Machine Learning Engineer – AWS / DevOps / AI Platforms

APS6 equivalent | Federal Government

• 12-month contract + potential 12-month extension

• Hybrid working arrangements

• Australian citizenship required

• Must be able to obtain NV1 security clearance

We’re seeking an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to build and support the cloud infrastructure and engineering platforms behind AI, machine learning and data science products.

This role has a strong AWS cloud engineering and DevOps focus. You’ll work with multidisciplinary teams to move solutions from proof of concept through to production, supporting generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), automation and analytical applications.

What you’ll do

• Design, build and maintain AWS infrastructure across development, testing and production environments.

• Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, AWS CDK or CloudFormation.

• Develop CI/CD pipelines covering build, testing, security scanning and deployment.

• Deploy and support containerised applications using Docker, Kubernetes and Amazon EKS.

• Manage cloud networking, IAM, compute, storage, application configuration and secrets.

• Implement monitoring, logging, dashboards and alerting to improve platform reliability.

• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment and operational issues, including root cause analysis.

• Support security hardening, vulnerability remediation and cloud governance requirements.

• Contribute to MLOps and LLMOps capabilities for model deployment, evaluation, monitoring and lifecycle management.

• Develop operational runbooks, technical documentation and reusable deployment patterns.

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrated experience designing, deploying and supporting AWS cloud solutions.

• Strong experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.

• Hands-on Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation or equivalent.

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, preferably Amazon EKS.

• Experience implementing monitoring, logging and observability for cloud applications and platforms.

• Strong troubleshooting skills across complex infrastructure, deployment and operational environments.

• The ability to collaborate with data scientists, AI engineers, software engineers and business stakeholders.

Highly regarded

• Experience supporting AI, machine learning or data science platforms.

• Knowledge of MLOps, LLMOps, model deployment and monitoring.

• Familiarity with Amazon Bedrock, generative AI or RAG solutions.

• Experience with cloud security controls, IAM, secrets management and compliance automation.

Eligibility and working arrangements

Applicants must be Australian citizens and able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1 (NV1) security clearance. Evidence of citizenship will be required during pre-engagement checks.

Hybrid working arrangements are available.

To apply, please submit your CV highlighting your AWS, DevOps and platform engineering experience.

Delivery Manager – Agile / Enterprise Financial Platforms

EL1 equivalent | Federal Government

• 12-month contract + potential 12-month extension

• Hybrid working: minimum 3 days onsite each week

• Australian citizenship required

• Must be able to obtain Baseline security clearance

We’re seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to lead multiple scrum teams and support the delivery of complex ICT projects within a large Federal Government organisation.

You’ll bring strong Agile and SAFe delivery experience, alongside a background in technical implementations involving enterprise financial platforms. Working closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts and technical teams, you’ll coordinate delivery, manage risks and dependencies, and help teams improve their Agile practices.

What you’ll do

• Facilitate multiple scrum teams, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives.

• Manage project scope, timelines and release planning in line with organisational commitments.

• Support Product Owners to develop and prioritise backlogs, manage new requests and remove delivery barriers.

• Collaborate with Business Analysts to ensure user stories are ready for upcoming sprints.

• Coach teams in Agile frameworks and scrum practices, improving maturity and accountability.

• Manage delivery risks, issues and dependencies, escalating concerns when required.

• Oversee project governance, stage gates and reporting.

• Build strong relationships across business, design and technical teams.

What you’ll bring

• At least 3 years’ experience delivering complex projects using Agile and SAFe methodologies within large programs.

• Experience leading technical implementations involving enterprise financial platforms.

• Experience coordinating multiple scrum teams and supporting sprint and release planning.

• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and teamwork skills.

• The ability to manage competing priorities, remain calm under pressure and adapt to changing requirements.

• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence and other project management tools.

Highly regarded

• Experience delivering large-scale ICT transformation within an Australian Government environment.

• Experience managing projects involving large-scale claims, data or financial platforms.

• Tertiary qualifications or recognised certifications in Management, Project Management or a related discipline.

Eligibility and working arrangements

Applicants must be Australian citizens and able to obtain Baseline security clearance. Evidence of citizenship will be required during pre-engagement checks.

Hybrid arrangements are subject to agreement with the line manager, with a minimum of 3 days per week onsite.

Rates will reflect the successful candidate’s skills and experience and may be negotiated during the selection process.

