A leading Financial Services provider is seeking a Senior Observability Engineer with advanced Elastic, OpenTelemetry and AppDynamics experience to join their team on a permanent basis.

Joining a highly skilled engineering team, you will lead the organisation’s enterprise transition from AppDynamics to Elastic Observability using OpenTelemetry. You will be responsible for delivering scalable telemetry pipelines, modernising instrumentation standards and ensuring a smooth migration while maintaining or improving existing observability outcomes.

You will also drive the adoption of modern SRE practices, automate the deployment and validation of observability components, and create reusable patterns that enable engineering teams to access reliable, self-service observability capabilities.

Responsibilities will include:

• Leading the end-to-end migration from AppDynamics to Elastic Observability
• Designing OpenTelemetry-first instrumentation standards and scalable telemetry pipelines
• Developing Elastic dashboards, service maps and monitoring capabilities across logs, metrics and traces
• Driving the adoption of SLI/SLO-based monitoring and alerting practices
• Automating the deployment and configuration of OpenTelemetry collectors and Elastic assets
• Integrating observability validation into CI/CD pipelines

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant industry certifications
• Extensive experience delivering observability solutions within large, complex enterprise environments
• Deep AppDynamics APM knowledge, including migration and exit planning combined with expert knowledge of OpenTelemetry instrumentation and collector engineering
• Advanced hands-on experience with Elastic Observability, including APM, logs, metrics, traces and service maps
• Strong Kibana dashboard development and ES|QL query-writing skills
• Hands-on automation experience using infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, APIs and scripting
• Experience developing agentic AI capabilities would be highly regarded
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of a large enterprise

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online now!

A leading financial services organisation is seeking a Senior Penetration Tester to join their team on a permanent basis.

Joining an established security team, you will perform advanced penetration testing across web, mobile, application, network and infrastructure environments. This hands-on role will focus on identifying vulnerabilities, assessing business risks and driving remediation through clear reporting and practical recommendations.

You will also advise business and technology stakeholders on security controls, contribute to threat modelling and improve automated security testing capabilities, including exploring how AI can enhance testing methodologies.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Strong hands-on penetration testing experience across web, mobile, applications, networks and infrastructure
• Mandatory formal certification or education in penetration testing, such as OSCP, OSWE, OSCE, CREST, HTB CPTS or advanced SANS certifications
• Experience producing detailed penetration testing reports, communicating vulnerabilities and supporting remediation
• Knowledge of security testing frameworks and methodologies, including OWASP and OSSTMM
• Experience implementing automated security testing tools and processes
• Familiarity with LLM security, prompt injection, agentic AI attack surfaces and the use of AI in penetration testing
• A solid understanding of AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud
• Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, Podman or OpenShift would be advantageous
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively
• The ability to provide technical leadership and support team development

In return they are offering:

• Amazing culture with long tenure amongst the team
• A wonderful, supportive and energetic people leader
• Regular team events
• Fantastic salary package with annual performance bonus and discounted banking products

To be considered for this permanent opportunity, please apply online today.

CMDB & IT Asset Management Analyst
Sydney, NSW | IT Service Management | Configuration Management
Join a leading IT services provider and take ownership of CMDB accuracy, IT asset management and configuration processes across complex enterprise environments.

About the Role
We are seeking an experienced CMDB & IT Asset Management Analyst to join a well-established IT Service Management team based in Sydney.
This is a hands-on operational role focused on maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the Configuration Management Database (CMDB), managing IT asset records, supporting configuration audits and driving continual service improvement.
You will work closely with technical teams, customers and suppliers to ensure IT infrastructure and assets are accurately recorded, tracked and managed throughout their lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and update CMDB records, Configuration Items (CIs) and IT asset registers.
• Ensure accuracy, completeness and integrity of configuration and asset data.
• Manage hardware and software asset records, including licences and supporting documentation.
• Conduct CMDB audits, data validation and reconciliation activities.
• Support Configuration Management processes in accordance with ITIL best practices.
• Produce CMDB health reports, asset inventories, KPIs and compliance documentation.
• Identify data quality issues and support continuous process improvements.
• Collaborate with internal teams, customers and suppliers to maintain accurate configuration information.

