• Inside Sales Team Leader
• ~$150k OTE
• Western Sydney location
• Monday to Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm.

Our client is a growing technology business providing software-led products and services across industries including construction, mining, property, utilities, water and solar farms.

The business experienced strong growth last financial year and is continuing to evolve towards a software and subscription-based model, with significant investment in technology and AI. Operating more like a start-up than a traditional corporate, the business offers a high-energy environment where ideas move quickly and employees can influence its continued growth.

The role

This is a player-coach opportunity for an experienced Inside Sales professional who is ready to step into, or is currently leading a small team while remaining hands-on with customers and sales activity.

You will initially manage and coach one graduate, with plans to expand the team to two, while qualifying warm leads, managing the pipeline and progressing more complex opportunities. The role works closely with Marketing and focuses heavily on following up campaigns and existing customer opportunities rather than relying solely on cold calling.

Key responsibilities

• Coach, support and develop a growing Inside Sales team.
• Qualify approximately five to seven warm leads each week.
• Manage sales pipelines, follow-ups and opportunities through HubSpot.
• Contact customers following EDM and broader marketing campaigns.
• Maintain consistent outbound activity while managing more complex deals.
• Stay across evolving products, technology and AI-enabled solutions.
• Contribute towards team, Australian and New Zealand sales targets.

Skills and experience

• Strong Inside Sales, lead management and pipeline management experience.
• Previous team leadership experience or the capability to step into leadership.
• Hands-on HubSpot experience.
• Experience within software, SaaS or a subscription-based business is highly regarded.
• Comfortable balancing coaching responsibilities with personal sales targets.
• High energy, disciplined and consistent in completing outbound activity.
• Strong customer service focus with a genuine interest in helping customers.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced business where priorities and product roadmaps can change.

Benefits and additional information

• Clear progression into BDM, Product Management or further leadership roles.
• Opportunity to build and shape a growing Inside Sales team.
• Exposure to AI, software and subscription-based products.

If this role sounds like you please APPLY NOW!

Our client

Our client is a growing technology business providing software-led products and services across industries including construction, mining, property, utilities, water and solar farms.

The business experienced strong growth last financial year and is continuing to evolve towards a software and subscription-based model, with significant investment in technology and AI. Operating more like a start-up than a traditional corporate, the business offers a high-energy environment where ideas move quickly and employees can influence its continued growth.

The role

This is a player-coach opportunity for an experienced Inside Sales professional who is ready to step into, or is currently leading a small team while remaining hands-on with customers and sales activity.

You will initially manage and coach one graduate, with plans to expand the team to two, while qualifying warm leads, managing the pipeline and progressing more complex opportunities. The role works closely with Marketing and focuses heavily on following up campaigns and existing customer opportunities rather than relying solely on cold calling.

Key responsibilities

• Coach, support and develop a growing Inside Sales team.
• Qualify approximately five to seven warm leads each week.
• Manage sales pipelines, follow-ups and opportunities through HubSpot.
• Contact customers following EDM and broader marketing campaigns.
• Maintain consistent outbound activity while managing more complex deals.
• Stay across evolving products, technology and AI-enabled solutions.
• Contribute towards team, Australian and New Zealand sales targets.

Skills and experience

• Strong Inside Sales, lead management and pipeline management experience.
• Previous team leadership experience or the capability to step into leadership.
• Hands-on HubSpot experience.
• Experience within software, SaaS or a subscription-based business is highly regarded.
• Comfortable balancing coaching responsibilities with personal sales targets.
• High energy, disciplined and consistent in completing outbound activity.
• Strong customer service focus with a genuine interest in helping customers.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced business where priorities and product roadmaps can change.

Benefits and additional information

• Salary: $100,000-$120,000 plus super + coms, depending on experience.
• Quarterly coms of approximately $2,000.
• Clear progression into BDM, Product Management or further leadership roles.
• Opportunity to build and shape a growing Inside Sales team.
• Exposure to AI, software and subscription-based products.
• Seven Hills location.
• Monday to Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm.
• Five days per week in the office.

Our client

Our client is a globally recognised organisation operating at enterprise scale across more than 60 countries. They are investing heavily in their global technology function and are creating a new leadership structure to build a world-class ServiceNow capability across Sydney, London, India and the US.

As part of this transformation, they’re seeking an experienced ServiceNow Platform Leader to own the technical platform and help shape its future.

