North Sydney | Hybrid working
6-9 month contract | Parental leave cover
Agency sales / account management focus
3 days in office, 2 days WFH
Base offer + retention bonus + commission structure

Why this role stands out

Step into a warm agency patch
This is a strong contract opportunity for an experienced media sales professional to manage established relationships across tier 1 media agencies and client-side teams.

Premium digital video and CTV inventory
Represent a leading entertainment-led video platform with premium advertising opportunities across digital, streaming and connected TV environments.

Attractive contract package
The role will include a base offer, retention bonus and commission structure, giving the successful candidate the opportunity to be rewarded across the contract period.

About the business

Our client is a leading digital video and entertainment media business, connecting major audiences with premium content across digital, mobile, desktop and connected TV environments.

The business offers advertisers access to high-quality video inventory across digital and CTV platforms, including pre-roll, mid-roll, on-demand streaming and linear-style content channels.

With a strong global footprint and an established Australian presence, the local Sydney team is close-knit, collaborative and commercially strong. The business is known for having a great culture, strong tenure and a proven track record of sales success in the Australian market.

The opportunity

This is a 6-9 month contract opportunity for an experienced Sales Manager to join the Sydney team for a parental leave cover.

You’ll be responsible for managing relationships across tier 1 media agencies, with the role focused largely on account management, revenue delivery and campaign opportunities across an existing client base.

The role will suit someone who is well connected across the agency landscape, understands digital video and CTV, and can quickly build credibility with planners, buyers and senior agency contacts.

You’ll be based in North Sydney, working in a hybrid model with three days in the office and two days from home. The Sydney office is collaborative, commercial and close-knit, with sales and ad operations working closely together to deliver strong outcomes for clients.

What you’ll be doing

• Managing and growing relationships across tier 1 media agencies and client-side teams
• Acting as a day-to-day point of contact for agency and client stakeholders
• Selling premium digital video and CTV advertising opportunities
• Driving revenue across an established client patch
• Consulting with clients on advertising objectives and recommending relevant video solutions
• Presenting a compelling value proposition across the media marketplace
• Negotiating deal costs, terms and campaign opportunities
• Working across deal sizes ranging from smaller tactical campaigns through to larger strategic programs
• Forecasting, tracking and reporting sales performance, including budget, dates and probability to close
• Collaborating with internal teams across revenue operations, sales solutions, research, programming/content and ad operations
• Providing insights and recommendations based on client objectives, campaign goals and available opportunities
• Attending relevant industry events and staying close to the agency market
• Travelling interstate as required

What you’ll bring

• Proven experience in digital media sales, ideally across video, online video, streaming or CTV
• Strong agency relationships, particularly across tier 1 media agencies
• Experience managing established accounts and driving revenue from an existing client patch
• Strong understanding of the Australian media landscape
• Knowledge of programmatic, streaming and connected TV advertising
• Confidence presenting to agency and client-side stakeholders
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills
• Ability to understand client marketing objectives, brand goals, ROI expectations and media buying cycles
• Strong organisational, analytical and communication skills
• Ability to collaborate with internal teams to ensure campaigns are delivered effectively
• Experience using data and insights to support campaign recommendations and optimisation
• A positive, proactive and autonomous working style

Experience selling CTV inventory would be a significant advantage.

Backgrounds that could work well

This role could suit someone from:

• Digital media sales
• Video advertising sales
• Connected TV or streaming advertising
• Programmatic media sales
• Publisher or platform-side sales
• Agency-facing account management
• Media owner sales
• Digital partnerships or branded content sales

The hiring team is looking for someone who can step in quickly, manage agency relationships with confidence and keep revenue momentum moving during the contract period.

What you’ll need

• Minimum 4 years’ digital sales experience
• Strong understanding of online video advertising
• CTV sales experience highly regarded
• Established relationships across media agencies and/or client-side teams
• Proven success achieving revenue targets
• Strong presentation and negotiation skills
• Knowledge of ad sales CRM platforms
• Basic understanding of viewability and data tags
• Ability to work from the North Sydney office 3 days per week
• Ability to travel interstate when required

Why apply?

This is a great opportunity for an experienced media sales professional to join a leading entertainment-led digital video business on a 6-9 month contract.

You’ll step into a warm agency patch, work with premium digital and CTV inventory, and join a collaborative Sydney team with a strong culture and track record of success.

The contract package will include a base offer, retention bonus and commission structure, making it a commercially attractive opportunity for someone who can step in and deliver.