Skills & Experience Required

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in ITIL Configuration Management, CMDB administration or IT Asset Management within a medium-to-large IT environment.
• Hands-on experience maintaining CMDB records and managing Configuration Items (CIs).
• Sound understanding of IT asset lifecycles, configuration management and ITIL processes.
• Experience with CMDB data quality, reporting, reconciliation and audits.
• Strong Microsoft Excel, Word and Visio skills.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and analytical skills.
• ITIL Foundation certification (v3 or later).
• Relevant tertiary qualification in IT Management, Business Management or a related field.

Highly Desirable

• Experience with ServiceNow ITSM, CMDB, Discovery or Service Mapping.
• Experience with BMC or other IT Service Management platforms.
• Exposure to Power BI, SCOM, Nagios or ScienceLogic.
• Experience working within a Managed Service Provider (MSP) or SIAM environment.
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure, including Azure, AWS or GCP.

What’s on Offer?

• Opportunity to work within complex enterprise IT environments.
• Exposure to established IT Service Management processes and technologies.
• Collaborative team environment with opportunities for professional development.
• Sydney-based opportunity.

Apply Now

If you have hands-on CMDB administration, IT Asset Management or Configuration Management experience, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now with your updated CV outlining your relevant CMDB, ITIL and IT Asset Management experience or contact Luther Borgas at luther.borgas@outbacktalent.com

Our client is looking for a Senior Business Analyst with strong technical understanding, process improvement experience and practical exposure to AI-assisted software delivery.

You’ll work with Product Owners, Solution Architects, Developers, Testers to review current delivery practices and design workflows that incorporate AI agents. This includes improving how requirements are written, handed over, tested and traced through to implementation.

Responsibilities

• Map current squad processes, identify delivery bottlenecks and design improved workflows that incorporate AI agent execution.

• Establish standards for structured, machine-readable requirements and specification files, including Spec.md.

• Break down business requirements into clearly defined tasks, supported by BDD/Gherkin scenarios and acceptance criteria.

• Maintain traceability between business objectives, specifications, unit tests and pull request validation checks.

• Define validation checkpoints and scenario matrices to identify missing requirements or incorrect AI-generated logic before implementation.

• Work with technical leads to ensure delivery remains aligned with API contracts, architecture decisions and quality standards.

• Support pilot squads working on both new applications and existing systems.

• Measure improvements in hand-off times, specification accuracy and the need for clarification during sprints.

• Develop reusable templates and contribute to a central Agentic Centre of Excellence.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Senior Business Analyst or Systems Analyst in enterprise Agile environments.

• Strong As-Is/To-Be process mapping, value stream mapping and BDD/Gherkin skills.

• Hands-on familiarity with agentic development tools such as Claude Code, SpecKit, Atlassian Rovo or GitHub Copilot.

• An understanding of spec-driven delivery, prompt design, LLM context limitations and task decomposition.

• Experience defining detailed requirements, acceptance criteria and requirements traceability.

• The ability to work confidently with business stakeholders and technical teams, translating business objectives into clear engineering requirements.

If you bring strong technical BA experience and have been applying AI tools within software delivery, we’d like to hear from you. If you would like to have a confidential chat, please email me at alex.nguyen@talentinternational.com

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, has been engaged to support the growth of a brand-new engineering team being established in Australia by one of the world’s largest and most recognised technology organisations. We are seeking a Systems Development Engineer (SysDE) to join a highly technical team responsible for building and automating critical cloud and networking infrastructure supporting a major national technology program.

Role Title: Systems Development Engineer

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Sydney CBD | 5 days onsite

Salary: Circa $230,000 package + sign-on bonuses + equity

Role Details

• Design, develop and deploy software, automation and tooling supporting large-scale cloud and networking environments
• Build scalable systems and automation capabilities that improve operational efficiency, reliability and performance
• Work closely with network, infrastructure and software engineering teams to solve complex technical challenges at scale
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks, internal platforms and engineering solutions
• Contribute to the design, deployment and long-term operation of foundational infrastructure

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong programming experience in Python, Go, Java, C++, C# or similar modern languages
• Experience across Linux, cloud, infrastructure engineering, automation and systems engineering
• Background in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering or Network Automation
• Understanding of networking fundamentals including routing, switching, load balancers, firewalls and enterprise network environments
• Experience designing, building, deploying and supporting large-scale production systems