The role

This is a newly created leadership opportunity where you’ll become the technical owner of a global enterprise ServiceNow platform.

Reporting directly to the Vice President of Service Transformation, you’ll lead platform governance, releases, upgrades, architecture oversight and technical delivery while managing a globally distributed engineering team.

This is a true 50/50 leadership role. You’ll mentor engineers, guide technical decisions and remain hands-on enough to maintain credibility while influencing the future direction of the platform.

Working closely with Product Leadership, you’ll determine how work is prioritised and delivered, ensuring platform stability, governance and long-term scalability rather than simply reacting to incoming requests.

Key responsibilities

• Own the global ServiceNow platform and technical roadmap.
• Lead platform governance, upgrades, releases and change management.
• Prioritise platform work and manage engineering capacity.
• Oversee architecture, technical standards and platform performance.
• Lead and mentor a global engineering team across Sydney and India.
• Drive platform improvements and continuous optimisation.
• Partner with Product teams to deliver secure, scalable platform capabilities.
• Present platform strategy, innovation and roadmap updates to senior IT leadership.
• Ensure enterprise governance, compliance and release quality across the platform.

Skills and experience

You’ll likely come from a ServiceNow Administrator, Developer or Platform Engineering background before progressing into technical leadership.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Strong hands-on ServiceNow platform expertise.
• Experience leading ServiceNow platform operations within a large enterprise.
• Release governance, change management and platform upgrade experience.
• Experience managing technical teams while remaining hands-on.
• Strong stakeholder management with the confidence to challenge priorities when required.
• ServiceNow certifications (highly regarded).
• ITIL / enterprise ITSM knowledge.
• Experience working across global teams and multiple time zones.

Our client:

Talent International has partnered with a large, nationally recognised organisation operating in a highly regulated environment.

The business is strengthening its corporate risk and controls capability and is seeking two experienced risk professionals to support a significant program of controls testing while providing practical advice across its corporate functions.

The role:

These are two 12-month fixed-term Line 1 roles sitting within the Corporate Risk Advisory and Controls function.

The immediate priority is the delivery of a substantial controls testing program.

This is a hands-on role for someone who is prepared to get into the detail, perform testing and produce high-quality work papers.

You will also guide the analysts supporting your portfolio, work closely with control owners and provide practical advice on how controls should be designed, evidenced and improved. As the testing program progresses, the role will broaden into corporate risk advisory, issue management, risk assessments and risk-in-change activities.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead controls testing across your allocated corporate portfolio.
• Assess the design and effectiveness of key business controls and identify improvement opportunities.
• Partner with stakeholders to strengthen controls, manage risk and support remediation activities.
• Provide practical risk advice across business initiatives, projects and organisational change.
• Guide and support analysts while maintaining high-quality work paper standards.
• Prepare clear reporting and present insights to management and governance forums.

Skills and experience:

This role will suit an experienced Line 1 risk, controls, assurance or consulting professional who understands what a well-designed control looks like and is comfortable working directly with the business.

You’ll ideally have:

• Experience in Line 1 Risk, Controls, Assurance or Consulting.
• Strong controls testing and risk assessment experience.
• The ability to provide practical advice and influence stakeholders.
• Experience with control design, remediation or issue management.
• Strong written communication and documentation skills.

Industry background is flexible. Candidates from consulting, financial services, gaming or other complex corporate environments are encouraged to apply. Financial Crime or Technology Risk experience is advantageous but not essential.

Benefits and additional information:

• Two 12-month fixed-term opportunities.
• Genuine potential for strong performers to transition into permanent roles.
• Opportunity to take full ownership of a defined controls portfolio.
• Broad exposure across corporate functions rather than one narrow risk domain.
• Progression from intensive controls testing into broader advisory, risk assessment and change activity.
• Supportive, collaborative team environment.
• Opportunity to influence how controls are designed and embedded across the business.
• Regular engagement with senior corporate stakeholders and risk leaders.

Apply now or contact Sienna Coate Thompson at Talent International for a confidential discussion.

• $200,000 + bonus
• Sydney location with flexible working arrangements

Talent International has partnered with a major Australian organisation operating in a complex and highly regulated environment.

The business is continuing to strengthen its Financial Crime capability and is seeking an experienced assurance professional who can provide trusted, independent judgement on regulatory compliance, control effectiveness and emerging risks.

The role:

This is a permanent Line 2 Risk Assurance position responsible for providing independent assurance over the organisation’s Financial Crime framework and control environment.

