Our client is a leading company within the utilities industry who are looking for an experienced Cloud Solutions Architect to support the design and delivery of enterprise technology solutions across a large-scale transformation portfolio.

This is a 12-month contract with strong likelihood of extension.

This role will focus on solution architecture with a strong cloud focus, ensuring technology solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned to enterprise standards. Working closely with delivery teams, business stakeholders, and security functions, you will provide architectural leadership across a broad range of initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver end-to-end solution architectures across complex technology programs
• Provide architecture leadership across cloud-based platforms and services
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture principles, standards, and roadmaps
• Collaborate with business, delivery, infrastructure, and security teams to develop fit-for-purpose solutions
• Review and govern solution designs to ensure scalability, resilience, and maintainability
• Support cloud adoption and modernisation initiatives
• Provide architectural oversight throughout the project lifecycle
• Work closely with cybersecurity teams to ensure solutions meet governance and compliance requirements

Key Requirements

• Proven experience as a Solutions Architect within large enterprise environments
• Experience within regulated or critical infrastructure environments
• Strong cloud architecture experience across AWS, Azure, or similar cloud platforms
• Experience designing complex enterprise applications, integrations, and technology solutions
• Strong understanding of cloud security, governance, and risk management principles
• Ability to balance business requirements with technical, operational, and security considerations
• Experience working across infrastructure, applications, data, and integration domains
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

• Knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks and governance processes
• Relevant cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, TOGAF, etc.)

If you would like to know more, please contact Milly Kerei-Keepa at milly.kerei-keepa@talentinternational.com or hit Apply Now

• 12 Month Contract – Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Enterprise Transformation Program

We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to play a pivotal role in a major enterprise transformation program. This newly created position will provide architectural leadership across multiple strategic initiatives, ensuring solutions are integrated, scalable, and aligned with broader business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise-wide architectural leadership across a major transformation program.
• Identify and manage cross-project dependencies, integration risks, and design conflicts.
• Develop architecture principles, governance frameworks, and decision-making processes.
• Produce executive-level options analyses, impact assessments, and architectural recommendations.
• Review solution designs to ensure scalability, security, interoperability, and operational sustainability.

Key Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience as an Enterprise Architect, Chief Architect, Lead Architect, or similar senior architecture role.
• Proven success supporting large-scale business and technology transformation programs.
• Strong expertise across business, application, integration, data, and technology architecture domains.
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly assess complex environments and identify strategic risks and opportunities.
• Experience producing high-quality executive decision papers, recommendations, and governance artefacts.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence senior executives and external vendors.

What’s in it for you:

• 12 Month Contract – Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Attractive Daily Rate

Apply now or for more information feel free to contact Sarah Jordan on sarah.jordan@talentinternational.com

One of our clients based in Adelaide is looking to hire a Security and Identity Architect for an initial 12-month contract with possible extensions

Must Have:

• Candidates based in Adelaide (on-site role)
• Candidates with full working rights will be considered (no sponsorship provided)

Job details

The Identity Architect is responsible for designing and governing enterprise identity and access management solutions that enable secure, scalable, and compliant access to systems and data across the organisation. The role provides strategic leadership across identity platforms, working closely with security, application, and business stakeholders to embed modern authentication, authorisation, and governance practices aligned to organisational objectives and risk requirements.

Key duties and responsibilities

• Enterprise identity architecture and design authority – defining target-state identity and architectures, standards, and patterns that ensure consistency across platforms and delivery streams.
• Governance, assurance, and stakeholder influence – providing architectural oversight, design assurance, and clear guidance to projects, vendors, and internal teams, translating complex identity concepts into defensible decisions.
• Strategic roadmap and capability uplift – aligning identity and privileged access capabilities to Cyber.

Technical skills

• Entra ID
• Active Directory and AD FS
• Azure AD Connect / hybrid identity synchronisation
• Certificate Management

If interested APPLY NOW or call Aparna at 08 8228 1560

Overview
As an Identity Architect, you’ll design and govern enterprise Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions that deliver secure, scalable, and compliant access to systems and data across a federal government agency. You’ll provide strategic leadership across identity platforms-partnering with Security, application, and business stakeholders-to embed modern authentication, authorisation, and governance practices aligned to organisational objectives and risk requirements.

