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Lead API-first automation

Modern cloud technologies

Hands-on technical leadership

We are seeking an experienced Technical Test Lead to drive the design and implementation of modern, scalable test automation solutions across a complex, multi-SaaS technology environment.

This is a hands-on technical leadership opportunity suited to someone with strong software engineering expertise who can design automation frameworks, influence quality engineering practices and deliver practical improvements across integrated platforms.

The successful candidate will combine technical depth with the ability to mentor engineering teams, establish standards and improve confidence in software delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement scalable automation frameworks across API, integration and UI testing.

• Champion an API-first testing approach, incorporating contract testing, integration testing and end-to-end validation.

• Embed automated quality gates into CI/CD pipelines to improve release reliability and delivery efficiency.

• Establish effective test data management practices, including provisioning, masking and obfuscation of sensitive information.

• Develop performance and compatibility testing approaches across cloud-hosted environments.

• Provide hands-on technical leadership through code reviews, mentoring and the establishment of engineering standards.

• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to improve automation capability and testing maturity.

• Define meaningful quality metrics and dashboards to measure automation stability, coverage and effectiveness.

Skills & Experience

To succeed in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Proven experience as a Technical Test Lead, Senior SDET, Automation Architect or similar.

• Strong hands-on software engineering skills, particularly in designing and building automation frameworks rather than simply maintaining existing scripts.

• Extensive experience with API automation, contract testing, integration testing and end-to-end test orchestration.

• Practical experience implementing automated testing within CI/CD pipelines, particularly GitHub-based workflows.

• Experience using modern automation tools.

• Knowledge of secure test data management

• Experience with performance testing, compatibility testing and cloud-hosted environments, ideally AWS.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to mentor technical teams and influence engineering practices.

The Opportunity

This position offers the opportunity to take ownership of automation architecture and technical testing practices across a sophisticated technology landscape.

You will play a key role in establishing reusable frameworks, improving testing efficiency and enabling faster, more reliable software releases.

If you are an accomplished automation engineer who enjoys remaining hands-on while providing technical leadership, we encourage you to apply.

Submit your CV outlining your experience designing and implementing automation frameworks, particularly within API-first and integration-heavy environments.

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• 6 Month Contract
• $920 PD
• Brisbane Based

About the Role

• Lead workshops to capture and validate requirements across crew planning, rostering and technology teams.

• Translate enterprise agreement provisions into documented business rules and system requirements.

• Assess existing processes and system capabilities, identifying gaps and required changes.

• Develop process maps, user stories and acceptance criteria.

• Collaborate with technical teams and vendors throughout configuration and implementation.

• Support testing, UAT and implementation readiness.

About You

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst or Senior Business Analyst on complex system implementation or business change projects.

• Ideally, experience with airline rostering, crew scheduling or crew management systems.

• Experience implementing enterprise agreement rules or complex workforce requirements is highly desirable.

• Strong workshop facilitation, process mapping and requirements documentation skills.

• Confident working across operational stakeholders, technical teams and external vendors.

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

If this is something you’d like to be considered for click APPLY NOW or contact david.reynolds@talentinternational.com

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst to support strategic initiatives within a large, complex organisation. This role focuses on business analysis, strategic planning and investment decisions, working closely with senior stakeholders and technical teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering, analysis and documentation.
• Develop business cases, investment proposals and strategic roadmaps.
• Analyse business processes and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support financial modelling and strategic planning.
• Develop future-state operating models and business solutions.
• Engage with senior stakeholders and technical teams.
• Provide guidance to Business Analysts and improve BA practices.

Key Requirements

• Strong Senior Business Analyst experience in complex organisations.
• Experience developing business cases and investment proposals.
• Strong requirements gathering, process analysis and stakeholder management skills.
• Understanding of financial modelling and strategic planning.
• Experience across Agile, Waterfall or hybrid environments.
• Excellent analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.

Highly Regarded

• Experience in aviation, infrastructure, heavy industry or regulated environments.
• Knowledge of BABOK, PRINCE2, Lean or similar frameworks.
• Experience with Excel, Power BI or SQL.
• CBAP, PMI-PBA or relevant qualifications.

If you would like to know more, please contact Brandon Wong at brandon.wong@talentinternational.com

or hit Apply Now.

Senior Business Analyst – Technology & Infrastructure

Location: Sydney

We are seeking experienced Senior Business Analysts to join a company in the aviation industry, supporting large-scale technology, infrastructure and systems integration programs.

