Our client is seeking an experienced Project Support Officer to join their team and provide a mix of project, systems, reporting and operational support. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who is confident working with data and systems, has strong attention to detail and is happy to step up and assist across the team where required.

• Initial 3 month contract starting ASAP, $50+super per hour
• Hybrid role with a minimum 3 days per week on site, inner South East
• Strong Power BI, Excel and data management skills required

The Project Support Officer will support a range of projects and day-to-day activities, including reporting, data management, system administration and customer support. You’ll need to be comfortable learning new systems and processes and working across different tasks as priorities change.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and project support across a range of team activities and initiatives
• Prepare, maintain and distribute Power BI reports and dashboards
• Use Excel to collate, review, manipulate and maintain operational and project data
• Undertake data entry, validation and cleansing activities, ensuring strong data accuracy and integrity
• Assist with data modelling, reporting and analysis
• Support system configuration, testing, process improvements and implementation activities
• Liaise with internal stakeholders and assist with customer enquiries, including contacting customers directly where required
• Step into other operational and administrative tasks as required to support the broader team

About You

• Experience with backend system configuration within an ERP or similar enterprise business system
• Competent in project and/or technical support, ideally in a Business Analyst capacity
• Highly competent in Excel and/or Power BI, including data management, modelling and building dashboards
• Strong general Microsoft Office skills including Word, Outlook and Teams
• Excellent systems aptitude, data entry skills and attention to detail, with the ability to quickly learn new systems and processes
• Proactive and flexible approach, with a willingness to step up and assist across different areas of the team
• Strong communication skills, including confidence speaking directly with customers when required
• Available immediately to work full-time for three months, with a minimum of three days per week on site

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We’re looking for an experienced Data Engineer with strong, hands-on Databricks experience to join a modern cloud and AI-focused data environment.

Databricks is a mandatory requirement for this role. We’re particularly interested in engineers who have spent several years building and optimising production data solutions on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform, rather than candidates with limited or incidental exposure.

The Role

You’ll work across modern data engineering and cloud integration initiatives, designing scalable data solutions using Databricks, AWS, Python, SQL and PySpark.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and optimise Databricks data pipelines and Lakehouse solutions
• Develop scalable ingestion, transformation and orchestration workflows
• Design and deliver cloud-native data integrations across AWS
• Work extensively with Python, SQL, Spark/PySpark
• Improve data performance, quality, security and governance
• Support AI-enabled data and integration initiatives
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture and business teams
• Contribute to engineering standards, automation and best practices

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years’ Data Engineering experience
• Strong commercial, hands-on Databricks experience – mandatory
• Proven experience building and optimising production Databricks pipelines
• Strong understanding of the Databricks Lakehouse Platform
• Strong Spark/PySpark, Python and SQL
• Strong AWS experience across services such as S3, Glue, Lambda, Athena, Redshift, IAM and API Gateway
• Experience with cloud-native data integration and orchestration
• Understanding of APIs and modern integration patterns
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Experience with Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Medallion Architecture, Terraform/CloudFormation, CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes or AI development tools would be highly regarded. This is a 6 month contract with strong possibility for an extension paying $950 – $1000 per day inc super.

If you’re a hands-on Databricks Data Engineer with strong AWS experience and want to work across modern cloud, data and AI initiatives, apply now or contact ray.stewart@talentinternational.com

Scrum Master – EL1

• Canberra, ACT | Hybrid – minimum 3 days per week in the office
• 12-month contract + 12-month extension option
• Must be able to obtain NV1 clearance
  

  Position Overview

  An opportunity is available for an experienced EL1 Scrum Master to support the delivery of large and complex ICT projects within a Federal Government environment. Working across multiple project teams, you will lead Agile delivery practices and coordinate multidisciplinary squads spanning Business Analysis, QA, Service Design, UX/UI and Development.
  This role will suit a hands-on Scrum Master who can combine strong Agile leadership with practical delivery management. You will guide teams through ceremonies, manage backlogs and delivery priorities, remove barriers and provide clear visibility of progress, risks and dependencies.

  Key Duties

  • Lead one or more multidisciplinary squads delivering complex ICT projects in an Agile environment.
  • Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives and release planning.
  • Manage squad workloads and product backlogs using Jira, including reporting, burndown charts, velocity tracking and forecasting.
  • Work closely with Business Analysts to develop and refine user stories, acceptance criteria and Definitions of Done.
  • Lead Program Increment (PI) planning activities and support end-to-end delivery planning.
  • Partner with testing teams to coordinate testing activities and prioritise defect resolution.
  • Support Product Owners with backlog management, new requests and removal of delivery barriers.
  • Manage project scope and timelines through sprint and release planning.
  • Coach team members in Agile frameworks and Scrum practices, supporting improved Scrum maturity.
  • Manage project governance, stage gates and reporting requirements, escalating risks and concerns where required.