For someone who enjoys agency relationships, digital video, streaming, CTV and commercial account management, this is a contract role worth exploring.

Apply now or reach out for a confidential discussion.

Exciting Contract Opportunity: Citrix and Azure Engineers for Leading Global Consultancy

Client Overview: A prestigious global consultancy is seeking skilled engineers to support a significant Azure migration project for a major telecommunications client. This role offers the chance to work on cutting-edge infrastructure projects in a dynamic environment.

Role Details:

• Position: Citrix and Azure Engineers
• Duration: 6-12 months, rolling contract
• Telco Experience: Essential

Skills Required:

• Strong knowledge of Citrix technologies, including XenApp, XenDesktop, NetScaler, and Citrix Cloud.
• Experience with Windows Server and Active Directory.
• Understanding of network protocols and security best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work under pressure.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and Implementation:

• Design, deploy, and configure Citrix infrastructure, including XenApp, XenDesktop, and related components.
• Develop and implement Citrix policies and configurations to optimize user experience and system performance.
• Plan and execute Citrix deployments and migrations to Azure, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems.

Azure Cloud Migration:

• Lead the migration of on-premises Citrix environments to Azure, including planning, execution, and post-migration support.
• Configure and manage Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments, integrating with Citrix technologies as needed.
• Optimize Azure resources for cost-efficiency and performance, leveraging tools like Azure Monitor and Azure Cost Management.

Application Process: If you have the relevant experience and skills, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV for consideration. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on a high-impact project with a leading consultancy.

IRM Specialist (ServiceNow) – Lead the uplift of a major financial services IRM platform

Talent is partnering with one of our leading financial services clients to find an IRM Specialist who can take ownership of the ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management capability.

You’ll assess the current implementation, close the gaps, and drive the refresh needed for stronger adoption, clearer reporting, and tighter controls aligned to external standards.

What you’ll be doing:

• Owning the ServiceNow IRM capability end-to-end, from current-state assessment through to roadmap and delivery
• Identifying gaps in the existing implementation and leading the uplift required to drive adoption
• Improving reporting and control effectiveness in line with external standards
• Directing how risk challenges should be solved within ServiceNow IRM, not just configuring to spec
• Partnering with stakeholders across the business to shape the IRM roadmap
• Mobilising AI capabilities to improve risk processes and controls
• Managing work intake and coordinating delivery across onshore and offshore partners
• Ensuring the platform matures in a sustainable, fit-for-purpose way

What you’ll bring:

• Deep, specialist knowledge of ServiceNow IRM modules (A Must)
• A track record of refreshing or uplifting existing IRM implementations and driving adoption where platforms have been under-used
• Experience leading an IRM stream end-to-end: roadmap, work intake, offshore coordination, delivery
• Strong understanding of external standards, controls, and reporting expectations (financial services experience helpful but not essential)
• Credibility at all levels of the organisation, with the confidence to challenge constructively
• Comfort moving between strategic direction-setting and hands-on configuration

Why join:

• Help reshape risk management at a long-established, transforming financial services institution
• Work at the intersection of strategy and hands-on delivery, with real influence over platform direction
• Partner directly with senior stakeholders and sit close to executive decision-making
• Join a business putting AI at the forefront of how risk and controls work gets done
• A lean, flexible environment where good ideas get airtime and you won’t have to fit a mould

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

Recruitment Business Partner

Permanent Opportunity Available Now!
📍 Sydney CBD Location (Flexible Hybrid Working Available)
💰 $75,000 – $85,000 + Super

Are you a recruitment professional who enjoys building trusted relationships and delivering great outcomes, without the pressure of sales targets and business development? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

We are seeking a motivated and relationship-driven Recruitment Business Partner to join a collaborative and supportive team environment. In this role, you’ll act as the key link between hiring managers and a large panel of recruitment agencies, ensuring a seamless and effective recruitment process from start to finish.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys stakeholder engagement, coordination, problem-solving, and delivering high-quality recruitment outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and develop strong relationships with a portfolio of hiring managers and recruitment suppliers.
• Act as the central point of contact between hiring managers and agency partners throughout the recruitment process.
• Undertake detailed job briefs to ensure role requirements are clearly understood.
• Provide hiring managers with market insights, recruitment best practices, rate guidance, process advice, and realistic timelines.
• Partner closely with suppliers to ensure a thorough understanding of requirements, timely responses, and the delivery of high-quality candidates.
• Support best-practice contract labour resourcing outcomes across all recruitment activities.
• Deliver exceptional service to clients while maintaining a strong focus on quality and achieving recruitment delivery targets.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Exceptional relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• The ability to quickly build credibility and hit the ground running in a fast-paced environment.
• A strategic, logical, and solutions-focused approach to your work.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise competing demands and manage expectations.
• The confidence to work autonomously while effectively managing a diverse portfolio of stakeholders.
• The ability to remain calm, professional, and effective under pressure.
• Excellent verbal, written, and active listening skills.
• A proactive mindset, strong initiative, and a genuine desire to contribute to a positive and supportive team culture.