This is a hands-on technical Business Analyst role requiring strong experience in requirements management, technical documentation and complex project delivery.

You will work closely with business stakeholders, engineers, architects, technical teams and external suppliers to translate complex business and operational needs into clear, actionable requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end requirements management across complex technology and infrastructure programs, from initial business requirements through to implementation and operational acceptance.

• Gather, analyse and document business, functional, non-functional and technical requirements.

• Develop detailed requirements specifications to support procurement, supplier engagement and solution delivery.

• Establish and maintain requirements traceability, ensuring requirements are clearly defined, validated and linked to delivery outcomes.

• Facilitate workshops with technical teams, business stakeholders and operational teams to identify requirements, resolve gaps and clarify dependencies.

• Develop current-state and future-state process maps, operating models and technical documentation.

• Work closely with architects, engineers, cyber security teams, project managers and external vendors.

• Support systems integration, solution evaluation, testing, verification and acceptance activities.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience as a Senior Business Analyst delivering complex technology, infrastructure or systems integration projects.

• Demonstrated experience managing requirements across the full project lifecycle, including procurement, implementation and operational acceptance.

• Strong experience developing detailed business, functional and non-functional requirements and technical specifications.

• Proven ability to establish and maintain requirements traceability and manage changes throughout delivery.

• Experience translating complex engineering, operational and technical information into clear documentation for business and technical stakeholders.

• Strong experience facilitating workshops, challenging assumptions and resolving complex requirements.

• Demonstrated experience working with solution architects, engineers, technical delivery teams and external suppliers.

• Excellent stakeholder management, analytical and documentation skills.

• Ability to work independently, take ownership and bring structure to complex or ambiguous requirements.

Highly Desirable

• Experience in systems engineering and structured requirements management.

• Experience developing Concepts of Operations (ConOps), User Requirements Specifications (URS), Functional and Performance Specifications (FPS) and High-Level Designs (HLD).

• Experience supporting infrastructure modernisation, enterprise networks, systems integration or cyber security programs.

• Background working in aviation, transport, government, defence or other regulated and safety-critical environments.

• Experience with procurement documentation, tender evaluations, verification, validation and system acceptance.

• Knowledge of ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 or similar requirements engineering standards.

• Relevant certifications such as CBAP or PMI-PBA.

About You

You are a technically strong, delivery-focused Senior Business Analyst who can confidently work with engineers, architects and operational stakeholders.

You understand how to turn complex technical requirements into structured, practical documentation that supports procurement, solution design, implementation and testing.

We are looking for candidates with genuine hands-on technical business analysis experience, rather than backgrounds primarily focused on Scrum Master, Product Owner, Change Management or strategic advisory roles.

If you have strong technical requirements management experience and enjoy working on complex technology and infrastructure programs, we encourage you to apply.

Our client is a Federal Government agency seeking an APS5 Associate Business Analyst to support the delivery of innovative data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence initiatives. This role combines business analysis, stakeholder engagement and project delivery support, helping translate business needs into practical solutions while supporting governance and delivery activities.

• 12 month contract + 12 month extension, APS5 level, rates negotiable
• Richmond or Geelong location, hybrid flexibility, minimum 3 days per week in office
• Fed Gov role – must be Australian Citizen and eligible to obtain security clearance

The role
Working within a multidisciplinary AI and Data Science team, the Associate Business Analyst will support the discovery, planning and delivery of technology initiatives, from early-stage concepts through to pilots and implementation. The role involves gathering and documenting business requirements, facilitating workshops, supporting Agile delivery activities and preparing governance documentation. You will also provide coordination and administrative support to senior delivery stakeholders, helping ensure projects progress effectively.

Key responsibilities

• Engage with business stakeholders to gather, analyse and document functional and non-functional requirements.
• Translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps and other delivery artefacts.
• Support the definition of business problems, desired outcomes, dependencies and measures of success.
• Assist with Agile delivery activities, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, showcases and retrospectives.
• Maintain project documentation, including risks, issues, decisions, actions and status reports.
• Prepare business cases, impact assessments, governance submissions and executive briefing materials.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops and coordinate engagement across business and technical teams.
• Support delivery planning, prioritisation and progress reporting across AI and data science initiatives.
• Provide administrative and coordination support to senior stakeholders, including meeting preparation, scheduling, correspondence and action tracking.