You will become a key Financial Crime subject matter expert, leading assurance reviews across the customer lifecycle and giving senior stakeholders confidence that regulatory obligations are being met. Where controls or processes are not operating effectively, you will be expected to clearly explain the issue, assess its significance and recommend practical action.

The role goes beyond completing scheduled reviews. You will analyse incidents, breaches and assurance outcomes to identify wider trends, determine where future reviews should be focused and help the business understand what good looks like.

You will also contribute to the evolution of the Financial Crime program as the organisation introduces technologies such as advanced screening, case workflow automation and AI-assisted review processes.

Key responsibilities:

• Plan, scope and lead Line 2 assurance reviews across Financial Crime and AML/CTF.
• Assess the design and operating effectiveness of Financial Crime controls.
• Review customer lifecycle processes, including onboarding, ongoing monitoring and enhanced customer due diligence.
• Identify potential regulatory breaches and escalate material concerns promptly.
• Assess remediation activity and validate that identified issues have been appropriately resolved.
• Analyse incidents, review findings and control failures to identify systemic risks and emerging trends.
• Provide independent review and challenge to senior Financial Crime and business stakeholders.
• Prepare clear assurance reports and present findings at senior leadership and governance forums.
• Recommend where future assurance activity should be targeted based on risk, incidents and customer trends.
• Support Financial Crime change initiatives, including new systems, screening tools and program adjustments.
• Provide oversight and guidance to analysts contributing to assurance reviews.
• Improve assurance methodologies through data analytics, technology and more efficient testing approaches.

Skills and experience:

You will be an experienced Financial Crime, risk, compliance or assurance professional who is comfortable making informed judgements and standing behind your recommendations.

To be successful, you will ideally bring:

• Strong knowledge of Financial Crime regulation, including AML, counter-terrorism financing, sanctions and related customer controls.
• Experience working within a Line 1 Financial Crime function, Line 2 assurance team or another relevant risk and compliance environment.
• An end-to-end understanding of AML/CTF frameworks and the Financial Crime customer lifecycle.
• Experience assessing controls, conducting assurance reviews or supporting regulatory remediation programs.
• The ability to interpret policies, procedures and regulatory requirements and quickly become the SME for a defined area.
• Confidence presenting findings and challenging senior stakeholders, including General Manager and executive-level audiences.
• Strong judgement, with the ability to distinguish between genuine regulatory exposure and unnecessary process complexity.
• Experience within gaming, banking, financial services or another highly regulated industry.
• Strong written reporting, analytical and stakeholder management capability.

Relevant qualifications or certifications such as ACAMS or ICA would be beneficial but are not essential.

Benefits and additional information:

• Permanent opportunity within a critical and increasingly important area of the organisation.
• Broad exposure across the full Financial Crime and customer risk lifecycle.
• Direct engagement with senior Risk, Financial Crime and business leaders.
• Genuine influence over assurance priorities, control design and program improvement.
• Opportunity to work across emerging Financial Crime technologies and data-led assurance.
• A role where your professional judgement will be valued, rather than relying solely on rigid checklists.
• Supportive and collaborative team environment with autonomy to take ownership of your work.
• Competitive salary package, with flexibility for candidates who bring strong Financial Crime expertise.

The position is responsible for testing controls against applicable AML/CTF obligations, internal programs and risk frameworks, while also providing assurance over Financial Crime change and system initiatives.

We are partnering with a well-regarded financial services organisation seeking a Senior Capital Reporting Analyst for an initial 12-month contract.

The Senior Capital Reporting Analyst will support recurring capital and prudential reporting deliverables while contributing to reporting enhancements and regulatory initiatives. You will work across key Finance and risk-related functions to maintain reporting accuracy, strengthen controls and deliver clear analysis to senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare, review and analyse capital and regulatory reports.
• Support quarterly and annual Pillar 3 disclosures.
• Ensure reporting complies with APRA requirements and internal governance standards.
• Perform reconciliations, validation checks and quality-assurance reviews.
• Prepare capital reporting, analysis and insights for executive and Board-level stakeholders.
• Partner with Finance, Risk, Treasury and Audit to deliver accurate and timely reporting.
• Identify opportunities to automate and enhance existing reporting processes.