Apply Now

If you’re looking to take the next step in your recruitment career and join a fantastic team culture, we’d love to hear from you.

Please submit your CV along with a brief summary of your relevant experience.

Please note: To be considered for this position, applicants must be based in Sydney and hold Permanent Residency or Australian Citizenship.

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 Manager to lead a newly formed team responsible for building, automating and operating critical cloud and networking infrastructure supporting a major national technology program.

Role Title: Systems Development Manager

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: Sydney | 5 days onsite

Salary: Circa $300,000 package + sign-on bonus + equity

Role Details

• Lead and mentor a team of approximately nine Systems Development Engineers.
• Drive the design, development and deployment of software solutions supporting large-scale cloud and networking infrastructure.
• Own engineering roadmaps, technical direction and delivery across the team.
• Work closely with network, infrastructure and software engineering teams to deliver highly available, scalable platforms.
• Drive automation, operational excellence and continuous improvement across engineering practices.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership, supporting architecture, troubleshooting and engineering decision-making.
• Build and grow a high-performing engineering culture focused on quality, reliability and innovation.

Skills & Experience

• Previous experience leading software, systems or infrastructure engineering teams.
• Strong background in Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering or Cloud Infrastructure.
• Experience building and operating large-scale distributed production systems.
• Strong programming experience in Python, Go, Java, C++, C#, Rust or similar modern languages.
• Experience across Linux, cloud infrastructure, automation and systems engineering.
• Strong understanding of engineering best practices, operational excellence and automation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Additional Details & Benefits

• Opportunity to join one of the world’s largest technology organisations during the build phase of a significant new Australian program.
• Lead a newly established engineering team building critical cloud infrastructure from the ground up.
• 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.
• Competitive package including sign-on bonus and equity.

To Apply

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

Join a global technology operations team supporting a large-scale, enterprise network environment, where you’ll play a key role in keeping critical infrastructure running across a 24/7, follow-the-sun model. This is a strong entry point into networking for someone looking to step up from service desk or IT operations into a hands-on engineering role with real exposure to enterprise technologies.

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, have been engaged by our long standing client, a leading entertainment organisation. We are seeking an Associate Network Engineer

Role Title: Associate Network Engineer

Employment Type: Permanent

Location + WFH Flexibility: Sydney CBD | 4 days onsite, 1 half-day WFH

Salary: $92,000 + super + 10% bonus

Role Details:

• Provide Level 1 and 2 support across LAN, WAN and Wi-Fi environments in a global network
• Troubleshoot connectivity, routing and performance issues across enterprise infrastructure
• Perform BAU tasks including VLAN changes, switch configuration, firewall patching and network updates
• Support firewalls and VPN environments, including configuration and performance troubleshooting
• Investigate incidents using logs, trace routes and monitoring tools, working closely with global teams
• Participate in a 60-day shift rotation (early/late shifts with ~1 hour difference)
• Weekend work required: 1 day onsite (Saturday or Sunday) as part of a roster
• Operate in a follow-the-sun model with no after-hours or on-call

Required Skills and Experiences:

• 2-3 years’ experience in Service Desk or IT Operations, looking to step into networking
• Strong networking fundamentals (routing, switching, TCP/IP, troubleshooting)
• Hands-on exposure to router/switch configuration and network troubleshooting
• Comfortable working with CLI
• Experience working within ITIL environments (incident + change management)
• Exposure to monitoring tools and working to SLAs
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a structured shift environment

Technical Exposure (Highly Valued):

• SD-WAN architecture (key focus area)
• Palo Alto firewalls
• BGP (highly regarded)
• Network monitoring and observability tools
• VPN and remote access technologies
• Nice to have: AWS (Route 53), PowerShell, Terraform, MPLS

Additional Details and Benefits:

