Talent International is currently recruiting for an Archives Administrator to work for the Local Government, based in Bankstown. This position is a contract role for a 3-month contract with a view to be extended, and the role pays $51.95 per hour + Super.

About the Role

As the Archives Administrator, you will facilitate and manage the lifecycle of Council records from active use through to archival storage or disposal. You will provide specialist advice on records and archival management, ensure compliance with legislative requirements, and support the organisation in maintaining best-practice records management processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage Council archives and records in accordance with legislative and organisational requirements
• Provide specialist advice and support on records and archival management practices
• Assist with information retrieval for GIPA requests
• Ensure compliance with the State Records Act (NSW) and AS ISO 15489 Records Management standards
• Appraise, sentence, store and dispose of records using approved retention and disposal authorities
• Conduct audits and maintain accurate archival records
• Monitor offsite storage providers and service delivery performance
• Coordinate transfers of records between storage locations
• Assist with developing and updating policies, procedures and best-practice guidelines
• Educate staff on records management responsibilities and compliance requirements
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across records and archives functions

About You

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Experience working in a Records and Archive Management environment
• Strong knowledge of records and archival management principles and practices
• Sound understanding of the State Records Act (NSW) and AS ISO 15489
• Experience applying General Retention and Disposal Authorities, ideally GA39 and GA45
• Strong analytical, investigative and research skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion when handling sensitive information
• Current Class C Driver’s Licence

Desirable

• Qualifications in Records, Archives, Information Management or a related discipline
• Previous Local Government experience
• Experience using SharePoint, RecordPoint or similar records management systems

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.

A leading Financial Services organisation is seeking an experienced Principal Solution Architect with strong HR domain knowledge to join their team on a permanent basis.

Working within a high-performing Solution Architecture practice, you will partner closely with senior stakeholders across People, Corporate Affairs & Community (CAC), Technology and broader enterprise functions to drive strategic architecture outcomes across a large and complex environment.

This is a highly visible leadership role focused on shaping and delivering end-to-end technology solutions across key People & Culture initiatives spanning Talent Acquisition, Core HR, Payroll, Learning & Development, Employee Services, Workplace Relations and Digital Enablement. You will play a critical role in driving AI adoption, modernisation and transformation initiatives across the broader HR technology landscape.

Operating as a trusted advisor to the business, you will be responsible for defining and socialising architecture strategy, execution roadmaps and future-state solution designs aligned to enterprise objectives. You will also provide governance, architectural oversight and leadership across multiple transformation initiatives while mentoring and leading a team of Solution Architects.

This role requires a hands-on leader who combines strong enterprise architecture capability with exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills. You will work closely with senior executives and business leaders to support investment decisions, drive simplification initiatives and uplift organisational capability across Data & AI.

To be successful in this role, you will bring extensive Solution Architecture experience within large, complex enterprise environments together with strong exposure to HR and People & Culture domains. Experience designing and implementing enterprise Data & AI solutions within production environments will be highly regarded.

To be considered for this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant industry certifications (e.g. TOGAF)
• Extensive Solution Architecture leadership experience within large enterprise organisations
• Strong experience across HR, People & Culture or workforce-related technology domains with proven experience working with HR technology platforms and enterprise people systems
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale Data & AI solutions would be highly regarded
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, influencing and communication skills
• Experience partnering with executive-level business and technology stakeholders
• Strong people leadership capability with experience mentoring or leading architecture teams
• Experience driving simplification, modernisation and transformation initiatives
• Strong understanding of architecture governance, security, risk and compliance requirements
• The ability to navigate complex enterprise environments and manage competing stakeholder priorities
• A pragmatic and commercially focused approach to problem solving and decision making

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a major enterprise organisation undertaking significant investment across People, Data & AI and digital transformation initiatives. An attractive salary package, annual performance bonus and flexible hybrid working arrangements are on offer for the successful candidate.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online.

