A leading financial services provider is seeking a number of Solution Architects with solid general insurance to join their team on initial six month contracts.

Working in a large, dynamic and distributed architecture practice, you will be joining an in-flight transformation program where you will be responsible for the end-to-end design and definition of technical solutions that cover a wide variety of technologies and business processes. You will be required to providing advice and guidance to impacted business units, while ensuring that the proposed solutions address business needs, are fit for purpose and will align to the organisation’s technology roadmap.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant industry certifications (i.e. TOGAF)
• Demonstrated Solution Architecture experience gained within large, complex environments
• Financial Services and/or General Insurance experience would be highly regarded
• Strong experience designing solutions which incorporate different technologies such as applications (Guidewire) and integration
• Excellent communication skills coupled with strong stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to consult and provide advice to internal stakeholders

This is a Sydney-based role where you will be required to be in the office at least two days per week.

An attractive daily rate is on offer for the right candidate – to be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online!

• Initial 6 Month Contract | Potential To Extend
• Melbourne CBD Location | Hybrid Working Arrangements
• Insurance Sector | Technology Strategy and Roadmaps

The Role: The Solutions Architect will be responsible for developing and evolving the Technology Strategy and Roadmaps for the Intermediated Insurance business in both Australia and New Zealand in alignment to the relevant divisional Strategies and support portfolio alignment to strategy.

The Responsibilities:

• Close collaboration with the Domain Architects in the team on their respective Strategy and roadmap.
• These strategies and roadmaps are aligned to achieving the divisional strategies for Trans-Tasman Intermediated Insurance.
• Develop key strategies and support the incubation of high priority strategy execution.
• Support strategic planning process collaborating with portfolio and planning team with specific focus on strategic narrative, key outcomes and initiative alignment.
• Support the evangelisation of the Intermediated Technology Strategy and communicate changes.
• Support delivery of E2E solutions and estimates for strategic programs and other agreed initiatives.

Skills & Experience Required:

• 7+ years experience as a Solutions Architect focused in developing IT strategies and roadmaps that deliver transformational change within the Insurance Sector.
• 3+ years management / technology consulting experience in a tier 1 or 2 consulting company at a consultant / senior consultant level.
• Financial Services experience in particular insurance preferred.
• Strong knowledge of technology trends across IT and digital and how they can be applied to Insurance companies to address real world problems and opportunities.
• Experience with program management and technology delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to work in diverse teams and drive cultural change.

What’s in it for you:

• Initial 6 Month Contract | Potential To Extend
• Melbourne CBD Location | Hybrid Working Arrangements
• Insurance Sector | Technology Strategy and Roadmaps

Apply today and Jimmy Nguyen will reach out to disclose further information.

• IT policy & governance, IT controls (ISO 27001/NIST), and risk management
• 6-month contract with 2 x 6-month extension options
• Canberra location – hybrid
• Must hold minimum Baseline clearance

Our Client

Our Federal Government client is Australia’s principle revenue collection agency, primarily responsible for administering the federal taxation system and superannuation legislation, as well as managing and delivering a range of Australian government payment and loan schemes.

The Role

We’re looking for an experienced IT Architect to shape and govern the technology landscape for a large, complex federal environment. In this role, you’ll sit within a Strategy, Design and Architecture function, developing enterprise-wide policies, standards and frameworks that ensure technology solutions are secure, compliant and aligned to current and future business needs.

Your duties will include:

• Developing and maintaining IT policies, standards and governance frameworks across the enterprise
• Reviewing and updating policies to align with legislation, IT controls and industry best practice
• Monitoring emerging technology and regulatory trends to keep the architecture landscape current and effective
• Partnering with stakeholders to identify gaps, gather insights and prioritise improvements in IT policy and architecture
• Providing expert policy and architecture advice to projects to ensure alignment with organisational objectives
• Designing and documenting enterprise architecture principles, standards and impact assessments for new technologies

Skills and Experience we are looking for:

• 8-10 years’ experience in IT architecture or related roles, including significant policy development exposure
• Proven experience developing and enforcing IT policies, standards and governance frameworks in complex environments
• Strong understanding of IT General Controls, ISO 27001, NIST and risk management practices
• Proficiency with enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF) and aligning architecture with organisational strategy
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build consensus across diverse groups
• Highly regarded: Certifications such as TOGAF, AWS/Azure Architect, ITIL and familiarity with ITIL practices (DR, incident and change management)

Application Process

If you would like to apply for this opportunity, pleas click ‘APPLY’. For further information, please contact Jaela Smith on 02 6129 6302 or email jaela.smith@talentinternational.com