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrated experience within a Tier 1 bank, financial institution or prudential reporting environment.
• Direct experience in capital reporting, regulatory reporting, Finance Control, Treasury Finance or Financial Risk.
• Strong understanding of APRA prudential requirements, Basel frameworks and Pillar 3 disclosures.
• Experience preparing reporting and presentations for senior executives or Board-level stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of reporting governance, controls, reconciliations and assurance.
• Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver both recurring BAU reporting and project-based initiatives.
• Experience improving or automating financial and regulatory reporting processes will be highly regarded.

If you are interested, please apply now. For a confidential discussion, please reach out to Josh.costigan@talentinternational.com

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged to recruit a Tech Lead for a fast-growing Australian technology company operating at the intersection of fintech and payments

This is an opportunity to join a high-performing engineering team where you’ll have genuine influence over technical direction, product decisions and engineering standards while remaining deeply hands-on.

Role Title: Senior Software Engineer

Salary: $170,000 – $180,000 + Super

Location + WFH Flexibility: Sydney CBD | Hybrid Working (2 days in office)

Role Details:

As a senior member of the engineering team, you will play a key role in shaping architecture, reviewing code, mentoring engineers and delivering high-quality software across a modern technology stack.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you’ll spend approximately 50% of your time building software and 50% of your time driving engineering excellence through collaboration, design reviews and technical decision-making.

Working closely with founders, product and engineering teams, you’ll have the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges while helping scale a platform used by leading retail and consumer brands.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver production-grade features across the stack, with a strong focus on backend development
• Lead code reviews and establish best practices across the engineering function
• Contribute to architecture and system design discussions
• Collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to deliver customer-focused solutions
• Drive adoption of modern AI-assisted development practices and tooling
• Mentor junior engineers and help elevate technical standards
• Own projects end-to-end from design through deployment and optimisation

  Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer, Staff Engineer or Technical Lead
• Strong backend engineering expertise, ideally within Python-based environments
• Excellent Computer Science fundamentals including software design, algorithms and data structures
• Experience designing and building scalable production systems
• Strong code review and technical leadership capability
• Comfortable influencing technical direction and challenging ideas constructively
• Experience working in high-performing engineering environments
• Passion for leveraging AI tools to improve software development productivity and quality

  Nice to Have:

• Experience with Python, Flask, FastAPI, React, React Native or TypeScript
• Experience with cloud-native or serverless architectures
• Strong SQL and database optimisation skills
• Exposure to e-commerce, payments or transactional platforms
• Experience working within recognised technology, product or data-driven organisations

  Additional Details & Benefits:

• High-impact role within a growing technology business
• Opportunity to influence both technical and product strategy
• Potential equity participation
• Hybrid and flexible working environment
• Work directly with founders and senior stakeholders
• Modern engineering culture with strong adoption of AI development tools
• Collaborative, high-performing team environment

  To Apply:

  If this sounds like your next opportunity, please click ‘Apply Now’ and submit your resume. For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, contact Talent International.

Join a High-Performing Mortgage Brokerage | Eastern Suburbs | Up to $134,000 incl. super + benefits

The Business

This established and fast-growing mortgage brokerage is recognised as one of Australia’s leading firms, consistently delivering high-quality lending solutions and exceptional client outcomes.

With strong lender partnerships, a growing market presence, and an experienced leadership team, the business continues to expand year on year. Their success is driven by a high-performing internal team and a structured, scalable operating model.

The Opportunity

Due to sustained growth and increasing deal flow, an opportunity has arisen for a Credit Specialist / Credit Analyst to join their high-performing credit function.

This role offers genuine end-to-end exposure across residential lending transactions. You will take ownership of applications from initial credit assessment through to unconditional approval, working on complex scenarios while being supported by a dedicated offshore processing and settlements team.

This structure allows you to focus on high-value credit analysis, loan structuring, and client engagement rather than administrative tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage residential loan applications from submission through to approval
• Conduct detailed serviceability assessments and structure lending solutions
• Analyse client financials including tax returns, income statements and supporting documentation
• Prepare lending proposals and credit recommendations
• Liaise with brokers, lenders and internal stakeholders to progress deals efficiently
• Communicate directly with clients to manage documentation and expectations
• Maintain accuracy and attention to detail across multiple concurrent applications

The Team

You will join a collaborative, ambitious credit team led by an experienced manager who is focused on mentoring, development and scaling the function.

With strong operational support in place, credit specialists are empowered to focus on technical excellence and delivering outstanding client outcomes.