Project Manager (Electrical & Communication – Defence)

About the Opportunity

Our client is expanding their Defence division and is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the delivery of large scale electrical installation and fit out projects across NSW. This is a growth hire, driven by an increasing pipeline of work within a nationally recognised Defence program.

The successful candidate will join a national team delivering multiple projects across Defence sites. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with Defence stakeholders and contribute to the ongoing growth of the business.

Australian Citizens are encouraged to apply, with sponsorship support available for obtaining security clearance where required. NV1 clearance is highly regarded.

The Role

You will manage 2-3 concurrent Defence projects while supporting the successful delivery of electrical installation, fit out, and building services works.

You will have regular client engagement and travel across project sites as required. All travel costs will be covered.

You will also play a key role in mentoring junior team members and supporting broader business growth initiatives within the Defence portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

* Manage the end-to-end delivery of electrical installation and fit out projects
* Oversee project delivery from estimation and planning through to commissioning and handover
* Coordinate electricians, subcontractors, suppliers, procurement, and scheduling activities
* Prepare estimates, variations, and support tender submissions
* Monitor and revise project budgets, forecasts, and project performance
* Ensure projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget
* Manage project commencement, stakeholder engagement, and site mobilisation activities
* Work collaboratively with Commonwealth stakeholders and Defence clients
* Support and mentor junior team members
* Assist in identifying and developing new business opportunities

Essential Requirements, Non Negotiable

To be considered for this opportunity, candidates must meet all of the below criteria:

* Australian Citizenship is mandatory
* Must be able to successfully pass a full Police Check and Defence related background screening
* Must have a hands-on Electrical background with trade qualifications
* Must have previous experience working as a Project Manager delivering electrical installation, fit out, construction, or building services projects
* Must have practical experience understanding, estimating, quoting, and managing electrical project delivery
* Experience managing electrical subcontractors, site teams, and project schedules is essential

Applications that do not align with the above requirements will not be considered.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate strong project management capability along with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment.

You will also bring:

* Previous experience delivering Defence, commercial construction, fit out, or large-scale electrical projects
* Strong understanding of electrical project delivery methodologies and site operations
* Experience managing multiple concurrent projects
* Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
* Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities
* The ability to manage workload priorities effectively under pressure
* A collaborative and professional approach with strong personal values and cultural fit

Background

Candidates will ideally come from an electrical contracting, construction, building services, or electrical fit out background.

Security Clearance

* NV1 clearance is preferred
* Australian Citizenship is required
* Sponsorship support for Defence clearance processes can be provided for suitable candidates

Working Arrangements

* Based in North Shore
* 1 day per week working from home
* On-site client engagement expected as part of the role

APS6 Consumer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) Operations Engineer to work for the National Disability Insurance Agency based in any office locations in NSW. The position is a 12-month contract role with the possibility of extension. The role pays $550to $750per day + Super.

7.5 hours per day and 37.5 hours per week
Must be able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1

The APS6 Consumer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) Operations Engineer reports to the CIAM Operations team lead. They collaborate with the team to deliver timely, positive outcomes for participants and other consumers, and ensure the CIAM solution operates reliably and meets its SLOs and SLAs. They use their knowledge of consumer identity and access management journeys and standard IAM protocols (OIDC, OAuth2.0, SAML) to effectively understand and resolve technical issues.

Key duties and responsibilities:

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Investigating and resolving production incidents
• Identifying, investigating and resolving systemic problems
• Monitoring the CIAM platform and investigating alerts
• Automating away repetitive operations tasks
• Writing and maintaining SOPs for manual tasks
• Reporting on the performance of the CIAM solution
• Carrying out release activities
• Possible after-hours on-call roster to support resolution of P1 incidents

Criteria
The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a response to each criterion. Each response is limited to 3000 characters.