Additional Details & Benefits

• Opportunity to join one of the world’s largest technology organisations during the build phase of a significant new Australian program
• Work on highly secure, large-scale infrastructure and networking environments
• Existing PV, NV1 or NV2 security clearances highly regarded
• Candidates eligible to obtain a Positive Vetting (PV) clearance are encouraged to apply
• Relocation assistance available for interstate candidates
• Long-term career growth and exposure to unique technical challenges at significant scale

To Apply

If this sounds like your next opportunity or you would like to hear more, please apply now and submit your resume.

SAP Basis Technical Lead | SAP HANA Upgrade | Banking

Location: Sydney, NSW
Working Arrangement: Hybrid, approximately 50% onsite
Employment Type: Contract

About the Opportunity

Talent International is recruiting an experienced SAP Basis Technical Lead to support a major SAP CRM platform upgrade within a leading Australian banking environment.

This is a hands-on technical leadership opportunity for an SAP Basis specialist with proven experience delivering complex SAP infrastructure and database upgrades, particularly across Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SAP HANA Database and SAP HANA Cockpit.

The project is currently in its initial stages, providing an opportunity to take ownership of technical planning, upgrade readiness, execution and post-upgrade validation.

Working alongside established SAP Basis, DevOps and infrastructure engineering teams, you will act as the primary onshore technical lead, coordinating delivery and managing key technical stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the technical planning and delivery of a major SAP CRM platform upgrade.

• Coordinate and oversee upgrade activities across RHEL, SAP HANA Database and SAP HANA Cockpit.

• Develop and manage detailed technical upgrade plans, dependencies, prerequisites and implementation activities.

• Provide technical leadership to offshore SAP Basis and DevOps engineering teams.

• Collaborate with infrastructure, Red Hat and platform teams to ensure technical readiness.

• Identify and manage technical risks, troubleshoot upgrade issues and drive resolution.

• Oversee upgrade execution, system testing and post-upgrade validation.

• Act as the primary technical point of contact for stakeholders throughout the upgrade.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Extensive hands-on SAP Basis experience within complex enterprise environments.

• Proven experience leading and delivering SAP technical infrastructure and platform upgrades.

• Strong practical experience with SAP HANA Database upgrades, including version upgrades, administration and troubleshooting.

• Experience with SAP HANA Cockpit installations, upgrades and technical administration.

• Strong experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in SAP environments, including operating system upgrade activities.

• Experience managing technical upgrade prerequisites, compatibility assessments and post-upgrade validation.

• Demonstrated ability to lead technical delivery and coordinate multiple engineering teams.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience working directly with enterprise clients.

Highly Desirable

• Experience supporting SAP environments hosted on AWS.

• Familiarity with SAP HANA Cockpit 2.0, SAP HANA Lifecycle Manager (HDBLCM) and support package upgrades.

• Exposure to DevOps, infrastructure automation and platform orchestration.

• Previous experience coordinating offshore SAP Basis and engineering teams.

• SAP CRM technical upgrade experience.

• Experience delivering SAP upgrades within banking or financial services environments.

What We’re Looking For

We are specifically seeking a technically strong SAP Basis professional with demonstrated experience delivering SAP platform upgrades, rather than someone whose background is primarily focused on day-to-day SAP administration and monitoring.

The successful candidate will be comfortable taking technical ownership of an upgrade, understanding infrastructure dependencies, coordinating engineering teams and resolving complex technical challenges.

Practical upgrade experience across SAP HANA Database, HANA Cockpit and RHEL will be a key differentiator.

Apply Now

If you have strong SAP Basis technical leadership experience and have successfully delivered upgrades involving SAP HANA, HANA Cockpit and RHEL, we’d love to hear from you.

Our client:
Our client is a leading packaging manufacturer with an extensive national presence and a strong commitment to sustainability. Their South-Weastern Sydney facility is one of the group’s highest-volume sites, offering a rewarding challenge for a practical maintenance leader.

