EL2 Principal Platform Engineer

We are seeking an experienced EL2 Principal Platform Engineer to lead complex platform engineering initiatives within a major Federal Government environment.

This role will focus on building secure, scalable and reusable cloud platform capabilities across AWS and Azure, improving developer self-service and establishing engineering standards that support reliable technology delivery.

Contract Details

• Initial 12-month contract with a further 12-month extension option
• Open market hourly rates
• Locations available in Melbourne (Richmond), Geelong, Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney or Perth
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Australian citizenship is mandatory
• Candidates must be able to obtain an NV1 security clearance

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and continuously improve secure, reusable cloud platform services across AWS and Azure.
• Establish platform standards, golden paths, templates, guardrails and automated delivery patterns.
• Lead platform roadmap planning, governance, reference architecture and lifecycle management.
• Improve developer experience through internal developer platforms, self-service capabilities, clear documentation and reusable engineering patterns.
• Embed automated security controls, vulnerability management, policy-as-code and compliance checks across platform services.
• Improve platform reliability through observability, monitoring, alerting, incident response and service health practices.
• Partner with delivery, architecture, security and operations teams to resolve complex issues and promote consistent platform engineering practices.
• Support critical services through participation in after-hours on-call arrangements.

About You

• Extensive experience designing, implementing and operating secure, scalable platforms across AWS and Azure.
• Deep expertise in containerisation, Kubernetes and orchestration technologies.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform, along with CI/CD automation and standardised engineering toolchains.
• Experience with tools such as GitLab, GitHub, Artifactory and Jira.
• Strong knowledge of secure platform engineering, including automated testing, vulnerability management and compliance automation.
• Experience designing internal developer platforms, service mesh architectures and developer self-service capabilities.
• The ability to establish platform governance frameworks, engineering standards, reference architectures and operational controls.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, technical leadership and complex troubleshooting capabilities.

Experience with Backstage, OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, HashiCorp Vault and enterprise observability practices will be highly regarded.

Candidates will be required to provide a one-page pitch addressing the role’s selection criteria.

For more information please contact Liam – Liam.Lasslett@TalentInternational.com

• Senior Cloud / Principal Platform Engineer – EL2 equivalent
• Canberra // NV1 clearance required
• 12-month contract + 12-month extension

  Position Overview
  An opportunity is available for an experienced Principal Platform Engineer to lead complex platform engineering initiatives within a large Federal Government technology environment.
  This senior technical role will focus on building and uplifting secure, scalable and reliable cloud platforms across AWS and Azure, creating reusable platform capabilities that make it easier for development teams to deliver high-quality services. You will work across cloud-native engineering, Kubernetes, automation, developer self-service, security and reliability while helping shape platform standards, roadmaps and engineering practices.
  The position will suit a highly experienced, hands-on platform or cloud engineer who can combine deep technical expertise with technical leadership and stakeholder engagement.

  Key Duties

  • Design, build, operate and continuously improve secure, reusable cloud platform services across AWS and Azure.
  • Develop cloud-native capabilities and standardised application hosting patterns using containers and Kubernetes.
  • Establish platform standards, golden paths, templates, guardrails and reusable engineering patterns.
  • Build and improve CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, automation and standardised engineering toolchains.
  • Develop developer self-service capabilities, internal developer platforms and structured onboarding processes.
  • Improve developer experience through clear documentation, reusable patterns and platform enablement.
  • Embed automated security controls, vulnerability management, compliance checks, automated testing and secure-by-design practices.
  • Improve platform reliability and observability through monitoring, alerting, service health practices and incident response.
  • Lead platform roadmap planning, prioritisation, governance and lifecycle management.
  • Work closely with delivery, architecture, security, operations and business stakeholders to resolve complex technical issues and drive adoption of platform engineering practices.
  • Support critical platform services, including participation in after-hours on-call arrangements.