Essential criteria

• Proven ability to analyse logs to investigate incidents, and identify issues in system behaviour and performance
• Strong problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to write automation scripts to resolve systemic issues and reduce manual overhead
• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise CIAM platforms, with a strong understanding of authentication and authorisation flows
• Ability to write and follow Standard Operating Procedures
• Strong collaboration skills, able to build productive working relationships with internal team members and others across the Agency
• Demonstrated positive attitude towards people living with disability, aligning with the core purpose of the NDIA

Desirable criteria

• Proven ability to clearly communicate technical problems to a non-technical audience

APS6 Consumer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) Operations Engineer to work for the National Disability Insurance Agency based in any office locations in NSW. The position is a 12-month contract role with the possibility of extension. The role pays $700 to $800 per day + Super.

7.5 hours per day and 37.5 hours per week
Must be able to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1

The APS6 Consumer Identity & Access Management (CIAM) Operations Engineer reports to the CIAM Operations team lead. They collaborate with the team to deliver timely, positive outcomes for participants and other consumers, and ensure the CIAM solution operates reliably and meets its SLOs and SLAs. They use their knowledge of consumer identity and access management journeys and standard IAM protocols (OIDC, OAuth2.0, SAML) to effectively understand and resolve technical issues.

Key duties and responsibilities:

Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Investigating and resolving production incidents
• Identifying, investigating and resolving systemic problems
• Monitoring the CIAM platform and investigating alerts
• Automating away repetitive operations tasks
• Writing and maintaining SOPs for manual tasks
• Reporting on the performance of the CIAM solution
• Carrying out release activities
• Possible after-hours on-call roster to support resolution of P1 incidents

Criteria
The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a response to each criterion. Each response is limited to 3000 characters.

Essential criteria

• Proven ability to analyse logs to investigate incidents, and identify issues in system behaviour and performance
• Strong problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to write automation scripts to resolve systemic issues and reduce manual overhead
• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise CIAM platforms, with a strong understanding of authentication and authorisation flows
• Ability to write and follow Standard Operating Procedures
• Strong collaboration skills, able to build productive working relationships with internal team members and others across the Agency
• Demonstrated positive attitude towards people living with disability, aligning with the core purpose of the NDIA

Desirable criteria

• Proven ability to clearly communicate technical problems to a non-technical audience

Silverwater, NSW | Hybrid working
Immediate start | Contract until December 2026
Strong potential to become permanent in January 2027
Monday to Friday | Minto site attendance 1 day per fortnight

Why this role stands out

Genuine contract-to-permanent opportunity
Start in a contract role through to the end of December 2026, with strong potential to convert to a permanent position in January 2027.

Hybrid flexibility with operational variety
You’ll be based out of Silverwater with hybrid working available, while staying connected to the operational workforce through regular site attendance, including Minto one day per fortnight.

Hands-on HR role with real business impact
This is a practical HR Business Partner role where you’ll work closely with operational leaders, support frontline teams and help managers navigate real people matters in a fair, commercial and consistent way.

About the business

Our client is a global technology organisation operating across road safety, transport and mobility services. They partner with government and commercial customers to deliver technology-led solutions that support safer, more efficient movement across communities.

The business operates in a highly regulated, operational environment and supports a large, field-based workforce across NSW.

The opportunity

This is a great opportunity for an experienced HR Business Partner who enjoys operational environments, employee relations and working closely with leaders who need practical, timely advice.

Based out of Silverwater with hybrid working available, you’ll support NSW operations across a large casual and field-based workforce. You’ll also work from the Minto location one day per fortnight, helping you stay connected to the teams you support.