The role:
Take ownership of the maintenance function, combining visible leadership on the factory floor with planning, budgeting and reliability improvements. You’ll work with an experienced team and established equipment, using your technical judgement and resourcefulness to deliver lasting results.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and develop mechanical and electrical maintenance teams.
• Strengthen preventative maintenance planning and execution.
• Turn breakdown and performance data into practical reliability improvements.
• Manage a large maintenance budget, contractors and critical spares.
• Partner with production to minimise downtime and maintain safe operations.

Skills and experience:

• Mechanical or electrical trade or engineering qualifications.
• Maintenance leadership experience within packaging, FMCG or high-volume manufacturing.
• Strong troubleshooting, preventative maintenance and budget management skills.
• A confident, approachable leadership style that earns respect and builds trust.
• A positive, practical approach to solving problems, including getting hands-on when required.

Corrugated packaging experience will be highly regarded.

Benefits and additional information:

• Permanent opportunity.
• Total remuneration package up to $180,000, depending on experience.
• Ownership of maintenance performance and scope to shape improvements.
• Access to engineering expertise and career opportunities across a major manufacturing group.
• Employee benefits including discounted health insurance, purchased annual leave and novated leasing.

How to apply:
Interested in taking the next step? Apply with your CV or contact Sienna at Talent for a confidential discussion.

TechnologyOne SMS Technical Lead

Location: Sydney, NSW – Hybrid working

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on TechnologyOne Student One (SMS) Technical Lead to support technical delivery for an education client.

This is NOT a project management role. We require someone who can personally design, develop, configure, troubleshoot and support TechnologyOne Student One solutions.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven hands-on technical experience with TechnologyOne Student One CI and CIA.

• Strong experience in Student One development, configuration, implementation and support.

• Hands-on experience with Business Process Automation (BPA), events and workflow automation.

• Strong technical skills in ETL processes, data models, web services and APIs.

• Experience developing custom code and technical solutions within TechnologyOne.

• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex Student One technical and integration issues.

• Experience integrating Student One with systems such as Canvas LMS, StudyLink and Syllabus Plus.

• Experience working within higher education or a similar education environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, configure, test and deploy TechnologyOne Student One solutions.

• Build and maintain integrations, automation and technical enhancements.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.

• Provide hands-on technical support across project delivery and BAU activities.

• Work with architects, analysts and business teams to deliver technical solutions.

• Support ongoing platform improvements and optimisation.

Important – Please Read Before Applying

This is a hands-on technical position, NOT a Project Manager, Delivery Manager or purely functional consulting role.

Applicants must have direct, demonstrable experience working technically within TechnologyOne Student One (SMS).

Candidates without hands-on TechnologyOne Student One technical experience will not be considered.

Our client

Our client is seeking a proactive Service Coordinator to support its NSW service operations. Working closely with customers and field technicians, you will help keep service requests moving and ensure customers receive timely, professional support.

The role

Reporting to the Service Manager, you will manage service requests from initial enquiry through to completion. You will coordinate technicians, respond to customer queries and maintain accurate records, ensuring work is completed within agreed service levels.

This is an initial six-month contract, with potential extension. An ASAP start is preferred to allow time for handover and cross-training.

Key responsibilities

• Manage service requests through to completion within agreed service levels.

• Schedule and coordinate technicians, considering location, productivity and efficiency.

• Allocate appropriate spare parts based on fault diagnosis.

• Answer customer enquiries professionally and resolve routine queries using documented guidelines.

• Accurately log calls and maintain customer records across internal systems.

• Manage escalated calls and promptly raise customer concerns or service issues.

• Keep customers and internal stakeholders informed of progress.

• Follow company procedures, quality standards and workplace health and safety requirements.

Skills and experience

• Previous experience in service coordination, scheduling or team coordination.

• At least six months’ experience in a customer service environment.

• Strong telephone communication skills and a customer-focused approach.

• Confidence using Windows, PC applications and internal IT systems.

• Strong organisation skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.

• A calm, practical approach to challenging situations and customer concerns.

• Ability to work independently, take ownership and escalate issues appropriately.

• Accurate data entry skills, with a minimum typing speed of 40 words per minute.

Benefits and additional information

• Initial six-month contract.

• Potential extension, with duration reviewed closer to the contract end date.

• Handover and cross-training to help you settle into the role.

• Varied responsibilities across customer service, scheduling and service delivery.