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A State Government agency is seeking an experienced Procurement Officer to manage end-to-end procurement and tender processes. This is a hands-on role ideal for a highly independent, resilient professional who can hit the ground running in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and manage tender processes from concept to contract execution

• Provide expert advice on procurement strategy, tendering methods, and commercial matters

• Draft business cases, board reports, briefing notes, and Finance Committee papers

• Ensure procurement processes comply with government policies, statutory requirements, and probity standards

Ideal Candidate:

• Extensive experience managing end-to-end government tenders

• Strong knowledge of VGPB or equivalent frameworks

• Excellent commercial acumen and understanding of procurement governance

• Ability to work independently, manage multiple projects, and meet tight deadlines

Please contact Xavier Cusack on xavier.cusack@talentinternational.com or apply today to secure an interview.

• Permanent Career Opportunity
• Sydney CBD Office location – stunning, newly refurbished offices
• Hybrid Work Arrangement: 3 days in the office, 2 days WFH
• Competitive Salary + Bonus

A leading music organisation is seeking an eager and exceptional individual to join its Infrastructure Team as the primary Infrastructure Architect. This organisation is a global powerhouse in recorded music, publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content, operating in more than 60 countries and dedicated to artistry, innovation, and creative excellence.

As the Infrastructure Architect, you will work closely with engineering, implementation, operations, and business stakeholders to drive strategy, architecture, standards, and designs for the organisation’s IT infrastructure. You will be responsible for creating and maintaining foundational technology systems- including networks, servers, storage, and A/V environments-and ensuring they are secure, scalable, and aligned with business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Design & Planning: Develop blueprints and long-term roadmaps for IT infrastructure, supporting both current and future business requirements.
• System Integration: Ensure new and existing systems operate seamlessly and efficiently.
• Technical Architecture: Define technical standards and specifications across hardware, software, and network components.
• Standards & Governance: Document and maintain infrastructure standards and best practices.
• Security & Compliance: Implement security measures and ensure adherence to policies and regulatory requirements.
• Performance Monitoring: Identify performance issues, resolve bottlenecks, and optimise infrastructure efficiency.
• Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity: Develop plans to ensure uninterrupted business operations.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner with IT teams, business units, and vendors to align technical solutions with organisational objectives.
• Automation: Work with engineering, implementation, and operations teams to automate processes for accuracy and efficiency.

Skills & Abilities

• Strong technical expertise across networking, servers, storage, and A/V technologies.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to design and deliver long-term infrastructure plans.
• Advanced problem-solving skills with experience resolving complex technical challenges.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for varied audiences.
• Fluent English (written and verbal).

Experience

• 10+ years in IT, including:
• Minimum 3 years in network design
• Minimum 2 years in compute and storage design
• Minimum 1 year in A/V design
• Experience delivering customer-facing presentations (4+ years).
• Experience with architecture and strategic planning (2+ years).
• Infrastructure automation experience (2+ years).
• Proven experience running large-scale PoC/PoV evaluations and conducting cost/benefit analyses.

If this role sounds interesting, please APPLY NOW! Or email your CV to Sophia.parrelli@talentinternational.com

Are you passionate about designing innovative infrastructure solutions that shape the future of technology?
We’re looking for an Infra Architect to join our high-performing team and provide expert guidance across architecture design, solutioning, and operational strategy. This is a highly collaborative, influential role where your decisions will directly impact enterprise-scale platforms and technology outcomes.

About the Role

As the Infra Architect you will act as a trusted subject matter expert and work across multiple teams to design, optimise, and evolve infrastructure architecture. You will contribute to key decisions, solve complex problems, and support both delivery and pre-sales solutioning.

This position is ideal for someone who blends hands-on infrastructure design expertise with strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

What You’ll Do

• Design & deliver infrastructure architecture across platforms and products, ensuring performance, security, scalability, and efficiency.
• Support sales and solutioning initiatives, shaping architecture and translating requirements into actionable designs.
• Collaborate across technical and business teams to align architectural decisions and maintain consistency across programs.
• Contribute to operational strategy, best practices, and long-term infrastructure improvements.
• Provide expert input to complex architectural challenges, driving practical, innovative solutions.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years’ experience in roles related to infrastructure design or architecture.
• Intermediate expertise in designing and implementing infrastructure solutions.
• Foundational understanding of infrastructure strategy and alignment to business goals.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline.
• Australian Citizenship + Active NV1 Clearance (mandatory).