The role covers a broad mix of employee relations, investigations, disciplinary matters, workforce planning, onboarding, HR operations, reporting, performance processes, employment documentation and contract administration.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll act as a trusted HR partner to operational leaders, supervisors and employees across NSW. The focus is on providing clear, practical and consistent HR support in a fast-moving workforce environment.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Advising managers and supervisors on employee relations matters, including conduct, performance, attendance, grievances and disciplinary issues
• Supporting and conducting workplace investigations
• Coaching leaders through difficult conversations, documentation and procedural fairness
• Supporting a large casual, shift-based and field-based workforce
• Preparing HR advice, correspondence, case notes, investigation summaries and disciplinary documentation
• Managing HR operations activity, including employee records, employment documentation, onboarding support, reporting and data integrity
• Using HR systems to support onboarding, employee updates, HR transactions and reporting
• Partnering with Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Safety, Compliance and Operations to resolve workforce matters
• Supporting cyclical HR activity, including performance reviews, engagement surveys, development planning and employee communications
• Identifying workforce trends, risks and opportunities for process improvement

What you’ll bring

You’ll suit this role if you’re a confident HR practitioner who can build trust quickly, give balanced advice and stay calm when dealing with sensitive or complex matters.

We’re looking for someone with:

• Experience in HR business partnering, employee relations or HR operations
• Strong experience managing ER matters such as investigations, disciplinary processes, grievances, attendance, performance and conduct issues
• Experience supporting casual, shift-based, field-based, multi-site or operational workforces
• Strong written communication skills, particularly around case notes, HR advice, correspondence and investigation documentation
• The confidence to coach managers through people issues in a clear and practical way
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage confidential information appropriately
• Experience using HR systems, with Workday experience highly regarded
• Strong stakeholder management skills across HR, Operations, Payroll, Safety, Compliance and Talent Acquisition

Experience in transport, infrastructure, field services, government services, logistics, outsourced services or another compliance-driven environment would be highly regarded.

What you’ll need

• Minimum 3+ years’ experience in HR, ideally across business partnering, employee relations or HR operations
• Relevant qualification in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, Employee Relations, Law or similar, or equivalent practical experience
• Full, unrestricted Australian driver’s licence
• Ability to work from the Minto location one day per fortnight
• Ability to travel occasionally to Melbourne and regional NSW depots
• Ability to complete required pre-employment and ongoing checks, including police checks, driving history checks, medical and fitness-for-work assessments

Why apply?

This role would suit an HRBP who likes being close to the action, someone who is comfortable supporting frontline leaders, enjoys ER and wants a role with variety, pace and impact.

You’ll be joining a well-established organisation with a strong operational footprint and a genuine opportunity for the role to become permanent in early 2027.

Apply now for a confidential discussion.

AI Security Analyst

Sydney, NSW | Federal Government Program
12-Month Contract + Extension Options
Active Baseline Security Clearance Required

Join a major Federal Government program building a greenfield AWS-based AI platform that will support innovative Generative AI solutions across the organisation.

We are seeking an experienced AI Security Analyst to help secure the next generation of AI-enabled services within a cloud-native AWS environment. Working alongside cloud engineers, platform specialists, security professionals, and AI practitioners, you will play a critical role in identifying, assessing, and reducing risks across AI systems, models, data, and infrastructure.

The initial focus is supporting an AI-powered Case Assistant solution designed to ingest and analyse large volumes of documents, enable natural language querying, identify duplicate content, generate timelines, and improve staff productivity through intelligent automation.

The Opportunity

This role combines hands-on AI security expertise with strategic security advisory responsibilities. You will help establish security controls, assess emerging AI threats, secure RAG and LLM environments, and ensure AI solutions remain secure, compliant, and trustworthy throughout their lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Protect AI systems, models, data, and infrastructure from attack, misuse, and unintended behaviour

• Identify AI security risks and recommend fit-for-purpose controls and mitigation strategies

• Conduct vulnerability assessments, break testing, security reviews, monitoring, and incident response activities

• Implement AI security controls including prompt security, input validation, response guardrails, and data protection measures

• Secure Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, including retrieval integrity, embedding security, vector database security, and prompt injection mitigation