• ASAP start preferred.

How to apply

To apply, click Apply and submit your current CV outlining your relevant coordination and customer service experience.

Senior Business Analyst – Technology & Infrastructure

Location: Sydney

We are seeking experienced Senior Business Analysts to join a company in the aviation industry, supporting large-scale technology, infrastructure and systems integration programs.

This is a hands-on technical Business Analyst role requiring strong experience in requirements management, technical documentation and complex project delivery.

You will work closely with business stakeholders, engineers, architects, technical teams and external suppliers to translate complex business and operational needs into clear, actionable requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end requirements management across complex technology and infrastructure programs, from initial business requirements through to implementation and operational acceptance.

• Gather, analyse and document business, functional, non-functional and technical requirements.

• Develop detailed requirements specifications to support procurement, supplier engagement and solution delivery.

• Establish and maintain requirements traceability, ensuring requirements are clearly defined, validated and linked to delivery outcomes.

• Facilitate workshops with technical teams, business stakeholders and operational teams to identify requirements, resolve gaps and clarify dependencies.

• Develop current-state and future-state process maps, operating models and technical documentation.

• Work closely with architects, engineers, cyber security teams, project managers and external vendors.

• Support systems integration, solution evaluation, testing, verification and acceptance activities.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience as a Senior Business Analyst delivering complex technology, infrastructure or systems integration projects.

• Demonstrated experience managing requirements across the full project lifecycle, including procurement, implementation and operational acceptance.

• Strong experience developing detailed business, functional and non-functional requirements and technical specifications.

• Proven ability to establish and maintain requirements traceability and manage changes throughout delivery.

• Experience translating complex engineering, operational and technical information into clear documentation for business and technical stakeholders.

• Strong experience facilitating workshops, challenging assumptions and resolving complex requirements.

• Demonstrated experience working with solution architects, engineers, technical delivery teams and external suppliers.

• Excellent stakeholder management, analytical and documentation skills.

• Ability to work independently, take ownership and bring structure to complex or ambiguous requirements.

Highly Desirable

• Experience in systems engineering and structured requirements management.

• Experience developing Concepts of Operations (ConOps), User Requirements Specifications (URS), Functional and Performance Specifications (FPS) and High-Level Designs (HLD).

• Experience supporting infrastructure modernisation, enterprise networks, systems integration or cyber security programs.

• Background working in aviation, transport, government, defence or other regulated and safety-critical environments.

• Experience with procurement documentation, tender evaluations, verification, validation and system acceptance.

• Knowledge of ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 or similar requirements engineering standards.

• Relevant certifications such as CBAP or PMI-PBA.

About You

You are a technically strong, delivery-focused Senior Business Analyst who can confidently work with engineers, architects and operational stakeholders.

You understand how to turn complex technical requirements into structured, practical documentation that supports procurement, solution design, implementation and testing.

We are looking for candidates with genuine hands-on technical business analysis experience, rather than backgrounds primarily focused on Scrum Master, Product Owner, Change Management or strategic advisory roles.

If you have strong technical requirements management experience and enjoy working on complex technology and infrastructure programs, we encourage you to apply.

We’re looking for a hands-on Java Engineer to join an integration team, working across application development, automated testing and API testing.

You’ll need a strong Java/Spring background and be comfortable writing, testing and troubleshooting code. Practical experience using AI coding assistants or agents is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Java/Spring services and integrations.

• Write and maintain automated tests to support reliable delivery.

• Test APIs across functional, integration and error-handling scenarios.

• Investigate defects and resolve issues across connected systems.

• Work with engineers, testers and technical stakeholders to deliver changes.

• Use AI-assisted development tools where appropriate, reviewing and validating generated code and tests.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on Java and Spring development experience.

• Experience building and supporting APIs and system integrations.

• Practical automated testing experience, including writing and maintaining tests.

• API testing skills and the ability to explain your testing approach.

• Strong troubleshooting skills and clear communication.

• Experience using AI coding tools or agents on real projects.

• Examples of using AI to support development, refactoring, debugging or test creation.

• A clear approach to checking AI-generated work for accuracy and quality.

If you are interested in this role, please click “APPLY”. Alternatively, please email me at alex.nguyen@talentinternational.com for a confidential chat.