Senior Platform Engineer – Snowflake (Azure)

Sydney | 6-month contract | Potential extension

Talent International is partnering with a leading organisation to recruit an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to support the design, automation and management of its Snowflake platform on Azure.

We’re looking for someone with strong hands-on experience across Snowflake, Azure, Terraform and CI/CD, ideally within banking or financial services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure and manage Snowflake environments on Microsoft Azure.

• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.

• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Bitbucket.

• Configure Azure services including Storage, Key Vault, Entra ID, networking and security integrations.

• Manage Snowflake accounts, warehouses, roles, permissions and integrations.

• Automate deployments, environment promotions, releases and rollback processes.

• Implement monitoring, logging, security controls and operational improvements.

• Troubleshoot platform issues and ensure reliability, security and performance.

About You

• Minimum 5 years’ relevant platform engineering experience.

• Experience delivering at least two Snowflake implementations on Azure.

• Strong hands-on expertise in Terraform, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD automation.

• Experience with Jenkins, Bitbucket and DevSecOps practices.

• Strong understanding of Azure infrastructure, identity management, networking and cloud security.

• Experience managing enterprise Snowflake environments across development, testing and production.

• Previous experience in banking, financial services or other regulated environments will be highly regarded.

What’s on Offer

• Initial 6-month contract with potential extension.

• Sydney-based opportunity.

• Work with modern Snowflake and Azure technologies in a complex enterprise environment.

If you’re an experienced Platform Engineer with strong Snowflake and Azure expertise, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now for a confidential discussion.

A leading global financial services organisation is undertaking a major multi-year platform migration and client onboarding program across its custody and asset servicing business.

They are seeking an experienced Solution Architect to play a key role in shaping high-level solutions for new clients, product offerings, regulatory initiatives and business change within a complex, highly governed technology environment.

You will join an established Solution Architecture team and work closely with clients, operations, business analysts, delivery teams and local and global architecture authorities. The role will focus on understanding client operating models, identifying capability gaps and defining practical solutions that fit within the organisation’s existing architecture.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Strong Solution Architecture experience within large, complex enterprise environments
• Knowledge of custody, fund administration, asset management or financial services operations (front office experience within a wealth management provider will also be considered)
• Experience translating business and client requirements into high-level solution designs
• Strong business acumen, stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills
• Experience identifying capability gaps, impacted systems and delivery requirements
• Understanding of middle and back-office functions such as unit pricing, tax reporting, registries or asset servicing
• Ability to design within existing architecture and strict technology governance constraints
• Experience presenting solutions to design authorities and senior stakeholders
• A willingness to develop knowledge across new products, asset classes and operational domains

This is a Sydney-based role requiring three days per week in the office. A long-term contract and attractive daily rate are on offer for the right candidate.

We are partnering with a large government body seeking an Application Development Lead with strong, hands-on Appian experience.

Your Appian skills are the priority. You’ll draw on your experience designing and delivering Appian applications to guide solution development, oversee delivery partners and help build a scalable enterprise platform.

Key activities

• Provide technical leadership for the Appian pilot and future platform initiatives.
• Review Appian solution designs and vendor deliverables, ensuring quality and alignment with best practices.
• Define Appian architecture standards and reusable design patterns.
• Guide integrations with enterprise applications, APIs and data services.
• Ensure solutions meet security, performance, scalability and support requirements.
• Work with business and technology stakeholders to resolve technical issues and manage delivery risks.
• Guide deployment and release practices, while supporting knowledge transfer to internal teams.

Strong Appian expertise is essential, including:

• Extensive hands-on experience designing and developing enterprise Appian applications, ideally 7+ years.
• Strong skills across process models, SAIL interfaces, records, CDTs, expression rules and data management.
• Experience building Appian integrations using REST/SOAP APIs and connected systems.
• The ability to review Appian designs, troubleshoot complex issues and guide sound technical decisions.
• Experience working in a senior or lead Appian development capacity.

Appian Lead Developer certification, vendor oversight, platform governance, CI/CD and experience delivering pilots or new platform implementations would be an advantage.

