This large government body is seeking an accomplished commercial leader to oversee strategic ICT contracts and vendor performance across a significant enterprise transformation program.

As the Manager, Contract and Vendor Performance you will be accountable for the end-to-end management of complex technology and services contracts, ensuring strong commercial outcomes, disciplined governance, and alignment with transformation priorities.

You will operate at a strategic level, partnering with executive stakeholders and major system integrators to drive performance, manage risk, and deliver sustained value for money.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the management of high-value ICT contracts and strategic supplier relationships
• Drive vendor performance across SLAs, KPIs, financial controls, and risk frameworks
• Lead complex ICT sourcing activities and contract negotiations
• Strengthen contract management and category management capability
• Provide executive reporting on contract health, commercial risk, and supplier performance
• Foster a culture of proactive vendor governance and commercial discipline

About You

• Extensive senior experience managing ICT vendors within large-scale transformation programs
• Proven success working with System Integrators to deliver complex initiatives
• Strong expertise in ICT procurement, commercial negotiation, and contract lifecycle management
• Experience operating within government or highly regulated environments
• Demonstrated leadership capability and ability to influence at executive level
• Strong commercial acumen and performance-based vendor governance experience

This is a critical leadership opportunity to shape commercial strategy and vendor performance within a high-profile transformation agenda, delivering sustainable outcomes for the organisation and the community.

Apply now or email josh.dmonte@talentinternational.com for further information.

This government body is committed to transformation and positive community impact, seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead complex, high-value projects that directly support their strategic priorities.

You’ll join a dynamic Enterprise Transformation division that drives major initiatives across programs, portfolios, and technology operations. This is your chance to deliver projects that not only achieve business objectives but also make a meaningful difference to employees, clients, and the community.

Key activities

• Provide project management expertise to the development and implementation of multiple projects within a program of work and/or projects of a complex nature.
• Partner with executives and senior stakeholders to ensure outcomes are achieved on time, within budget, and to the highest quality.
• Develop governance frameworks, business cases, and strategic recommendations for decision-makers.
• Drive effective communication and engagement strategies across internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentoring to project teams to build capability and foster high performance.

Skills and experience

• Minimum 5-10 years’ experience successfully managing large-scale and complex business transformation projects.
• Proven track record in leading business change initiatives
• Ability to manage scope, time, cost, resources, risk, and procurement in diverse environments.
• Strong relationship-building skills with executives, senior leaders, and external partners.
• Demonstrated experience coaching cross-functional teams and driving results in fast-paced settings.
• PRINCE2 and/or Agile certification.
• Experience within insurance, health, disability, or government sectors will be highly regarded.

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Alistair Barr on 0480 804 583 for a confidential discussion.

This large government body is seeking an experienced a Cloud Engineer – Network to design, build, and support secure, scalable enterprise network solutions across on-premises, Azure, and AWS environments.

In this role you will play a key part in delivering resilient, high-performance network services that support critical business systems and cloud transformation initiatives.

You’ll work closely with architects and engineering teams to translate approved designs into operational solutions, supporting migrations, uplift programs, and ongoing network optimisation across multi-cloud platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise network solutions across on-prem, Azure, and AWS
• Configure and support physical and cloud networking (firewalls, routers, switches, VNets, gateways, load balancers)
• Deliver hybrid and cross-environment connectivity (ExpressRoute, site-to-site and point-to-site VPNs)
• Ensure network solutions meet security, performance, and availability requirements
• Support migrations, upgrades, and continuous improvement initiatives

Skills and experience

• Strong experience in enterprise networking across cloud and on-prem environments
• Hands-on experience with Azure networking including virtual networks and security controls
• Experience with AWS networking constructs
• Strong hands-on experience with physical networking infrastructure, such as routers, firewalls and switching platforms
• Experience using Infrastructure-as-code tools to deploy and manage network infrastructure (Terraform preferred)
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and collaboration skills

Apply now to secure an interview or email josh.dmonte@talentinternational.com for additional information.

This large government body is seeking an experienced Desktop Deployment Engineer to provide onsite, hands-on support during a large-scale Windows 10 to Windows 11 upgrade across their environments.

You’ll play a critical role in ensuring a smooth, user-friendly rollout using Microsoft Autopatch, Intune, and SCCM in a modern, co-managed environment.

Key activities

• Provide onsite technical support to staff during the Windows 11 upgrade program
• Support device upgrades delivered via Windows Autopatch, including pre-upgrade readiness checks and post-upgrade validation
• Troubleshoot upgrade-related issues such as application compatibility, performance, user profiles, and device compliance
• Assist users with post-upgrade familiarisation, answering common Windows 11 usability questions
• Log, track, and manage incidents and service requests through ServiceNow
• Work closely with IT teams, project managers, and business stakeholders to coordinate deployment activities
• Identify, document, and escalate issues related to Autopatch, Intune, SCCM, or update failures

Experience & skills

• Proven experience supporting endpoint deployment or OS upgrade projects
• Strong knowledge of Windows 10 and Windows 11 in enterprise environments
• Experience with Microsoft Intune, Windows Autopatch, and modern endpoint management (preferred)
• Working knowledge of SCCM / MECM in co-managed environments
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting update failures, driver issues, performance, and application compatibility
• Experience using ServiceNow or similar ITSM tools
• Understanding of Active Directory, Entra ID, and managed corporate devices

Apply now to secure an interview or email alistair.barr@talentinternational.com for additional information.