To apply, please submit your CV highlighting your Agile/SAFe delivery experience and enterprise financial platform implementations.

Lead Domain Architect – Finance / ERP

12-month contract + potential 12-month extension
EL2 equivalent | Hybrid – minimum 3 days onsite per week

We’re seeking a Lead Domain Architect to provide strategic architectural leadership across the finance domain within a federal government agency.

You’ll shape the domain architecture, target state and transition roadmap, ensuring finance and ERP investments align with business priorities and enterprise architecture standards.

What you’ll do:

• Develop and maintain finance domain architecture and strategic roadmaps.

• Guide solution design across multiple programs, systems and delivery teams.

• Establish architecture principles, patterns, standards and governance.

• Review solution designs, manage dependencies and resolve complex architectural issues.

• Advise executives on technology investments, risks and delivery priorities.

• Provide leadership and mentoring to architects and technical specialists.

What you’ll bring:

• 8+ years’ experience designing and delivering complex finance and/or ERP solutions.

• At least 3 years at principal architect, EL2 or equivalent senior level, or relevant industry experience.

• Strong experience translating business strategy into domain architecture and technology roadmaps.

• Expertise in architecture governance, standards and design assurance.

• A strong understanding of financial management processes, regulatory requirements, audit and compliance.

• Proven ability to influence senior executives and align technical and business stakeholders.

Government architecture experience, major cloud transformation delivery, and relevant qualifications or certifications such as TOGAF, AWS or Azure will be highly regarded.

Security clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline.

Application Support Analyst – SAP / Salesforce

12-month contract + potential 12-month extension
Hybrid: 3 days onsite per week

We’re seeking an Application Support Analyst to support business applications across SAP or Salesforce within a federal government organisation.

You’ll investigate and resolve application incidents, collaborate with business users and technical teams, and assist with testing and software releases.

What you’ll do:

• Investigate, triage and resolve Level 2 incidents and service requests using ITIL practices.

• Determine whether issues relate to system functionality or operational business rules.

• Work with internal teams and external vendors to resolve issues and manage escalations.

• Replicate issues and support system testing, UAT and release activities.

• Analyse data in Excel to identify trends and support reporting.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience supporting SAP or Salesforce applications.

• Experience using an ITSM tool and applying ITIL incident management processes.

• Strong troubleshooting, communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Excel analysis and reporting skills are highly regarded.

• An understanding of accessibility and inclusive digital services is desirable.

Eligibility requirements:

• Australian citizenship and active Baseline security clearance are required.

• Ability to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1 (NV1) clearance.

Interested? Apply with your updated CV. Shortlisted candidates will need to provide a one-page pitch addressing the selection criteria.

Our client:
Our client is a leading national organisation connecting communities and businesses across Australia. They are seeking an experienced Executive Assistant to support three GMs within their Community, Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement function.

The role:
Provide proactive executive support across busy schedules, competing priorities and stakeholder requests. You’ll work closely with senior leaders and external partners, using sound judgement and clear, confident communication to keep day-to-day activities running smoothly.

Key responsibilities:

• Manage complex diaries, calendars and meeting arrangements across three senior leaders.

• Coordinate executive travel, events and meeting logistics.

• Prepare correspondence, presentations, reports, agendas and minutes.

• Liaise professionally with internal stakeholders and external partners.

• Process invoices, purchase orders and expense reconciliations.

• Manage confidential information, team communications and follow-up actions.

Skills and experience:

• Proven EA experience supporting senior leaders in a complex, fast-paced organisation.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, with a direct, firm and concise approach.

• Strong organisation skills and confidence managing conflicting priorities.

• Ability to work independently, anticipate needs and exercise discretion.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; SharePoint and SAP experience would be advantageous.

Benefits and additional information:

• 6 – 12 week contract opportunity.

• Based in Redfern, with 3-5 days onsite required.

• No travel required of the Executive Assistant.

• Must be available to start within the next two weeks.

• Scheduled Christmas shutdown from 21 December 2026 to 15 January 2027, during which leave will be required.

• One virtual interview with a GM and the Executive Manager.

• Pre-employment police, background, drug, alcohol and medical checks are required.

How to apply:
If you’re an experienced Executive Assistant available to start within two weeks, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now with your current CV or contact Sienna at sienna.coatethompson@talentinternational.com for more information.