This is an opportunity to put your Appian expertise at the centre of a new platform implementation, influence its technical direction and help shape its future growth.

Apply now with your CV, highlighting your Appian project experience or email alistair@talentinternational.com

One of our clients is looking an experienced Solution Architect for a 12-month maximum-term opportunity, to work remotely from Australia. They are particularly looking for candidates with broad architecture experience across applications, cloud, data, infrastructure and AI, rather than experience limited to a single technology domain.

MUST HAVE – Australian Working Rights

Candidates must have full working rights in Australia and be currently eligible to work in Australia. This includes Australian Citizens, Permanent Residents and eligible visa holders with unrestricted working rights.

Please note: Sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

Key areas of focus will include:

• At least 5 years’ experience as a Solution Architect in a complex technology environment with a solid blend of technology and business skillsets.
• Providing strategic thinking around AI and emerging technologies and how they can be practically adopted.
• Shaping architecture across the Microsoft technology stack and Azure ecosystem.
• Supporting the evolution of platform and infrastructure architecture, including the transition from on-premises environments to cloud and hybrid-cloud models.
• Contributing to data management and data strategy, ensuring architecture supports future data, integration and AI capabilities.
• Designing scalable, secure and resilient cloud and platform solutions.
• Providing architectural direction across Azure, integration, APIs, platforms, infrastructure, containers and Kubernetes.

Key experience will include:

• Application and integration architecture
• Infrastructure architecture – platforms, networking, security and hybrid environments
• Cloud architecture, particularly Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft technology stack
• Data architecture, data management and data strategy
• AI and emerging technologies, including identifying practical opportunities for adoption
• On-premises to cloud transformation and modernisation
• Technology strategy, roadmap development and target-state architecture
• Defining and communicating a clear technical vision
• Translating business strategy into technology priorities and architectural roadmaps
• Strong strategic thinking combined with the ability to understand technical detail
• Working with senior business and technology stakeholders to influence technology direction and investment decisions

If interested APPLY NOW, or call Aparna on 08 8228 1560 for a quick chat.

Infrastructure Cloud Architect

• 6-12 Month Contract
• Sydney – Hybrid
• Up to $950/day incl. super
• NV1 clearance mandatory

We’re looking for an experienced Infrastructure Cloud Architect to take ownership of architecture and solution design across a complex enterprise technology environment.

This role sits at the intersection of cloud, infrastructure, security and delivery, working on significant technology initiatives and helping determine how infrastructure solutions should be designed and implemented.

You’ll work closely with engineering teams and senior stakeholders, translating business and technical requirements into secure, scalable and practical architecture while providing technical leadership throughout delivery.

What you’ll be working across:

• Cloud and infrastructure architecture across Azure and/or AWS
• Hybrid cloud and on-premises environments
• Compute, storage, networking and connectivity
• Identity, access and infrastructure security
• Cloud governance, resilience and availability
• High-level and detailed solution architecture
• Architecture patterns, standards and technical roadmaps
• Supporting engineering teams through implementation
• Working with security, infrastructure, cloud and application stakeholders
• Reviewing technical solutions and resolving complex architecture challenges

What we’re looking for:

• 8+ years’ experience across infrastructure, cloud engineering or architecture
• 3-5+ years in an Infrastructure / Cloud Architect capacity
• Strong enterprise experience across Azure and/or AWS, hybrid cloud, networking, compute, storage and identity
• Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale, secure infrastructure solutions
• Active NV1 clearance mandatory

Why consider it?

This is an opportunity to work at an enterprise architecture level while staying connected to delivery. You’ll have visibility across major infrastructure and cloud initiatives, influence important technical decisions and work with experienced engineering and technology teams rather than producing architecture in isolation.