• Clear pathway from Service Desk into a Network Engineering career
• Strong mentorship from senior network engineers
• Exposure to enterprise-scale, global network environments
• No after-hours work or on-call (rare for network ops roles)
• 4.5 day working week
• Additional leave including Christmas shutdown + wellbeing days
• Opportunity to gain exposure to automation and engineering work over time

To Apply:

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

We are seeking an experienced Security Engineer to join a high-profile cyber security program focused on modernising Security Operations and leveraging AI-driven capabilities.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in designing, building, and operating the security platforms that underpin a large-scale enterprise environment. You will own critical SIEM and integration capabilities, helping to improve threat detection, automation, and security operations effectiveness.

About the Role

As the Security Engineer – SIEM & Integration, you will be responsible for the security data pipeline, SIEM platform engineering, security tool integrations, and automation capabilities that support a modern SOC environment.

You will work closely with cyber security, engineering, infrastructure, cloud, and operations teams to deliver scalable and resilient security solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage enterprise SIEM platforms, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability
• Design and maintain log ingestion, onboarding, normalisation, filtering, and routing processes
• Build and support integrations between security platforms including EDR, XDR, email security, cloud security, WAF, and threat intelligence solutions
• Develop and maintain security automation and orchestration workflows
• Build and support AI-enabled security operations capabilities, including automated triage, investigation, and response processes
• Manage detection-as-code frameworks, repositories, deployment pipelines, and CI/CD processes
• Collaborate with engineering and security teams to continuously improve security monitoring and operational effectiveness

Requirements

• Strong experience with Microsoft Sentinel or other modern SIEM platforms
• Advanced KQL (Kusto Query Language) skills
• Experience with log pipeline technologies, data onboarding, and log normalisation
• Strong integration engineering experience using APIs, connectors, and event-driven architectures
• Experience with Azure services, including Event Hub
• Strong Python scripting and automation skills
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and/or Bicep

What’s on Offer?

• Initial 12-month contract with strong extension potential
• Opportunity to work on a large-scale cyber security transformation program
• Exposure to cutting-edge SIEM, automation, and AI-driven security technologies
• Collaborative and highly skilled security team

If you’re passionate about security engineering, SIEM platforms, automation, and modern security operations, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role

We’re looking for an Application Support Specialist to join a growing financial services organisation supporting critical trading, market data, clearing and settlement platforms.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll work directly with advisers, dealers, operations teams and technology stakeholders to troubleshoot issues, manage incidents and ensure a seamless experience across front and post-trade systems. You’ll become a trusted point of contact while gaining exposure to a broad range of financial markets technology.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide Level 1 and Level 2 support across trading, market data and post-trade platforms
• Investigate and resolve user issues relating to order execution, market data and settlement processes
• Manage incidents and escalations through to resolution
• Work closely with internal teams and external vendors to resolve platform issues
• Contribute to continuous improvement, documentation and knowledge sharing

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years’ experience in Application Support, Trading Support or Financial Markets Operations
• Experience with Iress, OMS platforms or similar trading systems
• Understanding of the equities trade lifecycle, including clearing and settlement
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills
• Experience supporting business-critical applications and engaging with stakeholders
• Excellent communication skills and a customer-focused approach
• Exposure to market data platforms, SQL, FIX or API concepts is advantageous

Why Join?

• Work on platforms at the heart of Australia’s financial markets
• Gain exposure across trading, market data, clearing and settlement
• Join a collaborative, high-performing team
• Hybrid working in Sydney
• Strong opportunities for growth and development

A well-known Australian enterprise organisation is seeking a Security Engineer with strong detection and response experience to join their team on an initial twelve month program engagement.

Joining a high-profile cyber security program focused on the use of AI technologies within cyber security, the successful candidate will be responsible for enhancing the organisation’s detection and response capabilities across endpoint, cloud, and identity security. Working within a collaborative security team, you will leverage your strong EDR/XDR and cloud security expertise to improve threat detection, automate response capabilities, and strengthen the organisation’s overall security posture.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant industry certifications
• Proven experience in Security Operations, Detection Engineering, or Security Engineering within large and complex environments
• Deep experience with EDR/XDR platforms, ideally CrowdStrike Falcon or similar enterprise security technologies
• Strong experience managing endpoint security controls, detection rules, policy configuration, threat response, and exposure management capabilities
• Experience with CSPM, CNAPP, and cloud security posture management across enterprise cloud environments
• Strong understanding of detection engineering, threat detection lifecycles, and security monitoring methodologies
• Experience integrating security tooling across endpoint, cloud, identity, and security operations platforms
• Strong experience with Python scripting, APIs, Git, and CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of AI-enabled detection and response capabilities within a large-scale enterprise environment. To be considered for this opportunity, please apply online now.