About you

• Previous experience in a Business Analyst, Junior BA, or similar role within a complex delivery environment
• Demonstrated experience gathering and documenting business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria and process maps
• Experience facilitating workshops and engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Understanding of Agile delivery methodologies, sprint ceremonies and backlog management
• Strong documentation skills, including preparing business cases, briefing papers, governance submissions or impact assessments
• Good organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, track actions and support project delivery activities
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with excellent attention to detail
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Business, IT, Project Management or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• Exposure to data science, AI, machine learning or technology-driven projects will be highly regarded

Please note that due to our client being a federal government agency, only candidates with Australian citizenship, and who are eligible to obtain a security clearance can be considered for this role.

Apply
Submit your resume ASAP. For more information please reach out to Jarrodd – Jarrodd.Edwards@Talentinternational.com

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Business Analyst – Collaboration & Productivity Platforms

Perth CBD | Hybrid | 6-month contract | Market rate

Our client is seeking a technically capable collaboration and productivity platforms professional to guide a portfolio of enterprise platforms and SaaS services. This role combines strategic oversight with hands-on technical judgement, operational governance and team coordination.

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and governance for Microsoft 365, Atlassian and related SaaS services.
• Shape platform strategy, roadmaps, technical standards, lifecycle and service ownership with platform specialists.
• Oversee platform health, licensing, vendor engagement, supportability and complex escalations.
• Review significant platform changes, integrations and service decisions.
• Drive automation, self-service, standardisation, AI adoption and continuous improvement.
• Coordinate squad planning, backlogs, priorities, reviews and 90-day planning across BAU and project work.
• Partner with Cyber Security, Identity, Architecture, Service Desk, vendors and business stakeholders.
• Identify and communicate technical debt, platform risks and capability gaps.

What you will bring

• Strong experience with Microsoft 365 and/or Atlassian or a comparable enterprise collaboration platform.
• Technical leadership across platforms, teams or technology domains.
• Platform governance, lifecycle, roadmaps, technical standards and service improvement experience.
• ITSM understanding, ideally including ServiceNow; strong incident, change and problem management knowledge.
• Understanding of enterprise identity, security, integrations and cloud/SaaS service management.
• Excellent communication, troubleshooting, stakeholder management and prioritisation.
• Exposure to Miro, monday.com, LucidLink, automation and emerging AI technologies is advantageous.

Apply with your CV, availability and expected contract rate. Contact Kelly Williams at Talent International.

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• Location: Sydney (4 days in office, 1-day WFH & half day – 1pm finish)
• Reports to: Technical Operations Director, APAC
• Department: Global Technical Operations
• Salary: $165,000 + super + annual bonus

The Opportunity:

A leading music organisation is now growing their Global Technical Operations hub in Sydney and looking for a Service Reliability Engineer (SRE) to join their team.

This is more than a traditional ops role – it’s an opportunity to bring a software engineering mindset to reliability, automation, and scalability in a global, high-impact environment.

What You’ll Do:

You’ll join a collaborative, hands-on team responsible for the stability, performance, and scalability of global platforms. Working closely with development, infrastructure, and security teams, you’ll help build a resilient environment that keeps music flowing – from studio tools to streaming systems.

• Design and maintain high-availability, high-performance systems for global applications.
• Automate everything – from infrastructure provisioning to deployment and scaling – using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Python.
• Build robust monitoring and observability frameworks with AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.
• Optimize CI/CD pipelines to improve reliability and deployment speed.
• Participate in on-call rotations, troubleshoot incidents, and lead post-incident reviews.
• Champion SRE principles – embed SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets into everyday engineering.
• Collaborate across Dev, Infra, and Security teams to create a culture of continuous improvement and reliability.

About You

You’re a technically strong and level-headed engineer who loves automation, thrives in complex environments, and knows how to balance pragmatism with perfection.

• Background in systems administration (Linux/Windows) in a large-scale environment.
• Proficient in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or Java).
• Hands-on experience with AWS (GCP or Azure a bonus).
• Deep understanding of networking, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Calm, collaborative communicator with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Bonus Points For:

• Experience with ServiceNow or ITIL processes.
• Knowledge of chaos engineering, resilience testing, or advanced capacity planning.
• Previous experience managing distributed, global systems in production.

Culture & Perks

• Annual bonus $
• Global collaboration and career growth opportunities

• 12 Month Contract – Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Designing and Implementing New Insurance Claims Processes

We are seeking an experienced Senior Reform Business Analyst to support a major regulatory transformation program within a Victorian Government organisation.