You’ll shape the enterprise identity architecture and establish design authority through clear target-state architecture, standards, and reusable patterns. You’ll also provide architectural oversight and decision guidance to ensure identity solutions are defensible, auditable, and consistent.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise identity architecture and drive target-state design
• Provide design authority: set standards, patterns, and governance for IAM solutions
• Lead architectural oversight across projects, ensuring solutions are auditable and compliant
• Support migration strategies and integration approaches for identity platforms
• Facilitate design reviews, document key decisions, and mentor engineers and stakeholders
• Govern identity platforms using modern automation and infrastructure practices, including policy-as-code

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+years’ experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale identity solutions, including:
  • Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
  • AD FS
  • Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) and related identity tooling
• Significant experience designing federated/hybrid identity at enterprise scale, including:
  • Target-state architecture
  • Migration strategies
  • Integration patterns
• Demonstrated expertise with:
  • AD DS
  • Active Directory Federation Services
  • On-prem Active Directory and Azure AD synchronisation using Azure AD Connect
  • Azure Active Directory (or equivalent)
  • Certificate Management
• Demonstrated ability to administer and govern identity platforms using:
  • Automation
  • Infrastructure-as-Code (scripting, configuration management, policy-as-code) with a focus on repeatability and auditability
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multi-disciplinary and geographically dispersed teams

Nice to Have

• Experience aligning identity and privileged access capabilities to organisational roadmaps (e.g., CFC), including reducing reliance on external vendors
• Ability to translate complex identity concepts into clear stakeholder-ready decisions

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualifications or equivalent industry experience
• 5+ years of enterprise-scale identity architecture and implementation experience (required)

Security Requirement

• NV1 Security Clearance

Contact
For more information, contact Jarrodd at jarrodd.edwards@talentinternational or call 0438 661 623.

For over 30 years Talent has been redefining the contracting experience with industry leading support, exclusive contractor benefits & a world-class digital platform ENGAGE to access it all. Apply today to see how we can elevate your career

• 6 month ongoing contract – 3 years program of work
• Work across multiple Cyber Security Projects
• Competitive rate on offer and very flexible working arrangements

Our client is currently on the lookout for an experienced Cyber Security Project Manager to lead the delivery of key security initiatives across the organisation. This role will be responsible for managing end-to-end project delivery across a range of cyber programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and security frameworks. The successful candidate will combine strong project delivery capability with a solid understanding of cyber security domains, controls, and risk management, and will work closely with security, IT, and business stakeholders.

Requirements:

• 5+ years experienced as a Project Manager delivering cyber security initiatives
• Strong understanding of key cyber security principles and domains (e.g. IAM, network security, endpoint security, cloud security)
• Experience delivering projects aligned to security frameworks such as ISM, NIST, ISO 27001
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities
• Experience with SIAM or multi-vendor environments

Benefits:

• Fully funded 6 month contract with extension options up to 2030
• Interview and start ASAP
• Work across several cyber security initiatives
• Very flexible working environment – 3 days WFH

This opportunity will not last long. Please hit apply to secure a confidential discussion.

Program Architect

Initial 12-month Contract

CBD & Sydney Olympic Park – Hybrid

Contract Daily Rate: $1,189.43 p/day incl. super

Join a transformative initiative aimed at revolutionizing how a major organization delivers new capabilities and modernizes operational systems. This program will replace legacy platforms with an integrated, agile, and scalable architecture, supporting smarter operations, community safety, and organizational excellence.

The Program Architect will be a key leader responsible for developing and overseeing the program’s architecture and solution design. This role involves creating roadmaps, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards, and guiding the technical implementations across multiple projects. The Program Architect will also establish standards, patterns, and methodologies, ensuring future-proof solutions that support strategic organizational objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze current and planned program architectures, ensuring capabilities meet stakeholder needs.
• Lead the development of the program’s technical and solution architectures, aligning with enterprise architecture frameworks and standards.
• Define technology platforms, digital solutions, and future capabilities, ensuring scalability and adaptability.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including solutions architects and developers, to design and implement solutions within agreed timelines.
• Liaise with third-party vendors and external partners, providing technical guidance and advocating for solution adoption.
• Communicate architecture designs clearly to stakeholders and ensure delivery against SLAs and OLAs.
• Monitor project progress, provide reports, and adjust activities as necessary to meet objectives.
• Maintain enterprise architecture artifacts using tools such as System Architect, SPARX EA, ARIS, Nintex, or iServer.

Selection Criteria

• Demonstrated knowledge of TOGAF (certification highly preferred).
• 15+ years’ experience in IT, with 10+ years in senior architecture roles, leading projects over $10 million, ideally within government sectors.
• Large enterprise experience is crucial.
• Strong understanding of enterprise standards, frameworks, and composable architecture.
• Extensive experience in defining application, integration, infrastructure, cloud, and network architectures.
• Proven expertise in:
• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Digital technology and development
• Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Integration architecture (iPaaS, API Gateways, ETL, ESB, REST, JSON, etc.)
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and hybrid environments
• Knowledge of MS Dynamics, Salesforce, BPM platforms (highly desirable)
• Emerging technologies, cybersecurity, and ICT trends.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with senior stakeholder management experience.
• Data domain expertise preferred but not mandatory; broader enterprise architecture experience also valued.