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A well-known Australian enterprise organisation is seeking a Cyber Security Engineer with strong vulnerability management skills to join their team on an initial twelve-month engagement.

Joining a high-profile cyber security program which will focus on the use of AI technologies within cyber, the successful candidate will be responsible for identifying, assessing, and prioritising vulnerabilities across cloud, infrastructure, endpoint and application environments. Working within a collaborative security team, you will drive exposure management activities, support vulnerability remediation efforts, and help strengthen the organisation’s overall security posture.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant industry certifications
• Proven cyber security engineering experience gained within large, complex environments
• Demonstrated vulnerability management experience including vulnerability scanning and prioritisation frameworks including EPSS, CVSS, and KEV
• Strong understanding of cloud, infrastructure, endpoint, and application security, with the ability to assess real-world exploitability and risk
• Experience coordinating remediation activities and working closely with technology teams to reduce security exposure
• Exposure to threat hunting, vulnerability response, detection engineering, or incident response activities
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Python scripting skills

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and strengthen the organisation’s approach to emerging AI-driven cyber threats while working at the forefront of offensive security. To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online now!

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Technology Manager – AI Platforms & Operations

Location: Sydney (Hybrid)
Salary: Up to $220,000 incl.

Lead the future of AI at enterprise scale

We’re seeking an experienced Technology Manager to lead the delivery, operations, and governance of a rapidly growing AI ecosystem across a complex enterprise environment.

This is a strategic leadership role responsible for AI platforms, GenAI operations, technology delivery, and service performance. You’ll lead a team of AI specialists and partners while shaping how AI is adopted, governed, and scaled across the organisation.

What you’ll be accountable for

• Own the AI platform strategy, operations, and roadmap across Microsoft and AWS environments
• Lead AI technology delivery teams to build secure, scalable, and reliable AI solutions
• Drive GenAIOps and LLMOps capabilities, including observability, evaluation, monitoring, and lifecycle management
• Establish operational excellence through SLAs, SLOs, incident management, and service performance reporting
• Provide trusted advice to senior leaders on AI investment, architecture, risk, and adoption opportunities
• Partner with Product and Architecture leaders to prioritise and deliver enterprise AI initiatives
• Embed Responsible AI, security, privacy, and governance standards across all AI services
• Develop organisational AI capability through leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience leading AI, ML, data, or emerging technology teams in a large, complex environment
• Strong knowledge of Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, Copilot, Power Platform, AWS Bedrock, API Management, and related cloud services
• Experience operating enterprise platforms with accountability for uptime, performance, risk, and service delivery
• Demonstrated success translating strategy into technology roadmaps and measurable business outcomes
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence executive decision-making
• Experience assessing AI opportunities from proof-of-concept through to enterprise-scale deployment

Why this role?

This is an opportunity to shape AI strategy and operations at enterprise scale, influence executive decision-making, and lead the evolution of a modern AI platform ecosystem that will drive innovation, productivity, and organisational transformation for years to come.

A well-known Australian enterprise organisation is seeking an Offensive Security Engineer to join their team on an initial twelve-month engagement.

Joining a high-profile cyber security program which will focus on the use of AI technologies within cyber, the successful candidate will be responsible for validating the effectiveness of security controls, detections, and logging capabilities across the organisation. Working within a collaborative security team, you will conduct red and purple team exercises, identify security gaps, and drive remediation activities to strengthen the organisation’s overall security posture.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant industry certifications
• Proven experience in offensive security, red teaming, purple teaming, or adversary emulation within large and complex environments
• Hands-on experience with attack-path analysis, exploitation techniques, command and control (C2) frameworks, and security testing across cloud, infrastructure, and endpoint environments
• Strong understanding of security monitoring, detection engineering, and logging validation
• Experience conducting Breach & Attack Simulation (BAS) activities and leveraging MITRE ATT&CK frameworks
• Ability to identify control gaps and work closely with engineering teams to drive remediation outcomes
• Strong Python scripting and automation capabilities
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and strengthen the organisation’s approach to emerging AI-driven cyber threats while working at the forefront of offensive security. To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online now!

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