• Assess and mitigate AI-specific threats including prompt injection, jailbreak attacks, document poisoning, and data leakage risks

• Monitor and support AI platforms using appropriate observability and security tooling

• Collaborate with engineering, cloud, platform, and governance teams to embed security throughout the AI development lifecycle

• Ensure compliance with government security requirements, Essential Eight, ISM, and relevant industry standards

• Contribute to security architecture, solution design documentation, and operational procedures

• Mentor and support team capability uplift in AI security practices

• Participate in Agile delivery activities and continuous improvement initiatives

Skills & Experience

Essential

• 2+ years’ experience securing AI systems, models, prompts, and AI pipelines

• Hands-on experience conducting vulnerability assessments, break testing, monitoring, and incident response activities

• Experience implementing AI security controls including prompt security, response guardrails, data protection, and governance controls

• Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts, LLM security risks, and cloud-native architectures

• Experience performing security risk assessments and trust boundary analysis

• Strong knowledge of AWS security principles and cloud security best practices

• Understanding of ASD Essential Eight, ISM, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, or similar security frameworks

• Experience with DevSecOps, automation, and scripting tools

• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and documentation skills

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cyber Security, or a related discipline

Desirable

• Experience securing Generative AI platforms and production AI solutions

• Experience implementing security controls for LLM and RAG-based applications

• Experience with AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, IAM, and other AWS-native security services

• Experience securing OpenSearch, vector databases, S3, and RDS environments

• CISSP, AWS Security Specialty, or equivalent certifications

• Experience working in large-scale enterprise or government cloud environments

• Experience working within Agile delivery teams

Why Join?

• Work on a greenfield AWS AI platform delivering innovative Generative AI solutions

• Help shape the security foundations of enterprise AI capabilities

• Collaborate with highly skilled cloud, security, engineering, and AI specialists

• Exposure to emerging AI security challenges and technologies

• Long-term Federal Government contract with extension potential

If you’re passionate about AI security and want to help secure the next generation of AI-enabled services, we’d love to hear from you.

Data Engineer

Sydney, NSW | Federal Government Program
12-Month Contract + Extension Options
Active Baseline Security Clearance Required

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join a major Federal Government program delivering foundational AI capabilities within a secure AWS cloud environment.

This is an opportunity to work on a greenfield AI platform that will support multiple Generative AI use cases across the organisation. As part of a highly skilled cloud and AI delivery team, you will be responsible for building and managing the data integration capabilities that power AI-enabled solutions.

The initial focus is supporting an AI-powered Case Assistant solution designed to ingest and analyse large volumes of documents, enable natural language querying, identify duplicate content, generate timelines, and improve operational efficiency through intelligent automation.

The Opportunity

As a Data Engineer, you will play a key role in designing and delivering scalable data ingestion and integration pipelines that connect enterprise source systems with the organisation’s AI platform. You will work across cloud-native technologies, helping establish the foundational data capabilities required to support current and future AI initiatives.

This role will suit someone who enjoys building modern cloud-based data solutions, working with emerging AI technologies, and contributing to a highly collaborative delivery environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data integration pipelines within AWS

• Develop batch and streaming data workflows to ingest, process, and transform data from multiple source systems

• Build and optimise data pipelines supporting AI and Generative AI workloads

• Develop end-to-end data processing solutions for structured and unstructured content

• Integrate enterprise applications, APIs, databases, and file-based systems into cloud-based AI platforms

• Ensure data quality, integrity, reliability, and performance through testing, validation, and monitoring

• Implement Infrastructure as Code and automation practices to support repeatable deployments

• Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline performance and operational issues

• Collaborate with cloud engineers, platform teams, security specialists, and business stakeholders to deliver secure and scalable solutions

• Contribute to technical documentation, solution design, and operational support processes

• Participate in Agile delivery activities including sprint planning, estimation, and continuous improvement

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Strong Python development experience