This role will focus on designing and implementing new insurance claims processes, supporting regulatory reforms and translating complex legislative requirements into practical business processes and system solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead business analysis activities across insurance, claims and regulatory reform initiatives.
• Design future-state business processes, operating models, process maps and workflows.
• Translate legislative, regulatory and business requirements into functional specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Work with external consultants, legal teams and technical stakeholders to support system design and implementation, including Salesforce.
• Facilitate workshops, manage stakeholder requirements and support the delivery of practical, consumer-focused solutions.

Key Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience as a Senior Business Analyst, ideally with Big 4 or tier-one consulting experience.
• Proven experience delivering complex business process improvement, operating model design and regulatory transformation initiatives.
• Strong experience translating legislation, policy and regulatory requirements into business processes and system requirements.
• Hands-on experience with Salesforce or comparable case management platforms
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation and communication skills

What’s in it for you:

• 12 Month Contract
• Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD/ Hybrid Working Arrangement

Apply now to secure an interview or contact Sarah Jordan on sarah.jordan@talentinternational.com for a confidential discussion.

Head of Research Insights & Analytics

• Six-month contract

• Circa $1,500 per day, negotiable depending on experience

• Research analytics and rankings experience essential

We’re seeking an experienced leader to manage a research analytics and insights function within a complex organisation.

Reporting to the Chief Data and Analytics Officer, you’ll lead a specialist team delivering analysis, benchmarking and performance reporting to support research strategy, investment and decision-making.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of research analytics, insights and performance reporting.

• Oversee analysis and reporting supporting rankings, external assessments and research benchmarking.

• Partner with research leaders to identify priorities and translate findings into practical recommendations.

• Develop performance measures and reporting frameworks to inform planning and investment.

• Improve data quality, governance, dashboards and access to trusted insights.

• Manage, mentor and develop a data analytics and insights team.

• Build productive relationships across the research community and communicate complex findings clearly.

Essential experience

• Direct experience in research analytics and rankings. This is a core requirement for the role.

• Proven experience managing a data analytics and insights team.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to build credibility and work effectively with the research community.

• Strong analytical capability, with experience interpreting complex datasets and delivering actionable insights.

• Experience advising senior leaders on performance, benchmarking and strategic decisions.

• A sound understanding of data governance, reporting frameworks and quality assurance.

Candidates currently working in banking, utilities or other sectors are welcome, provided they bring the required research analytics and rankings background.

Apply with your CV or contact Anastasia at Talent International for a confidential discussion.

Talent International is searching for an experienced Business Analyst to join a higher education client on an initial 12-month contract.

We’re looking for a process-focused, accredited BA with higher education experience who can analyse complex business processes, work through ambiguity and translate business needs into detailed requirements.

• Higher education // Brisbane // Initial 12-month contract
• Program Planner and Progression Validator project
• Strong focus on business processes, SaaS requirements and gap analysis

About the role

The Program Planner and Progression Validator project will introduce a SaaS product to replace existing manual processes. The solution will help students plan their studies, track progression against program requirements and support checks to confirm eligibility for graduation.

The project is currently in the planning and procurement phase, with preparations underway to approach the market. Working closely with business stakeholders, architects, technology teams and vendors, you will analyse current processes and business rules, define future processes and translate requirements into clear specifications.

As the project progresses, you will assess how the proposed solution meets business needs, identify gaps and help determine the process changes, configuration and integrations required for implementation.

This role requires strong critical thinking, attention to detail and sound judgement. You’ll need to investigate complex requirements, challenge assumptions constructively and build agreement across a university environment.

Key responsibilities

• Analyse current manual processes for program planning, progression validation and graduation checks, identifying business rules, exceptions and opportunities for improvement.
• Map as-is and to-be processes using BPMN and work with stakeholders to agree future ways of working.
• Elicit, validate and document functional, non-functional, technical and integration requirements.
• Translate business requirements into specifications that support SaaS solution evaluation, configuration and implementation.
• Conduct gap analysis between business requirements, existing processes and product capabilities.
• Work with stakeholders, architects and vendors to assess gaps and determine appropriate process, configuration or integration responses.
• Facilitate workshops to clarify complex requirements, resolve competing stakeholder needs and prioritise outcomes.
• Maintain requirements traceability and develop acceptance criteria to support testing and validation.
• Support solution design, UAT, implementation and business readiness as the project progresses.