Bonus Skills (Highly Advantageous)

• Advanced experience in cloud computing (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Strong understanding of network architecture.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity principles and secure system design.
• Systems integration experience across diverse platforms.
• Advanced skills in data management and optimisation.

How to Apply

If you would like to apply for this opportunity, pleas click ‘APPLY’. For further information, please contact Vamshi Krishna on 0470260909 or email vamshi.krishna@talentinternational.com

• Data Architect
• 3 months initial contract with strong likelihood for extension
• Adelaide Based Position

We are seeking a Data Architect to work on the implementation of data governance frameworks, and provide support leveraging Microsoft Data stacks.

Context:

The team is currently in conjunction with consultants undertaking two key initiatives to develop:

1. Data Standards and Design Principles
2. Data Governance & Quality Framework

The resource will play an active role in embedding and supporting these initiatives across the organisation.

Responsibilities:

• Support the rollout of data governance frameworks, policies, and standards.
• Assist in defining and documenting data ownership, stewardship, and quality processes.
• Contribute to the development of metadata management and data cataloguing practices.
• Provide technical guidance and design for data solutions including schemas & data models using Microsoft technologies (e.g. Azure Data Services, Power BI, SQL Server, Fabric, Purview).
• Assist in integratiing governance practices into data platforms and workflows.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and security standards.
• Develop document templates for data management.
• Identify critical data assets and dependencies to support governance and architecture decisions.
• Ensure data lineage and flow documentation aligns with compliance and security requirements.

Apply today or get in touch with Ivan Aureus at 0480 806 152.

Overview:

A leading organisation is seeking a highly skilled Security Architect to join their innovative team, where expertise in cyber security will play a vital role in shaping the future of their security landscape.

In this pivotal role, the Security Architect will focus on threat assessments, risk mitigation, and implementing robust controls to ensure that every new capability or technology adopted is secure and compliant within a highly regulated environment.

Success in this role will involve embracing hands-on project work, collaborating across departments, and guiding the organization’s security strategy under the Cyber and Protection area within Technology and Operations.

• This is an initial 6 month contract
• Hybrid working
• Market rate
• This role will be a new year start

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in Solutions Architecture specializing in security
• A strong background in threat assessments and risk mitigation
• Proven ability to engage effectively with stakeholders
• Capacity to navigate a highly regulated enterprise environment while upholding security standards
• Excellent problem-solving skills, combining tactical execution with strategic oversight
• Ability to articulate complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholder

Please note this role will require for someone to be based in either Auckland or Christchurch with valid working rights.

Cloud, Network, Infrastructure & Data Architecture | Governance | Enterprise-wide Systems | End-to-End ICT Solutions

• Location: ACT (Hybrid)
• Security Clearance: NV1 Cleared (Mandatory)
• Contract Length: 12 Months + 2 × 12-Month Extensions (Subject to Departmental Discretion)

Our client is currently engaged in delivering a large-scale federal program and are actively seeking multiple ‘Senior Solution Architects’ to lead end-to-end technology design across Network, Cloud/Application, Infrastructure and Data domains. This role sits within a high-performance architecture governance environment, delivering complex, secure, enterprise-grade solutions that align with departmental strategy, reference architectures, and ARB/DA oversight.

You will be responsible for shaping conceptual and detailed architectures, producing high-quality design artefacts, and guiding delivery teams to realise scalable, secure, and cost-efficient solutions across a diverse technology landscape.

Key responsibilities of the position:

• Design and deliver scalable, secure, efficient, and cost-effective technology solutions that meet business and infrastructure requirements.

• Conduct technology evaluations and select appropriate platforms, tooling and patterns aligned to business and technical needs.

• Define interfaces, integration points and data flows across multi-system and third-party environments.

• Produce high-level and detailed architectural artefacts including conceptual architectures, HLDs, DDDs, reference architectures, capability models, roadmaps, and technical specifications.

• Develop and maintain domain-level reference architectures, including current-to-target state views and landscape models.

• Support delivery teams during solution implementation, resolving technical challenges and ensuring fidelity to approved designs.

• Provide architectural assurance and contribute feedback to uplift architectural standards, patterns, and non-functional requirements.

• Actively participate in Architecture Review Board (ARB) and Design Authority (DA) forums and promote broader team engagement.

What we are looking for:

• Minimum 5 years of ICT industry experience.

• Minimum 2 years producing solution architecture or system design documentation in enterprise environments.

• Experience delivering solutions within secure government environments alongside strong background working in large, complex ICT landscapes.

Desirable skills & expertise:

• Architecture experience within complex global ICT environments.

• Practical experience applying ISM and Essential Eight controls into architectural design.