About You

• 2 + years’ experience in mortgage lending, credit analysis, loan processing or a similar role
• Strong understanding of serviceability calculations and loan structuring
• Confident interpreting financial statements, tax returns and income documentation
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage clients professionally
• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
• Motivated, team-oriented and eager to grow within a high-performance environment

What’s On Offer

• Competitive salary package up to $134,000 including super
• Performance incentives
• Clear career progression pathway
• Strong and consistent deal pipeline
• High-performing, supportive team culture
• Eastern Suburbs office location

If you’re looking to step into a role where you can truly own your files, work alongside top-performing brokers, and grow your credit career within a leading brokerage, this opportunity is worth a conversation.

Note: Applicants must have AUS/NZ permanent residency or citizenship to be considered.

Program Scheduler – Federal Government

Scale by AVEC is looking for an experienced Program Scheduler to support the delivery of a large and complex Federal Government contract.

This is a hands-on scheduling role with responsibility for managing the program schedule end-to-end, providing clear visibility across deliverables, critical path, resources, dependencies and overall schedule performance.

We’re particularly interested in candidates who have worked across defence primes, military suppliers or similarly complex and highly regulated program environments.

Hands-on experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) and Open Plan Professional (OPP) is highly desirable.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own and manage the end-to-end program schedule for a large Federal Government contract.

• Develop and maintain complex schedules using Open Plan Professional (OPP).

• Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) to track and report program performance.

• Maintain visibility across contractual deliverables, milestones, dependencies and key dates.

• Undertake critical path analysis, identifying schedule slippage and emerging delivery risks.

• Clearly communicate schedule status to stakeholders, including where deliverables are behind plan or impacting the critical path.

• Develop practical mitigation and schedule recovery strategies to keep delivery on track.

• Manage schedule inputs across multiple program teams and stakeholders.

• Undertake resource planning and profiling, identifying capacity requirements and constraints.

• Produce detailed schedule performance, forecasting and progress reporting for Government stakeholders.

• Work closely with Program and Project Managers to provide accurate schedule intelligence and support decision-making.

About You

You’ll be an experienced Program Scheduler / Project Controls professional who is comfortable taking ownership of complex schedules and providing stakeholders with a clear view of program performance.

To be considered, you must have:

• Strong Program Scheduling / Project Controls experience within large, complex programs.

• Proven experience managing a large contract or program schedule end-to-end.

• Hands-on experience using Open Plan Professional (OPP).

• Strong experience with Earned Value Management (EVM).

• Experience developing and maintaining detailed integrated program schedules.

• Strong critical path, schedule variance, dependency and milestone analysis experience.

• Experience with resource planning, forecasting and profiling.

• Demonstrated ability to identify schedule slippage and develop effective mitigation and recovery plans.

• Experience producing schedule and performance reporting for Government stakeholders.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge inputs and clearly communicate schedule status.

• Experience within a defence prime, military supplier or similarly complex program environment will be highly regarded.

Working Arrangement

The role is structured around 16 business days of scheduled work per month, with the remaining business days on call as required.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced scheduler with strong EVM and OPP expertise to take ownership of a significant program schedule and provide the insight and direction required to keep a complex contract on track.

This opportunity is being managed by Scale by AVEC.

Lead Architect

Location: Sydney CBD
Employment Type: Permanent
Sector: Higher Education
Salary: Up to $160,000 plus super

An established Australian higher education organisation is undertaking significant digital transformation and is seeking an experienced Lead Architect to help shape its future technology landscape.

Bridging enterprise and solution architecture, you’ll provide architectural leadership across cloud, applications, integration, data and security while strengthening architecture governance across the organisation.

The Role

You will:

• Define and embed architecture governance, standards, frameworks and patterns.
• Lead solution architecture across major technology initiatives.
• Shape target-state architectures, technology roadmaps and strategic direction.
• Partner with integration leadership to evolve API, messaging and iPaaS architecture.
• Provide architectural direction across Azure, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and hybrid environments.
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, resilient and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Advise senior stakeholders on technology strategy, investment and solution options.
• Support business cases, tenders, procurement and vendor evaluations.
• Guide external architects, vendors and delivery partners.
• Mentor architecture team members and contribute to the maturity of the architecture practice.

