About the organisation
My client is a well-established not-for-profit delivering essential housing and community programs. With a growing technology function, they are investing in systems and processes to better support frontline service delivery.

The role
This is a 12-month contract for an Application Specialist, sitting within the Technology team and reporting to senior leadership. The role is a hybrid of systems administration and light business analysis, focused on supporting and improving core applications.

You will act as the bridge between business teams and technology, ensuring systems are effective, issues are resolved, and continuous improvements are delivered.

Key responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end application support across core systems
• Manage incidents, service requests, and system enquiries
• Work closely with stakeholders to gather requirements and improve processes
• Assess and manage change requests, coordinating with vendors where needed
• Support onboarding, offboarding, and system configuration changes
• Deliver reporting and insights to support business decision-making
• Train users and support rollout of new services and programs
• Drive structure, prioritisation, and continuous improvement initiatives

Key systems

• Dynamics 365 (CRM / housing system)
• Exposure to NetSuite beneficial

About you

• 3-5 years experience in an Application Specialist, Systems Analyst, or similar role
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• Experience supporting business-critical applications
• Ability to translate business needs into practical system solutions
• Exposure to reporting tools (Power BI preferred; SQL beneficial)
• Comfortable working in evolving, low-maturity environments

What’s important

• Stakeholder-first mindset with strong communication skills
• Pragmatic and solutions-focused approach
• Ability to prioritise and manage competing requests
• Empathy and alignment with a not-for-profit environment

Details

• 12-month contract, potential extension
• Sydney location (hyrbid working)
• Competitive daily rate
• ASAP start

Apply now for immediate consideration. Only successful applicants will be contacted.

Build a modern data platform from the ground up

This isn’t just another data engineering contract.

You’ll join a major enterprise transformation program, helping design and deliver a next-generation data platform using cutting-edge tools like Microsoft Fabric and Lakehouse architecture.

If you enjoy solving complex data challenges, working with high-volume datasets, and influencing how platforms are built not ust maintained this role is for you.

What makes this role stand out

• Greenfield + transformation work (not just BAU)
• Work with modern data stack (Fabric, Delta, PySpark)
• High-impact role supporting analytics & ML outcomes
• Strong collaboration across engineering, analytics & business teams
• Long-term program with extension potential

What you’ll be doing

• Designing and building scalable data pipelines and architectures in Azure
• Developing solutions in Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse / Delta)
• Handling end-to-end data workflows – ingestion → transformation → storage
• Writing and optimising complex SQL & PySpark pipelines
• Improving data quality, performance, and reliability
• Supporting advanced analytics and machine learning use cases
• Contributing to data modelling and platform design decisions
• Driving CI/CD and DevOps best practices for data engineering
• Mentoring others and uplifting engineering standards

What you’ll bring

• Strong experience as a Data Engineer (3+ years)
• Hands-on expertise with:
• Azure Synapse / Data Lakes
• SQL (advanced level)
• Data pipeline development & optimisation
• Experience working with large, complex datasets
• Exposure to PySpark / distributed data processing
• Understanding of data modelling & modern data architectures
• Experience in enterprise or transformation environments

Nice to have: Microsoft Fabric experience or relevant Azure certifications

Contract details

• 8 Month Contract
• $130PH INC super
• Strong possibility for extension

If interested apply now or reach out to ray.stewart@talentinternational.com

🚀 About the Role

We’re looking for a Privacy Specialist to join a major data resilience program, focused on improving how sensitive data is classified, governed, and managed.

This is a highly advisory role – you won’t be hands-on technical or acting as a lawyer. Instead, you’ll guide how the organisation approaches privacy, data classification, and risk, ensuring decisions are practical, compliant, and defensible.

You’ll work closely with an M365 Specialist, forming a partnership between technical delivery and privacy governance.

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🎯 What You’ll Be Doing

• Define and guide the data classification approach across the organisation
• Lead and deliver Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs/DPIAs) end-to-end
• Help shape and uplift privacy frameworks, policies, and handling rules
• Advise on privacy risks, controls, and mitigation strategies
• Support decisions on how sensitive data should be managed, retained, or removed
• Ensure all decisions are clearly documented and audit-ready
• Engage regularly with Architecture and the Chief Data Officer (CDO)

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🧠 What You’ll Bring

Must-have:

• Strong experience in privacy, data protection, or risk/compliance
• Proven experience delivering PIAs/DPIAs end-to-end
• Ability to translate privacy requirements into clear, practical recommendations
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across business and technical teams

Nice-to-have:

• Experience in government or higher education environments
• Exposure to data governance frameworks (classification, policies, controls)
• Experience working alongside data, security, or architecture teams

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💡 Why Apply?

• True advisory role with influence on privacy frameworks and strategy
• Work closely with senior stakeholders, including CDO and Architecture
• Partner with technical specialists to drive real outcomes
• Long-term contract