  Skills and Experience Required

  • Extensive experience designing, implementing and operating secure, scalable cloud platforms across AWS and Azure.
  • Deep expertise in containerisation, Kubernetes and orchestration technologies.
  • Strong experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and automation.
  • Experience with engineering toolchains such as GitLab, GitHub, Artifactory and Jira.
  • Demonstrated experience building reusable platform capabilities, standardised engineering patterns and developer self-service solutions.
  • Strong understanding of secure platform engineering, including policy-as-code, vulnerability management, automated security testing and compliance automation.
  • Experience designing or supporting internal developer platforms and service mesh architectures.
  • Strong knowledge of platform governance, reference architectures, engineering standards, guardrails and operational controls.
  • Experience with developer portals or platform catalogues such as Backstage or equivalent will be highly regarded.
  • Knowledge of enterprise observability practices including OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, metrics, logging and service health monitoring is desirable.
  • Experience with secrets management technologies such as HashiCorp Vault or equivalent is desirable.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, platform services and enterprise environments.
  • Must be an Australian citizen and able to obtain a Negative Vetting Level 1 (NV1) security clearance.

  Application Process
  If you would like to apply, please contact Emma on 0480 804 408 or email emma.gibbons@talentinternational.com

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Talent International has partnered with a major Australian organisation operating within a highly regulated, customer-focused environment.

As the organisation continues to strengthen its approach to premium customer engagement, they are creating a key leadership position to improve how sensitive customer and compliance requirements are managed. This is a highly visible role with strong executive sponsorship and genuine opportunity to shape a growing function.

The role

As Senior Manager – Customer Engagement, you will take ownership of the engagement strategy for a portfolio of premium customers who require additional information or documentation before their relationship with the organisation can be reactivated.

This is not a traditional compliance or back-office leadership position. You will be highly customer-facing, personally building relationships with sophisticated customers and helping them navigate requirements relating to source of wealth, AMLAML and other regulatory obligations.

You will lead an initial team of two Analysts while remaining hands-on yourself. As a newly established function, there is significant scope to influence the strategy, establish best practice and make the role your own as the team grows.

Key responsibilities

• Own and develop the customer engagement strategy for premium and high-value customers.
• Personally engage with customers via phone, email and face-to-face meetings to obtain required information and documentation.
• Build trust and explain complex or sensitive regulatory requirements in a clear, confident and customer-friendly way.
• Manage challenging conversations and objections while maintaining strong customer relationships.
• Lead, support and develop a small team of Analysts, while remaining actively involved in customer engagement.
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex customer matters and work closely with Premium Risk, AMLAML and Financial Crime teams.
• Oversee customer reactivation activity, ensuring cases progress effectively from initial engagement through to completion.
• Provide reporting and insights on engagement activity, outcomes and emerging issues.
• Help establish processes, standards and ways of working for a newly created and growing function.

Skills and experience

We are looking for someone who combines exceptional relationship management skills with experience working in a regulated environment.

You will ideally bring:

• Strong customer-facing, relationship management, guest relations or premium client experience.
• Previous experience within a regulated industry such as banking, financial services, gaming, wagering or another highly regulated customer environment.
• Exposure to AMLAML, financial crime, KYCKYC, source of wealth or similar compliance requirements.
• Confidence engaging with high-value customers on sensitive matters.
• The ability to simplify complex requirements, influence reluctant customers and navigate difficult conversations with professionalism and tact.
• A proactive, hands-on approach – this role requires someone who will personally engage customers rather than simply manage escalations.
• Strong commercial judgement, communication skills and the ability to work closely with compliance and risk specialists.

Previous people management experience is not essential. This could suit an experienced relationship manager, customer engagement professional or financial crime specialist ready to step into broader leadership responsibility.

Benefits and additional information

• Permanent opportunity with a salary of $160K-$170K + bonus, with flexibility for an exceptional candidate.
• Newly created role with genuine ownership of the customer engagement strategy.
• High-profile position with strong executive sponsorship and visibility.
• Opportunity to build and grow a function currently consisting of two Analysts.
• Work with premium customers across Australia and internationally.
• Genuine scope to influence how the role and broader function evolve.
• Some flexibility outside standard hours will be required to accommodate premium customers, including occasional weekend engagement.

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Program Manager to lead the delivery of a significant transformation program within a complex regulatory environment.

This is a highly visible, hands-on role requiring someone who can build credibility quickly and work effectively across Regulatory Operations, regulatory officers, inspectors, corporate functions, external vendors and senior leadership.

