that support how customers research, book, manage and engage with travel products and loyalty services.

This is a highly visible role operating across business, product and technology. You will bring structure to complex initiatives, translate customer and commercial needs into clear delivery requirements, and ensure proposed solutions are practical, testable and aligned with the intended business outcomes.

The Opportunity

You will provide end-to-end Business Analysis support across a portfolio of concurrent digital initiatives.

Beginning with discovery, you will work with stakeholders to understand the underlying problem, customer need and commercial objective. You will then translate these findings into well-defined processes, requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria for delivery teams.

The role requires more than requirements documentation. You will be expected to analyse customer journeys, business processes, data needs, system interactions and dependencies while supporting delivery through design, development, testing and implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and requirements elicitation across customer-facing digital initiatives.
• Facilitate workshops with product, commercial, operational and technology stakeholders.
• Analyse current-state customer journeys, business processes and system interactions.
• Define future-state processes and identify opportunities to simplify or improve the customer experience.
• Translate business needs into clear functional requirements, non-functional requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Document business rules, process flows, system dependencies, data requirements and exception scenarios.
• Work with product owners to structure, refine and prioritise the delivery backlog.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, designers and testers to clarify requirements and support solution development.
• Identify scope gaps, delivery risks, assumptions, constraints and cross-project dependencies.
• Assess the business and customer impact of proposed solution or requirement changes.

About You

You are a commercially aware and technically capable Business Analyst with experience delivering digital products or customer-facing technology initiatives.

You can move comfortably between customer needs, business processes and technical delivery detail. You ask the right questions, identify ambiguity early and produce requirements that give delivery teams the clarity required to progress confidently.

Required Experience

• Demonstrated Business Analysis experience within complex digital or technology delivery environments.
• Strong experience supporting customer-facing or commercially focused digital initiatives.
• Proven capability across discovery, requirements analysis, solution validation, testing and implementation.
• Experience defining functional and non-functional requirements.
• Strong user story, acceptance criteria and business process documentation skills.
• Experience analysing customer journeys, business rules, data flows and system interactions.
• Ability to translate between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams.
• Experience working with product owners, architects, engineers, designers and testers.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery, backlog refinement and iterative development.
• Excellent workshop facilitation, stakeholder engagement and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-moving delivery portfolio.

Why Apply?

• Work on high-profile digital initiatives that directly influence the customer experience.
• Join a major Australian organisation with a large and diverse customer base.
• Gain exposure across customer, travel, loyalty and commercial products.
• Collaborate with experienced product, business and technology professionals.
• Secure an initial 6-month contract possibility to extend at $900-$943 per day including super.

If you are an experienced Business Analyst who can connect customer and commercial objectives with clear, technically achievable requirements, Apply now or reach out to ray.stewart@talentinternational.com