• Strong experience in Solution Design, Solution Architecture or Technical Design

• Proven ability to translate high-level architecture into detailed, implementable designs

• Broad technical background across software, systems or enterprise technology

• Strong understanding of APIs, integrations and enterprise application architecture

• Exposure to Java, Angular, Oracle, PL/SQL, NoSQL and/or modern data platforms

• Experience producing detailed technical documentation and architecture diagrams

• Financial Services experience highly regarded; wealth management is a strong advantage

• Strong stakeholder communication and ability to present and defend technical recommendations

Senior Information Management Consultant – ServiceNow

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Information Management Consultant / Information Governance specialist to lead a significant piece of work focused on ServiceNow data remediation, records management and information governance.

You’ll assess legacy information held within ServiceNow, define appropriate retention, disposal and record-keeping requirements, and translate legislative, regulatory and organisational obligations into practical solutions that can be implemented by technology teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess existing and legacy information held within ServiceNow.
• Define information management, record-keeping, retention, disposal and archival requirements.
• Interpret relevant legislation, regulations, standards and organisational policies.
• Apply relevant state records retention schedules to determine appropriate retention and disposal requirements.
• Identify information requiring long-term preservation, legal hold or permanent retention.
• Develop remediation strategies for legacy ServiceNow data, including archival, disposal and purge approaches.
• Define business rules for automated retention and purge activities.
• Review ServiceNow workflows and processes to determine information lifecycle requirements.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• 8-10+ years’ experience in Information Management, Records Management or Information Governance.
• Strong experience implementing enterprise information governance frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of records management legislation, retention and disposal requirements.
• Knowledge and practical experience working with state records retention schedules.
• Demonstrated experience with legacy enterprise data remediation.
• Experience working with ServiceNow or similar enterprise workflow platforms.
• Experience translating policy, legislative and governance requirements into practical technology requirements.
• Strong business analysis capability across requirements elicitation, process analysis and functional specifications.
• Experience working across business and technology teams within large, complex or highly regulated environments.
• Ability to work autonomously with minimal direction, particularly where governance is immature or ownership is unclear.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, analytical and written communication skills.

Experience with Microsoft Purview, Microsoft 365 information governance, Enterprise Content Management platforms, large-scale records sentencing, information architecture, data migration or archival initiatives will also be highly regarded.

This is a great opportunity for a senior information governance professional who can bridge the gap between records management, governance and technology delivery, while taking ownership of a complex ServiceNow remediation initiative.

Our client is seeking an experienced technology leader to keep the platforms its health insurance customers rely on secure, stable and reliable. This role brings together cloud and infrastructure operations, day-to-day security operations and the technology our cleint staff use to do their work.

Reporting to the Head of Operations, you’ll lead the Platform Operations Lead and Security Operations Lead. You’ll guide the teams, help resolve complex incidents and improve how live services are monitored, supported and recovered.

What you’ll be doing

• Oversee Azure, hosting, networks, virtual machines, platforms and databases that support live customer services.
• Lead incident response and escalations, bringing technical expertise when it helps the team diagnose issues quickly.
• Manage security monitoring, vulnerability management, patching and operational security controls.
• Own backups, business continuity and disaster recovery testing.
• Improve monitoring and automate routine work to make services more reliable and efficient.
• Oversee internal business applications, staff devices, identity and workplace technology.
• Develop your team’s capability and work with delivery teams to ensure new services are ready for ongoing support.

Minimum requirements

• At least seven years’ experience in infrastructure, hosting or cloud operations, including three years in a leadership role.
• Experience running hosted or cloud services for external customers.
• Deep technical knowledge of Azure and enterprise networking.
• Experience in security monitoring, vulnerability management and patching.
• Experience with backups, business continuity and disaster recovery testing.
• Experience in capacity management, cloud cost management, and monitoring and observability tools.
• A relevant IT, engineering or related qualification, or equivalent experience supported by professional development.

What you’ll bring

You’ll have at least seven years’ experience in infrastructure, hosting or cloud operations, including three years in a leadership role. You’ll have run hosted or cloud services for external customers and bring deep knowledge of Azure and enterprise networking.

You’ll also have practical experience across security operations, disaster recovery, monitoring, capacity management and cloud costs. You’re calm during incidents, comfortable making decisions and committed to sharing your technical knowledge with your team.

Experience in insurance or private health insurance would be an advantage.