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply promptly. Join us in shaping the future of organizational technology and making a real impact. Apply now with your updated resume or send it to anna.au@talentinternational.com

📍 Sydney | Hybrid | 12-month contract with potential extension

We’re seeking an experienced Enterprise Architect to join a major enterprise transformation program and help shape the future-state Data & Analytics capability that will underpin strategic business outcomes for years to come.

Working within a large-scale technology transformation, you will provide architectural leadership across enterprise data, analytics, integration, application and technology domains, while helping establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, roadmaps and target-state architectures.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive enterprise architecture outcomes across a major Data & Analytics initiative.

• Develop target-state architectures, standards, principles and roadmaps.

• Establish and uplift enterprise architecture governance and frameworks.

• Partner with business leaders, architects, delivery teams and vendors to deliver strategic outcomes.

• Lead architecture reviews, workshops and governance forums.

• Identify and manage architecture risks, dependencies and future-state opportunities.

About You

• 10+ years’ experience as an Enterprise Architect within large, complex enterprise environments.

• Strong experience in Data & Analytics architecture, enterprise data platforms, data governance and information management.

• Proven experience delivering architecture outcomes across large-scale transformation programs.

• Strong knowledge of TOGAF (certification highly regarded), architecture governance and enterprise frameworks.

• Experience across cloud, integration and modern enterprise technology ecosystems.

• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence from technical teams through to executive leadership.

Highly Desirable

• Experience within government or other highly regulated environments.

• Experience establishing architecture standards and maturing Enterprise Architecture capabilities.

• Knowledge of composable architecture, API-led integration and modern data platforms.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in a high-profile transformation program, shaping enterprise architecture strategy and the foundational Data & Analytics capabilities that will support future organisational outcomes.

Join a high impact team where you’ll shape the future of enterprise infrastructure by designing and delivering cutting edge data center, storage, and data protection solutions. This role offers a unique blend of solution architecture, customer engagement, technical leadership, and strategic partnership development. You’ll work with industry leading technologies, influence technical direction, and help drive innovation across complex enterprise environments. If you’re passionate about solving challenging business problems, mentoring others, and making a visible impact, this is an opportunity to take your career to the next level.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with sales teams to identify, qualify, and develop infrastructure opportunities
• Design and implement enterprise storage, backup, disaster recovery, and data center solutions
• Deliver technical presentations, workshops, and solution recommendations to customers and stakeholders
• Provide post-sales consulting, implementation services, and ongoing operational support
• Develop technical documentation, best practices, and reusable solution assets
• Build and maintain relationships with technology vendors and strategic partners
• Mentor technical team members and provide architectural leadership
• Stay current on emerging technologies through training and certification programs

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure, storage, backup, or data protection solutions
• Strong customer-facing, presentation, and consulting skills
• Experience in systems integration, managed services, or technology consulting environments
• Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment

• 6 Month Contract – Government Department
• CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementation

The Role
We are seeking a Dynamics 365 Solution Architect to join a high-profile digital transformation program delivering a next-generation Digital Case Management System based on Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of end-to-end Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform solutions.
• Develop solution architectures, technical designs, integration strategies, and implementation roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to development teams, ensuring adherence to architecture standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, analysts, and delivery teams to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Design and oversee integrations across enterprise applications using Azure services, APIs, and modern integration patterns.

Key Skills

• Extensive Solution Architecture experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• Deep expertise across Dynamics 365 modules, including Customer Service, Sales, Resource Scheduling, and related capabilities.
• Strong experience with Power Platform technologies including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Dataverse.
• Experience designing integrations using Azure services including Logic Apps, Azure Functions, APIs, and DevOps pipelines.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, cloud solutions, security, integration patterns, and governance frameworks.

What’s in it for you

• 6 Month Contract
• Government Department
• CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement

To find out more about this exciting new role please contact Sarah Jordan at sarah.jordan@talentinternational.com or apply now to secure an interview.

About the role:

You’ll collaborate with customers, sales teams, and technical stakeholders to understand business needs, demonstrate solutions, develop proof of concepts, and help lay the foundation for successful project delivery. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys combining technical expertise with customer engagement to drive meaningful business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support pre-sales engagements for Red Hat OpenShift opportunities
• Gather and analyse customer requirements
• Lead technical workshops, demonstrations, and proof-of-concept activities
• Design container platform solutions aligned to customer needs
• Develop Statements of Work (SoW) and contribute to services pricing and scoping
• Collaborate with sales, pre-sales, and technical teams throughout the sales lifecycle
• Build strong customer relationships and provide trusted technical advice
• Travel to customer sites as required

Skills Experience:

• Strong hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift
• Proven experience in a customer-facing technical consulting or pre-sales role
• Strong understanding of containerisation, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies
• Experience gathering requirements and translating business needs into technical solutions
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong negotiation and relationship-building abilities

Desirable:

• Experience with SUSE Rancher
• Background working within telecommunications, managed services, or large enterprise environments

Please apply for a confidential chat with Bini.