Skills and experience

• Demonstrated senior business analysis experience within higher education.
• Recognised business analysis accreditation or certification.
• Strong business process analysis, improvement and modelling skills, including BPMN.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to interpret complex business rules and work independently through ambiguity.
• Experience translating business needs into clear functional, non-functional, technical and integration requirements.
• Experience conducting gap analysis and assessing how packaged or SaaS solutions meet business requirements.
• Confident stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation and negotiation skills, including working through competing priorities.
• Excellent written communication and the ability to communicate clearly with business and technical audiences.

Experience in the early planning and discovery phases of a project will be highly regarded, particularly where this has involved SaaS procurement or replacing manual processes. Experience with student management systems, program planning, academic progression or graduation processes would be particularly valuable.

Selection process

The process includes an interview, followed by a practical assessment for successful candidates. The assessment focuses on how you approach a realistic, ambiguous business problem, with an emphasis on reasoning and judgement. It does not require knowledge of a specific university system.

How to apply

Please click Apply to submit your current CV. For further information, contact Jackson Bruce at jackson.bruce@talentinternational.com.

Lead Systems Analyst

Location: Adelaide
Contract: Initial 12 months, with potential extensions
Security clearance: Must be able to obtain Baseline clearance

We’re seeking an experienced Lead Systems Analyst to lead a team, shape technical solutions and drive improvements across a complex ICT environment.

You’ll translate business needs into technical requirements, ensuring solutions align with relevant architectures and organisational objectives. Working with a high level of autonomy, you’ll combine team leadership with systems analysis, application improvement and strategic planning.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee team operations, including performance, priorities, resources and workflow.
• Translate business requirements into clear technical requirements that support effective solution design.
• Guide the delivery of application services, new functionality and enhancements.
• Review existing applications, investigate production issues and develop strategies to improve efficiency and meet user needs.
• Document current and future business processes through AS IS and TO BE process modelling.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement and change, contributing to business plans and ICT strategies.
• Use performance indicators and quality assurance reporting to inform decisions and future planning.
• Review and advise on technical and corporate documentation.
• Build relationships with business stakeholders, technical teams, other agencies and service providers to achieve delivery outcomes.

About you

You’re comfortable balancing technical detail with broader business priorities. You bring sound judgement, a collaborative leadership style and the ability to communicate complex information clearly.

Your skills and experience will include:

• Team leadership, including managing competing priorities and coordinating resources.
• Systems analysis and translating business needs into practical technical solutions.
• A strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Experience working with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in investigating production issues.
• Business process modelling, including developing AS IS and TO BE flows.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, negotiation and written communication skills.
• A bachelor’s degree or higher qualification.

The opportunity

This Adelaide-based contract offers the scope to influence technical direction, support a team and improve systems that underpin service delivery.

Applicants must be able to obtain Baseline security clearance.

Apply with your current CV or get in touch with Zahrah (0480 804 546) for a confidential discussion.

We’re looking for a Business Data Analyst with investment reporting experience to support a major platform transformation within a financial services organisation.

You’ll combine business analysis and data investigation with day-to-day performance reporting. Working across investment, product, technology and operations teams, you’ll help improve reporting accuracy, strengthen controls and support the transition to a new platform.

Responsibility

• Gather requirements and translate them into clear specifications and test cases.

• Deliver portfolio performance reports and ad hoc analysis, investigating data and reporting issues.

• Assess the impact of platform changes on data, calculations, processes and reporting outputs.

• Support process redesign, automation, data enhancements and control improvements.

• Coordinate testing/UAT, cutover readiness and post-implementation support.

• Manage stakeholder queries, risks and dependencies, keeping delivery teams aligned.

• Maintain reporting methodologies, procedures, data definitions and control documentation.

Requirements

• Experience in investment performance, market risk, fund or client reporting within asset management, superannuation or a related environment.

• A sound understanding of financial instruments and portfolio concepts, including equities, fixed income and derivatives.

• Business analysis and change experience covering requirements, stakeholder engagement, testing and implementation.

• Confidence analysing large datasets and working with investment data and reporting tools, such as Bloomberg or FactSet.

• Strong attention to detail and a practical approach to data quality and reporting controls.

• Clear communication skills and confidence working with senior stakeholders.

Knowledge of benchmarking, performance attribution and time-weighted returns will be highly regarded, along with CFA or FRM study or qualifications.

If you want a confidential chat, please email me at alex.nguyen@talentinternational.com