• Location: Sydney (4 days in office, 1-day WFH & half day – 1pm finish)
• Reports to: Technical Operations Director, APAC
• Department: Global Technical Operations
• Salary: $165,000 + super + annual bonus

The Opportunity:

A leading music organisation is now growing their Global Technical Operations hub in Sydney and looking for a Service Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join their team.

This is more than a traditional ops role – it’s an opportunity to bring a software engineering mindset to reliability, automation, and scalability in a global, high-impact environment.

What You’ll Do:

You’ll join a collaborative, hands-on team responsible for the stability, performance, and scalability of global platforms. Working closely with development, infrastructure, and security teams, you’ll help build a resilient environment that keeps music flowing – from studio tools to streaming systems.

• Design and maintain high-availability, high-performance systems for global applications.
• Automate everything – from infrastructure provisioning to deployment and scaling – using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Python.
• Build robust monitoring and observability frameworks with AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve reliability and deployment speed.
• Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot incidents, and lead post-incident reviews.
• Champion SRE principles – embed SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets into everyday engineering.
• Collaborate across Dev, Infra, and Security teams to create a culture of continuous improvement and reliability.

About You

You’re a technically strong and level-headed engineer who loves automation, thrives in complex environments, and knows how to balance pragmatism with perfection.

• Background in systems administration (Linux/Windows) in a large-scale environment.
• Proficient in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or Java).
• Hands-on experience with AWS (GCP or Azure a bonus).
• Deep understanding of networking, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Calm, collaborative communicator with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience with ServiceNow or ITIL processes.
• Knowledge of chaos engineering, resilience testing, or advanced capacity planning.
• Previous experience managing distributed, global systems in production.

Culture & Perks

• Annual bonus $
• Global collaboration and career growth opportunities

We’re working with a major financial services organisation looking for a Senior Experience Designer to improve the platforms its staff use every day.

The focus is on internal systems, CRM and staff workflows. You’ll need experience designing for employees working through complex processes, with examples that go beyond customer-facing websites and apps.

Requirements:

Working alongside designers, product owners, BAs and delivery teams, you’ll:

• Speak with staff to understand how they work and where existing systems cause problems.

• Turn research findings into designs and prototypes, then test and refine them with users.

• Simplify workflows across CRM and internal applications.

• Run workshops to work through requirements and agree on design decisions.

• Work within an enterprise design system and contribute improvements.

• Stay involved through delivery, balancing usability with business and technical requirements.

Requirements:

• 6-8 years of experience in UX, product or experience design.

• Banking or financial services experience – Preferred

• Hands-on design experience with internal platforms, CRM systems or back-office applications.

• Strong research, prototyping and usability testing skills.

• Confidence working with business stakeholders and technical teams.

• A portfolio showing your role in solving complex design problems and the outcomes achieved.

If you are interested in this role and have all skills mentioned above, please click “APPLY”

Talent International is currently recruiting for an APS6 Planner to work for one of our Federal Government clients at Parramatta. The position is a 12 months contract with the possibility of extension. The role pays $61.86 per hour + Super.

7.6 hours per day and 38 hours per week

Key responsibilities

• Gather and assess information to identify risks associated with complex and sensitive participant circumstances.
• Facilitate discussions to provide support and guidance on complex safeguarding issues.
• Provide clear written and verbal safeguarding advice to address complex problems.
• Guide staff on available supports, options, education and pathways for participants requiring safeguarding interventions.
• Work directly with participants requiring urgent and short-term safeguarding interventions under a case management model.
• Exercise initiative and sound judgement to interpret and apply legislation, policies, practices and procedures.
• Collaborate with colleagues and contribute specialised knowledge within your areas of expertise.
• Coach and mentor staff, supporting the monitoring of team capacity and workflow.
• Contribute to and lead quality improvement activities to strengthen service delivery practices, processes and systems.

Essential skills and experience

• Ability to assess complex and sensitive information, identify key risks and develop evidence-based safeguarding advice and recommendations.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear, concise and well-reasoned advice.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills.
• Sound judgement and the ability to develop recommendations within legislative, policy and procedural frameworks.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and varied tasks while delivering quality outcomes.

Desirable skills and experience

• Knowledge of the disability services legislative and operating environment, including participant safeguarding principles and risk management practices.
• Experience contributing to operational guidance, procedures, frameworks or training materials.

If you are interested in this role, please APPLY NOW by submitting your resume in MS Word Format. For further information, you may contact Uvez Ahmed on 0480 806 154 / uvez.ahmed@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

Complaints Specialist | Aviation Industry | Sydney

8 Month Fixed Term Contract |Base Salary + 14% Super | Hybrid Working

An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Complaints Specialist to join a leading organisation within Australia’s aviation industry.