• Proven experience delivering cloud-based data engineering solutions

• Hands-on AWS experience across data integration and processing services

• Experience designing and building scalable data pipelines and integration workflows

• Kubernetes experience in enterprise environments

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools and practices

• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures and engineering principles

• Experience with DevOps/GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, automation, and version control

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related disciplines

Highly Desirable

• Experience working with Generative AI solutions or AI platforms

• Experience supporting AI-enabled products and services

• Experience processing unstructured content for AI use cases

• AWS certifications (e.g. AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate)

• Experience working within large-scale enterprise or government cloud environments

• Experience working within Agile delivery teams

Technical Environment

• AWS Cloud

• Python

• Kubernetes

• Infrastructure as Code

• Data Integration & Processing Pipelines

• Cloud-Native Architecture

• AI & Generative AI Platforms

Why Join?

• Contribute to a high-profile Federal Government AI transformation initiative

• Work within a greenfield AWS environment building foundational AI capabilities

• Exposure to cutting-edge Generative AI technologies and cloud-native engineering practices

• Collaborate with highly skilled cloud, data, security, and AI specialists

• Long-term contract opportunity with extension potential

If you’re passionate about cloud data engineering and want to help build the data foundations that power next-generation AI solutions, we’d love to hear from you.

Project Accountant – Defence Sector

We’re partnering with a leading organisation within the defence industry to appoint an experienced Project Accountant. This role sits at the heart of project delivery, providing critical financial oversight, ensuring compliance, and supporting decision-making across the full project lifecycle.

Due to the nature of the work, prior defence experience and an active AGSVA security clearance are essential.

The role:

• Manage end-to-end project financials, from setup through to completion, ensuring accuracy and compliance at every stage
• Maintain rolling forecasts, factoring in risks, scope changes, and project performance
• Track and monitor project costs against approved budgets, identifying and addressing variances early
• Prepare and issue client invoices in line with contractual requirements
• Ensure accurate revenue recognition in accordance with US GAAP and internal policies
• Support month-end close activities, ensuring timely and reliable financial reporting
• Deliver detailed month-end reporting, including insights on performance, risks, and trends
• Monitor key financial metrics including AR, WIP, deferred revenue, and DSO
• Build and maintain dashboards and KPIs to provide clear visibility across projects
• Partner closely with project and operational teams, acting as a trusted finance advisor
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, clients, and vendors to resolve financial matters
• Ensure compliance with company policies, statutory requirements, and SOX controls
• Support internal and external audits, including documentation and issue resolution

What we’re looking for:

• Prior experience within the defence sector is essential
• Active AGSVA security clearance is required
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or similar
• 5+ years’ experience in a finance role, ideally within project-based environments
• Strong background in project accounting, including forecasting, cost control, and reporting
• Advanced Excel skills, experience with macros, Power Query, Power Automate, or Power BI highly regarded
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and engage a range of stakeholders
• Exposure to sustainability accounting or joint venture invoicing is a bonus, not a dealbreaker

Our client:
Talent International has been engaged by a leading global technology company delivering large-scale resilience programs in enterprise financial services.

This organisation partners with some of the most complex and highly regulated environments in Australia, supporting operational resilience, cloud transformation and modern engineering practices.

The role:
This is a senior contract opportunity for an experienced resilience practitioner who can independently lead resilience discovery and assessment activities across a large enterprise environment.

You will facilitate workshops with senior stakeholders, assess operational resilience maturity, identify critical dependencies and vulnerabilities, and deliver actionable recommendations that improve resilience posture across the organisation.