• Strong cloud architecture capability across contemporary integration and connectivity patterns.

• Experience spanning on-prem, private cloud, SaaS, and hybrid environments with secure, scalable integration considerations.

Why join our client?

• Contribute to enterprise-scale architectural uplift and governance across a high-impact federal environment.

• Work across diverse technology domains with significant autonomy and architectural influence.

• Engage in established governance forums including ARB and DA, shaping future-state technology direction.

To showcase your interest for the position, click on ‘APPLY’ on our website or for any further information, please contact Sanat Anmadwar on Sanat.Anmadwar@talentinternational.com. We look forward to seeing how your expertise can help us achieve excellence!

A leading Financial Services provider is seeking a Cyber Security Architect to join their team on an initial six month contract.

Joining a security architecture practice, you will be working on a number of project engagements and engaging with business stakeholders from across the business. You will be responsible for conducting security and threat assessments to ensure workloads or systems are assessed against appropriate security controls, risk mitigation exercises to ensure adequate controls have been considered as part of the overall solution, as well as providing recommendations and advice to ensure solutions falls within internal security guidelines.

This position will suit candidates who are collaborative, with strong stakeholder engagement skills combined with a solid background in cyber security architecture.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant industry certifications (i.e. CISSP)
• Strong experience working as a Cyber Security Architect within large complex environments (preferably Financial Services)
• Good understanding of information security / architecture / risk frameworks such as SABSA, NIST 800-53 and/or TOGAF
• Proven experience consulting and providing advice to business and technical stakeholders on a range of projects
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with a proven ability to consult, negotiate and influence
• Superior verbal and written communication skills

This is a Sydney-based role which will require you to be in the office at least two – three days per week.

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

Are you passionate about Shopify and building enterprise-level e-commerce solutions? We’re looking for a senior E-Commerce Solution Architect to take the lead on designing and delivering complex Shopify projects. This fully remote role gives you the freedom to shape the architecture, guide development teams, and solve real technical challenges from start to finish.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the technical design of Shopify and Shopify Plus projects, including headless setups and custom integrations.

• Work closely with developers, guiding implementation and reviewing solutions to make sure they’re scalable and maintainable.

• Collaborate with UX designers and functional teams to ensure requirements are achievable and aligned with Shopify capabilities.

• Support testing, integration, and deployment activities to make launches smooth and reliable.

• Break down technical tasks, size efforts accurately, and provide guidance throughout the project lifecycle.

• Be the go-to technical advisor, solving challenges and helping the team deliver quality solutions.

What we’re looking for

• Hands-on experience with Shopify and Shopify Plus, including Liquid, APIs, headless patterns, and integrations.

• Solid understanding of the Shopify app ecosystem and extensibility surfaces (Checkout UI, Customer Account, Shopify Functions).

• Ability to translate business requirements into practical, maintainable technical solutions.

• Experience mentoring or guiding developers and leading technical decisions.

• Strong problem-solving and communication skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Comfortable working fully remotely and managing your own priorities.

Why this is a great role

• Fully remote with flexibility to work how you work best.

• Lead exciting, high-impact Shopify projects from architecture through launch.

• Make real technical decisions and influence project delivery.

• Work alongside a skilled, collaborative team focused on building great e-commerce solutions.

• Top of the market rate / salary
• Lead the architecture for Nutanix and Automation (AWS) programs
• 12 month ongoing contract with a garunteed converstion to permanent

My client is currently on the lookout for a experienced Infrastructure Architect to design, implement, and optimise compute platforms across Nutanix and AWS environments. You will lead the transition to a fully Nutanix environment and oversee the automation rollout within an AWS environment using DevOps, CI/CD, GitHub and terraform. The ideal candidate will have strong technical leadership across compute, storage, and virtualisation domains with the ability to work closely with infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to deliver future-ready solutions.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Infrastructure Architect working in complex environments
• Strong expertise in Nutanix – Ideally a lead the migration from VMWare to Nutanix
• Good understanding of AWS compute services (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda).
• Solid understanding of virtualisation (VMware, Hyper-V), containers, and hybrid cloud integration.
• Experience with automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of networking, storage, and security principles in hybrid environments.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Relevant certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, Nutanix Certified Professional/Expert) highly regarded.
• Tertiary qualifications in IT, Computer Science, or Engineering.

Benefits:

• Rare opportunity to lead the implementation of Nutanix and AWS automation
• Convert to permanent after 12 months
• Central CBD location – 2 day WFH

If you would like to know more please contact Sean Mantri on 0420 425 141 / sean.mantri@talentinternational.com or hit Apply Now!