About You

You will ideally bring:

• 10+ years’ technology architecture experience, including 5+ years in senior Solution, Enterprise, Principal or Lead Architecture roles.
• Strong Microsoft Azure and cloud architecture expertise.
• Demonstrated experience establishing or operating architecture governance.
• Strong enterprise integration experience across APIs, messaging, middleware and/or iPaaS.
• Broad architecture exposure across applications, data, security and infrastructure.
• Experience developing target-state architectures, roadmaps and architecture standards.
• Strong vendor, consultancy and senior stakeholder management experience.
• Proven ability to provide technical leadership and mentor architects or delivery teams.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or architecture certifications such as TOGAF are highly regarded.

Experience within higher education or another large, complex environment would be advantageous.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to move beyond project-level architecture and influence technology direction across an organisation. You’ll play a key role in shaping architecture governance, Azure/cloud strategy and enterprise integration as part of a major digital transformation.

Talent International is currently recruiting Senior Community & Stakeholder Engagement Officer to work for the NSW Government, based in Parramatta (Hybrid). This is a 6-month contract, with the possibility of extension, paying between $650 and $750/day + Super.

8 hours per day/ 40 hours per week (excluding break, no overtime will be paid – less than 6 hours will be half day)

Start Date: ASAP

About the role

The Senior Community & Stakeholder Engagement Officer plays a key role in delivering high-quality communication and engagement services across major government programs, projects and initiatives.

You will develop and implement communication and engagement strategies, stakeholder consultation, customer information and issues-management activities. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will help build trust, transparency and meaningful community participation.

The role partners closely with engagement colleagues, project teams and external stakeholders to deliver coordinated, inclusive and effective engagement activities that support project outcomes and strengthen community confidence.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and deliver corporate communications and stakeholder engagement strategies and plans.
• Manage the communication and engagement needs of projects, programs and communities.
• Establish tools, systems and protocols to coordinate and report on key stakeholder engagement activities.
• Provide regular reporting and insights on stakeholder relationships, emerging issues and engagement outcomes.
• Provide strategic advice on communications, stakeholder concerns and issues management.
• Work with stakeholders to resolve significant issues and achieve positive outcomes.
• Coordinate day-to-day media activities and support ministerial and government liaison in collaboration with relevant teams.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Promote open communication and deliver best-practice community and stakeholder engagement initiatives.
• Demonstrate strong leadership behaviours and a commitment to positive outcomes for customers, communities and stakeholders.

Essential requirements

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline, such as media, communications or public relations, and/or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Strong experience in strategic communications, community engagement and stakeholder management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage complex or sensitive issues.
• Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.

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.

We are seeking a Senior Databricks Engineer for an initial three-month contract with a leading Australian financial services organisation.

The successful candidate will help mature an existing Databricks platform into an enterprise-grade capability. This is a hands-on role focused on platform scalability, automation, governance and the reduction of technical debt.

Engagement details

• Three-month contract.
• Senior, hands-on engineering engagement.
• Immediate or near-term availability preferred.

Key responsibilities

• Design and establish a governed, domain-aligned Unity Catalog structure incorporating Bronze, Silver, Gold and Reporting layers.
• Support the migration from the organisation’s existing flat catalog structure to the new target-state architecture.
• Re-platform existing ingestion and transformation frameworks to align with the new catalog model.
• Develop metadata-driven, reusable and scalable data pipelines.
• Implement RBAC and ABAC controls across all catalog layers, ensuring least-privilege and domain-based access.
• Refresh the underlying AWS storage and security foundations, including S3 buckets, bucket policies, IAM roles and access controls.
• Maintain and extend Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code across the Databricks and AWS environments.
• Automate Databricks cluster provisioning and SQL Warehouse deployments, minimising manual configuration.
• Support a phased, low-risk migration that protects critical regulatory and business reporting workloads.
• Essential experience

Essential experience

• Strong commercial experience engineering and supporting enterprise Databricks platforms.
• Hands-on Databricks experience within AWS environments.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Unity Catalog architectures.
• Strong understanding of lakehouse and medallion architecture, including Bronze, Silver and Gold data layers.
• Experience developing metadata-driven ingestion and transformation frameworks.
• Advanced Spark and PySpark engineering skills.
• Strong knowledge of Databricks governance, RBAC, ABAC and least-privilege security models.
• Practical AWS experience covering S3, bucket policies, IAM roles and secure cross-service access.

Highly desirable

• Experience within banking, payments, superannuation or another regulated financial-services environment.
• Knowledge of CPS 230 or other APRA-regulated reporting requirements.
• Experience supporting financial risk, regulatory or client SLA reporting.

If you are interested, please apply now. For a confidential discussion, please reach out to Josh.costigan@talentinternational.com