The role also requires strong DevSecOps and cloud engineering capability, with a focus on secure CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes and GitOps practices.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead resilience discovery and assessment workshops with GMs and Heads of Function
• Conduct operational and organisational resilience assessments across enterprise environments
• Deliver maturity assessments, dependency mapping and impact tolerance analysis
• Produce executive-ready reports, heatmaps and remediation recommendations
• Drive stakeholder engagement and remediation planning across business and technology teams
• Design and secure CI/CD pipelines with integrated security controls
• Support cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes environments using Terraform and GitOps tooling

Skills and experience:

• Proven experience leading resilience assessments within enterprise environments
• Strong operational resilience, business continuity or organisational resilience expertise
• Ability to independently facilitate workshops with senior business stakeholders
• Excellent written communication and executive reporting capability
• 7+ years’ experience across DevOps / DevSecOps environments
• Strong Azure and Terraform experience
• Experience securing CI/CD pipelines and integrating security tooling
• Hands-on Kubernetes, Docker and container security experience
• Strong scripting capability across PowerShell, Shell or Python
• Experience with GitOps tooling including FluxCD, Helm and Kustomize

Benefits and additional information:

• Sydney CBD location with hybrid flexibility (2 days WFH)
• Immediate start preferred
• Opportunity to work on a high-impact enterprise resilience program
• Fast-paced, highly visible engagement within financial services

How to apply:
If this opportunity aligns with your background, please apply directly or reach out to Sienna Coate Thompson at Talent International for a confidential discussion.

We are partnering with a leading enterprise technology and telecommunications organisation to recruit an experienced Consultant Architect to support major enterprise and financial services customers across large-scale ICT transformation initiatives.

This is a highly customer-facing role where you will act as the end-to-end solution owner across complex enterprise environments, working closely with account teams, technical specialists, delivery teams, and executive stakeholders to design strategic, commercially viable, and future-ready technology solutions.

You will play a critical role in shaping enterprise ICT strategies, leading customer engagements, producing solution artefacts and roadmaps, and articulating complex multi-domain solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

This opportunity is ideal for someone who enjoys operating across architecture, strategy, stakeholder engagement, solution design, and enterprise transformation within complex and highly regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end enterprise solution architecture for strategic customer engagements
• Lead customer workshops and executive-level discussions across business and technology stakeholders
• Develop enterprise ICT strategies, transformation roadmaps, and solution recommendations
• Design integrated multi-domain solutions across networking, security, contact centre, cloud, and telecommunications environments
• Produce high-quality solution artefacts including Statements of Work (SOW), technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and commercial solution inputs
• Work closely with sales, delivery, engineering, and specialist architecture teams to shape customer outcomes
• Coordinate technical and commercial inputs across multiple stakeholders and vendors
• Support bid responses including RFPs, RFIs, and RFTs
• Act as a trusted advisor to enterprise customers within highly regulated industries
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies, market trends, and vendor capabilities

Requirements

• Strong experience working as a Consultant Architect, Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect, or Technical Consultant within enterprise ICT environments
• Strong customer-facing and stakeholder engagement capability, including C-level communication and presentation skills
• Experience designing enterprise-scale ICT and telecommunications solutions across complex environments
• Strong understanding of:
  • SD-WAN
  • Enterprise networking
  • Security & SASE
  • Contact Centre platforms
  • Cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments
• Exposure to technologies such as:
  • Palo Alto
  • Cisco
  • Meraki
  • Zscaler
  • NICE
  • Genesys
  • AWS / Azure / GCP
• Experience producing solution artefacts, technical documentation, commercial inputs, and Statements of Work
• Strong understanding of enterprise delivery, governance, and solution lifecycle management
• Experience supporting large enterprise or regulated industry customers highly regarded
• Financial services, banking, insurance, government, or telecommunications industry experience – A MUST
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to align technical solutions to business outcomes.
• Experience working within large enterprise customer environments
• Experience supporting complex transformation and migration initiatives
• Exposure to enterprise networking, cyber security, and contact centre transformation programs
• Familiarity with architectural frameworks such as TOGAF and/or ITIL

If you are interested in this opportunity, please click “APPLY NOW“. Alternatively, if you are keen to discuss further, please email me at alex.nguyen@talentinternational.com