Based in Sydney, this 8 month fixed term contract will see you play a key role in managing community complaints and enquiries relating to aviation operations, delivering exceptional customer service while navigating complex and sensitive matters.

This position is ideal for someone who combines aviation industry knowledge with strong complaints handling, investigation and stakeholder engagement skills, and enjoys finding solutions in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.

The Opportunity

As a Complaints Specialist, you will be responsible for assessing, investigating and responding to enquiries and complaints from members of the public. You’ll work closely with internal stakeholders to interpret technical information, manage expectations and ensure responses are accurate, professional and timely.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing incoming complaints and enquiries relating to aircraft noise, flight paths and aviation operations.

• Conducting initial investigations, gathering relevant information and determining appropriate resolutions.

• Translating complex aviation and technical information into clear, customer-friendly communications.

• Managing sensitive and challenging conversations with empathy, professionalism and confidence.

• Assessing and prioritising complaints, identifying potential risks and escalating complex matters where appropriate.

• Maintaining accurate records of complaints, investigations and outcomes.

• Preparing high-quality written responses and contributing to reporting activities.

• Collaborating with internal teams and stakeholders to ensure effective complaint resolution.

• Identifying opportunities to improve complaint handling processes and customer outcomes.

About You

We are looking for a confident communicator who thrives in a customer-facing environment and can balance empathy with sound judgement.

To be successful, you will bring:

• Previous experience within the aviation industry, ideally across airport operations, airline customer service, aviation administration or similar environments.

• Strong customer service experience, including managing complex or sensitive enquiries.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

• Demonstrated ability to handle challenging conversations, de-escalate situations and manage customer expectations.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail.

• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver accurate outcomes under pressure.

• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.

• Australian Citizenship or Permanent Residency.

Highly regarded:

• Experience in complaints management, investigations, dispute resolution or case management.

• Experience working in high-volume contact centres or customer-facing operational environments.

• Exposure to regulatory, government or community engagement environments.

• Understanding of aircraft operations, flight paths, aviation noise or air traffic management.

• Experience preparing formal written responses and investigating complex customer matters.

What’s on Offer?

• 8 month fixed term contract with a leading organisation in the aviation industry.

• Competitive salary of Base salary + 14% superannuation.

• Sydney-based opportunity with hybrid working arrangements.

• Initial onsite training and onboarding before transitioning to a hybrid working model.

• Opportunity to work on meaningful issues impacting communities across Australia.

• Collaborative and supportive team environment.

Interested?

If you have a background in aviation and a passion for delivering exceptional customer outcomes, we’d love to hear from you.

Enterprise Architect | 12-Month Contract | Darlington, NSW

• Contribute to strategic technology initiatives and digital transformation.
• Provide enterprise architecture advice and solution assurance.
• Shape technology road-maps, governance and investment decisions.

We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect for a 12-month contract based in Darlington, NSW. Joining an established ICT architecture team, you will support business-as-usual activities and project delivery, ensuring technology solutions align with organisational priorities and long-term digital strategy.

This opportunity suits a strategic thinker who can translate complex business needs into practical architecture guidance and work closely with stakeholders to support informed decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Guide user-centred design to deliver a cohesive and optimised experience across IT platforms and services.
• Develop technology solutions aligned with business operations and digital strategic objectives.
• Guide IT project planning and delivery to ensure alignment with organisational strategy and the ICT Master Plan.
• Develop and maintain strategic technology road-maps, including transition plans from current to future-state architectures.
• Support the integrity, security and governance of enterprise data assets, ensuring alignment with business and compliance requirements.
• Provide architecture advice and assessments for proposed solutions, technology trials and digital initiatives.
• Evaluate strategic alignment, architectural fit, risks, dependencies, market alternatives and implementation considerations to inform governance and investment decisions.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Demonstrated experience in enterprise architecture and solution assurance within a complex organisation.
• The ability to translate business objectives into technology strategies, road-maps and actionable transition plans.
• A strong understanding of architecture governance, data governance, security and user-centred design.
• Experience assessing technology options and communicating risks, dependencies and recommendations.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly to technical and business audiences.

Apply now with your CV outlining your relevant enterprise architecture experience.