Brisbane | Contract Opportunity

For over 30 years, Talent has been redefining the contracting experience with industry-leading support, exclusive contractor benefits, and our world-class digital platform, ENGAGE.

About the Role

As the Technical Test Lead, you will be responsible for designing and implementing modern automation frameworks, establishing quality engineering standards, and embedding automated quality controls throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Working across multiple SaaS platforms and integrations, you will combine technical leadership with hands-on delivery to improve release confidence, accelerate execution, and build long-term automation capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable automation frameworks across API, integration, and UI layers.
• Drive an API-first testing approach including contract testing, integration testing, and end-to-end validation.
• Establish reusable automation assets and engineering standards that promote maintainability and scalability.
• Embed automated quality gates into CI/CD pipelines and support reliable test orchestration across environments.
• Lead secure test data management practices, including provisioning, masking, obfuscation, and lifecycle management.
• Define and execute performance, compatibility, and non-functional testing strategies.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring, standards development, and engineering uplift.
• Coach internal teams and vendors, fostering quality engineering best practices and communities of practice.
• Develop and monitor quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting focused on automation health, coverage, stability, and pipeline effectiveness.

About You

You are a technically strong quality engineering professional who enjoys solving complex automation challenges and leading by example.

You will bring:

• Proven experience as a Technical Test Lead, Lead SDET, Senior SDET, or Quality Engineering Lead.
• Strong software engineering capability with experience designing and building automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Deep expertise in API automation, contract testing, integration testing, and end-to-end orchestration.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD practices, automated quality gates, and GitHub-based workflows.
• Experience implementing test data management, masking, and obfuscation solutions.
• Hands-on experience delivering performance and compatibility testing within cloud-hosted environments.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and mentoring skills with the ability to uplift teams and influence engineering practices.
• A pragmatic mindset with the ability to balance strategic architecture decisions with hands-on delivery.

Technical Environment

Experience with the following technologies will be highly regarded:

• Playwright
• Karate
• GitHub & GitHub Actions
• AWS EC2
• DataMasque
• Modern API testing and automation frameworks
• Cloud-native delivery environments

What’s on Offer

• Opportunity to shape and lead a modern API-first quality engineering capability.
• Work across a complex, enterprise-scale SaaS and integration ecosystem.
• High-impact role with significant influence on engineering practices and delivery outcomes.
• Supportive contracting experience through Talent’s market-leading ENGAGE platform.

If you’re passionate about quality engineering, automation at scale, and building modern testing capabilities, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now to learn more.

gary.murray@talentinternational.com

0437 769 041

Job Title: Mid-Level AI Analyst – Governance & Ethics

Location: Sydney CBD
Employment Type: Full-time / long term contract opportunity

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on Mid-Level AI Analyst, and this role is ideal for someone passionate about AI governance, ethics, and responsible AI frameworks, who enjoys translating complex technical risks into practical advice and solutions.

You will work across government, enterprise, and technical teams to assess AI initiatives, monitor compliance, and support the implementation of robust governance processes. This is not a policy-making role , it’s analytical, advisory, and deeply hands-on, offering exposure to cutting-edge AI projects in a high-impact environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct AI governance and ethics assessments across projects, identifying potential risks, bias, fairness, and compliance issues.
• Support implementation of AI governance frameworks, approval gates, and monitoring processes.
• Collaborate with policy, IT, legal, privacy, and business teams to provide clear, actionable guidance on AI projects.
• Document and report findings, including risk assessments, dashboards, and governance committee materials.
• Stay up to date with AI regulatory requirements, privacy laws, and ethical AI principles, ensuring projects align with best practice.
• Assist in embedding responsible AI practices and frameworks.

Skills & Experience
Essential:

• Hands-on experience in AI governance, ethics, and responsible AI frameworks.
• Understanding of ethical AI principles: bias/fairness, & transparency.
• Experience assessing AI projects for compliance, risk, and governance concerns.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to review data sets, model outputs, or AI tools.
• Experience with ServiceNow or similar governance/tracking tools.
• Excellent communication skills to translate technical risks into clear advice for senior management.

Desirable / Nice-to-Have:

• Background in government/public sector, consulting, finance, regulated industries, academia, or tech companies with AI governance exposure.
• Knowledge of AI regulatory requirements, PIAs, or model risk frameworks.
• Experience supporting governance committees, dashboards, and reporting frameworks.

“If AI governance and ethics excite you, we want to hear from you!”

How to Apply:
Please submit your CV and cover letter in Word format by clicking the “APPLY NOW” button below.