It is a VPS 6 contract role through to end of July 2027.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination and delivery of a complex regulatory transformation program.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, particularly Regulatory Operations, regulatory officers, inspectors, corporate functions, vendors and senior leaders, to support delivery of agreed outcomes.
• Work closely with operational stakeholders to understand requirements, identify challenges and translate strategic priorities into practical solutions.
• Influence and negotiate across multiple stakeholder groups, often without direct authority, to maintain momentum and achieve program objectives.
• Manage program performance, budgets, milestones, resources, risks, dependencies and changes in scope.
• Prepare high-quality executive briefings, program reports, presentations and governance updates.

About You

You will be an experienced Program Manager with a strong track record delivering complex programs in a regulatory, government, compliance or operational environment.

You will bring:

• Demonstrated program management experience within a regulatory or similarly complex operational environment.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement, influencing and relationship management skills.
• Experience partnering closely with operational teams such as inspectors, regulatory officers, compliance or enforcement functions.
• Ability to build trust and credibility with senior executives, frontline teams, corporate functions and external partners.
• Strong experience managing complex end-to-end programs including budgets, risks, resources, vendors and governance.

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Anita Fonseka at anita.fonseka@talentinternational.com

Talent International is partnering with a leading technology organisation to bring on a Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer for a major enterprise platform engagement.

You won’t simply be maintaining an existing OpenShift environment. You’ll help automate and evolve a Container-as-a-Service platform, working across Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Ansible, Argo CD, ZTP, ACM and advanced networking.

A key focus will be onboarding platform and cloud-native network functions (CNFs), while building the automation and standardisation needed to operate the environment effectively at scale.

You’ll work closely with architecture, network and automation specialists, giving you exposure across the broader platform rather than being restricted to one narrow area of OpenShift.

What you’ll be working on

• Designing, building and automating Red Hat OpenShift platform components.
• Developing automated, repeatable platform deployments using Ansible and Infrastructure as Code principles.
• Building and implementing GitOps workflows using Argo CD.
• Implementing Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) and declarative cluster lifecycle management.
• Managing multi-cluster OpenShift environments using Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM).
• Supporting the onboarding of cloud-native network functions, applications and platform tenants.
• Engineering OpenShift networking across OVN-Kubernetes, MetalLB, BGP, Multus and SR-IOV.
• Working across platform, infrastructure and networking layers to solve complex technical problems.
• Supporting production and test environments, including troubleshooting, incident resolution, lifecycle management and patching.
• Helping establish standards, documentation and automation that make the platform easier to operate and scale.
• Sharing technical knowledge with internal engineering and operations teams.

What we’re looking for

You’ll be a senior, hands-on platform engineer who is comfortable owning problems across OpenShift rather than operating within a narrowly defined support function.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Strong hands-on Red Hat OpenShift 4.x experience.
• Strong Kubernetes platform engineering experience at enterprise scale.
• Proven GitOps / Argo CD implementation experience.
• Strong Ansible / Ansible Automation Platform capability.
• Experience applying Infrastructure as Code and automation principles.
• Hands-on experience with Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP).
• Experience with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (ACM) and multi-cluster environments.
• Deep OpenShift/Kubernetes networking knowledge, including OVN-Kubernetes, MetalLB, BGP, Multus and SR-IOV.
• Strong Linux and Linux networking fundamentals.
• Familiarity with technologies such as OpenShift Platform Plus, Quay and OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF).

Even better if you have

Experience in telecommunications or with cloud-native network functions (CNFs) would be particularly valuable.

We’re also interested in experience across:

• Air-gapped or disconnected OpenShift environments.
• Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security (ACS).
• BGP, ACI, EVPN or broader data centre networking.
• NUMA, DPDK and performance tuning.
• Prometheus, Grafana and Alertmanager.
• Storage, backup and supporting infrastructure technologies.

The details

This is an initial 100-day / approximately 3-month contract, with strong potential for extension.

You’ll be embedded within the customer environment in Macquarie Park, Sydney, working full-time onsite alongside the teams you’re supporting. There is currently no work-from-home component.

A September start is preferred.

If you’re an OpenShift engineer who wants to work across the deeper engineering, automation and networking challenges of a large-scale platform, we’d love to hear from you.

Talent International has partnered with a major Australian organisation operating within a large-scale industrial manufacturing environment.

They are currently seeking an Automation Engineer to join the engineering team delivering a significant automation and control systems upgrade.

The role:

Working alongside experienced Principal and Senior Automation Engineers, you will support the engineering and delivery of automation work packages across a major upgrade program.

This is a broad, hands-on engineering role where you will contribute across the project lifecycle, from defining requirements and developing technical solutions through to testing, cutover and rectification.