Assistant Director – Service Delivery (EL1)
Location: Parramatta
Contract: Initial 12 months

Daily Rate: $602.55 p/day + super

• Lead a specialist team supporting participant safeguarding.
• Drive operational coordination, risk monitoring and service improvement.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships within a federal government agency.

Our client is seeking an experienced Assistant Director – Service Delivery to join its Safeguarding Advisory Team. This is an opportunity to lead complex work that strengthens safeguarding capability and supports timely, consistent and participant-centred outcomes for people with disability.

Reporting to the Director of Service Delivery, you will provide strategic leadership across operational coordination, safeguarding advice and risk monitoring. You will manage team priorities and resources, provide advice on sensitive matters and contribute to frameworks and procedures that improve the response to participant risk.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee the intake, prioritisation and allocation of safeguarding advice requests, aligning resources with demand.
• Lead, coach and develop a small team, managing performance and delivery against key priorities.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide strategic and operational advice on participant pathways, specific participant cohorts and service delivery processes.
• Monitor risks and emerging issues, escalating critical matters through clear reporting to senior management.
• Contribute to strategic planning, operational assurance and the development of safeguarding frameworks, procedures and initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement across access, planning and service delivery processes.
• Oversee the delivery of guidance materials, correspondence and knowledge articles.
• Prepare considered advice and briefings for senior executives and other key stakeholders.

About you

You are an experienced leader who brings sound judgement, strong organisational skills and a commitment to participant-centred service delivery. You can navigate sensitive issues, balance competing priorities and translate complex information into clear, practical advice.

You will bring:

• Experience leading teams to deliver complex outcomes, ideally in a hybrid working environment.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Extensive knowledge of legislative frameworks, government decision-making processes and agency guidelines.
• The ability to assess risks, analyse information and make timely, evidence-based decisions.
• Experience improving operational processes and supporting quality assurance.
• A proactive approach to coaching, developing staff and maintaining high performance standards.
• The ability to handle confronting information and challenging conversations with empathy and professionalism.

Knowledge of disability services, participant safeguarding and systems such as SAP CRM or PACE would be advantageous.

Apply now

Please submit your current CV outlining your relevant leadership, service delivery and safeguarding experience.

Senior Cyber Operations & Engineering Specialist

Initial 12-month contract | Richmond or Parramatta, NSW

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Cyber Security Specialist to join a major Cyber Resilience & Recovery Program. You will strengthen security across a complex enterprise environment, with a particular focus on Tenable vulnerability management and Illumio micro-segmentation.

Key priorities

The hiring manager has identified two critical areas:

• Tenable/WAS scanning and Power BI reporting: Plan and execute vulnerability and web application scans, validate findings, prioritise risks, verify remediation and publish vulnerability reporting through Power BI.
• Illumio micro-segmentation: Design, implement and tune segmentation policies, validate application traffic flows and enforce security boundaries to protect critical systems and restrict lateral movement.

Candidates who meet approximately 70% or more of the requirements across these two priority areas are strongly encouraged to apply, even if their experience across the other technologies is less extensive.

What you’ll do

• Manage Tenable Nessus/Tenable Vulnerability Management and Web Application Scanning (WAS), translating findings into actionable remediation and reporting.
• Implement and maintain Illumio micro-segmentation, including policy development, traffic validation and enforcement.
• Develop and tune Microsoft Sentinel detections using advanced KQL, and optimise Data Collection Rules (DCR) and log ingestion.
• Tune Akamai Layer 7 WAF inspection rules and application exceptions to protect services while supporting legitimate business activity.
• Build Azure Logic Apps SOAR playbooks to automate security investigation, response and containment.
• Work closely with internal technical teams and managed SOC/MDR providers to improve detection quality and operational security.

What you’ll bring

• At least five year’s hands-on experience in enterprise cyber security engineering, security operations or technical security architecture.
• Strong practical capability in Tenable/WAS vulnerability management and Illumio micro-segmentation, or comparable enterprise segmentation platforms.
• Experience analysing scan results, reducing false positives and reporting vulnerability metrics through Power BI.
• Sound knowledge of hybrid infrastructure, network security, firewalls, application dependencies and security controls.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to work with technical teams, business stakeholders and external security providers.

Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, advanced KQL, DCR ingestion tuning, Akamai WAF and Azure Logic Apps will be highly regarded. Relevant Microsoft, Tenable, Illumio or industry security certifications are desirable.

Apply now with your CV, highlighting your experience with Tenable/WAS and micro-segmentation.