The environment includes PLCs, industrial networks and HMI/SCADA systems, giving you exposure to a technically complex automation landscape and the opportunity to work closely with engineering, operations, vendors and external consultants.

You will be responsible for ensuring allocated engineering packages are delivered safely, effectively and in line with project scope, schedule and relevant engineering standards.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the delivery of automation engineering packages across a major industrial upgrade.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of PLC and HMI/SCADA solutions.
• Identify and define technical requirements, interfaces and work scopes for control system elements.
• Develop technical and performance specifications.
• Deliver engineering design outcomes directly and through external design partners.
• Support project scope development and engineering documentation.
• Work closely with internal engineering and operations teams, vendors and consultants.
• Assist with testing, system shadowing, cutover and rectification activities.
• Ensure engineering activities meet relevant safety, project and engineering standards.
• Support effective risk management across allocated work packages.

Skills & experience:

You will have:

• A degree in Computer, Telecommunications or Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science; other relevant Engineering or IT qualifications, including Diploma qualifications, may also be considered.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to effectively manage competing priorities.

Experience in the following would be highly regarded:

• Heavy industry or automated manufacturing.
• Brownfield projects or operational support environments.
• Practical electrical experience within industrial environments.
• PLC, RTU, I/O and IoT systems.
• Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
• Ethernet and IP networking.
• HMI/SCADA and historian applications.
• Windows, Linux and virtualisation.
• Active Directory.
• Databases and systems integration.

If you are an Automation Engineer looking to take on a technically challenging role within a major industrial transformation program, we would be interested in hearing from you.

Are you a visionary software leader with a passion for driving cutting-edge cloud solutions? We’re seeking a highly skilled Principal Software Engineer to lead complex initiatives that deliver impactful outcomes. This pivotal role offers an exciting opportunity to influence strategic technology deployment, collaborate with passionate teams, and work on initiatives that truly make a difference.

As a key member of our organization, you will oversee the design, development, deployment, and support of our Cloud & Data Infrastructure, ensuring scalable and efficient solutions aligned with best practices. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, manage stakeholder relationships, and lead high-impact projects in a hybrid working environment across multiple locations.

Required Skills:

• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure and services, with a proven ability to design and manage scalable cloud solutions.
• Strong background in DevOps practices, including tools like GitLab, GitHub, Artifactory, and Jira, for continuous integration and deployment.
• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform for automated provisioning and management.
• Proficiency in version control systems like Git and agile development methodologies.
• Ability to write and maintain complex code in Python, JavaScript, and Golang.
• Deep knowledge of containerization, Kubernetes, and Docker for efficient application delivery.
• Proven track record of leading large, strategic technical projects with high autonomy and strategic impact.

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience with database deployment and administration, especially Postgres and MySQL.
• Skills in Azure cloud infrastructure and multi-cloud strategies.
• Strong understanding of network architecture in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault for securing sensitive data.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Significant leadership experience in senior engineering roles or equivalent, especially within government or large-scale enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated success in managing complex projects and stakeholder engagement at a senior level.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to obtain Negative Vetting Level 1 security clearance.
• Willingness to work a hybrid schedule with a minimum of 3 days in-office per week, with flexible arrangements.
• Australian citizenship is mandatory, with valid evidence required for pre-engagement checks.

If you’re driven by challenge, eager to lead innovative projects, and inspired to contribute to a vital national service, we want to hear from you. Take the next step in your career by applying now and become a leader in transforming public sector technology!

Contact shelley.harrison@talentinternational.com for more information. Shortlisted will be contacted.

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

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

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

The role

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

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

Key responsibilities

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

Skills and experience

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

Benefits and additional information

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

If this role sounds like you please APPLY NOW!

Our client

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

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

The role

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

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

Key responsibilities

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

Skills and experience

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

Benefits and additional information

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

Our client

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

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

The role

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

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

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

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

Key responsibilities

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

Skills and experience

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

We’re looking for someone who has:

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

Our client:

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

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

The role:

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

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

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

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

Key responsibilities:

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

Skills and experience:

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

You’ll ideally have:

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

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

Benefits and additional information:

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

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

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

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

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

The role:

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

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

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

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

Key responsibilities:

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

Skills and experience:

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

To be successful, you will ideally bring:

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

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

Benefits and additional information:

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

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