  Skills and Experience Required

  • 3+ years’ experience facilitating the delivery of complex projects using Agile methodologies.
  • Strong understanding of SAFe and experience applying it within large and complex programs.
  • Demonstrated experience working with Business Analysts to ensure user stories are refined and ready for upcoming sprints.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and teamwork skills.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and strategic directions while adapting effectively to change and uncertainty.
  • Strong practical experience with Jira, along with proficiency in SharePoint and Confluence.
  • Experience managing user stories, product backlogs, sprint planning, Agile reporting and burndown charts.
  • Australian Citizenship and the ability to obtain an NV1 security clearance.

  Highly regarded experience includes delivering large-scale ICT transformation programs within Australian Government and exposure to technical projects involving data migration, large case management systems or information management systems. Tertiary qualifications or recognised certifications in Management, Project Management or a related discipline will also be viewed favourably.

  Application Process

  If you would like to apply, please contact Emma on 0480 804 408 or email emma.gibbons@talentinternational.com
  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

• Delivery Coordinator
• Complex ICT / ERP Program Environment
• Project Governance | RAID | Scheduling | Delivery Assurance
  

  Position Overview

  An opportunity is available for an experienced Delivery Coordinator to support the successful delivery of a large and complex ERP program.
  Working alongside Project Managers, Delivery Leads and delivery teams, you will provide hands-on coordination across project governance, controls, reporting and delivery assurance. The role is focused on maintaining strong visibility across schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks and actions, while ensuring project information is accurate and supports effective decision-making.
  This position will suit someone who is highly organised, comfortable working across multiple work packages and confident engaging with stakeholders to keep delivery activities moving.

  Key Duties

  • Maintain project schedules, milestones and dependencies across multiple work packages.
  • Manage and maintain RAID registers, action logs and decision registers.
  • Prepare governance packs, dashboards, status reports and other project reporting.
  • Monitor delivery activities and identify emerging risks, issues and concerns.
  • Coordinate governance forums, project meetings and stakeholder workshops.
  • Follow up actions, decisions and commitments to support timely delivery.
  • Maintain accurate and current project information to support visibility and accountability.
  • Review project information and constructively challenge inconsistencies where appropriate.
  • Support project governance, reporting and control activities.
  • Work collaboratively with stakeholders to improve project delivery outcomes.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of governance processes and project controls.

  Skills and Experience Required

  • Experience supporting the delivery of complex ICT projects or programs.
  • Demonstrated experience in project governance and project controls.
  • Experience maintaining RAID registers, project schedules and reporting artefacts.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement and coordination capabilities.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience preparing governance materials and executive-level reporting.
  • Ability to work independently and effectively manage competing priorities.
  • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

  Highly regarded experience includes:

  • ERP or SAP program experience.
  • Experience within Defence environments.
  • PMO or Project Controls experience.
  • Relevant project management certifications.

  Application Process

  If you would like to apply, please contact Emma on 0480 804 408 or email emma.gibbons@talentinternational.com
  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

• Permanent Position – Government Agency
• Melbourne CBD Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• $80,000 – $89,586 plus 12% superannuation

An exciting opportunity is available for an ICT Project Coordinator to support the successful delivery of technology projects. Working closely with project managers and key stakeholders, you will coordinate schedules, reporting, budgets, risks and project documentation across both Agile and Waterfall environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate project activities, schedules, milestones and deliverables.
• Maintain project plans using Microsoft Project, Smartsheet or similar tools.
• Support project managers with financial tracking, forecasting and reporting.
• Prepare project status reports, governance documents, risk registers and other artefacts.
• Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support successful delivery.

Key Skills and Experience

• 2-4 years’ experience as a Project Coordinator within an ICT environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Smartsheet or similar scheduling tools.
• Experience supporting project financials, budgets, forecasts and reporting.
• Strong knowledge of Agile and Waterfall delivery methods, processes and artefacts.
• Excellent communication, organisational and stakeholder management skills.

What’s in it for you:

• Government Agency
• Burwood Location – Hybrid Working Arrangement
• Permanent Position

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

Program Scheduler – Federal Government

Scale by AVEC is looking for an experienced Program Scheduler to support the delivery of a large and complex Federal Government contract.

This is a hands-on scheduling role with responsibility for managing the program schedule end-to-end, providing clear visibility across deliverables, critical path, resources, dependencies and overall schedule performance.

We’re particularly interested in candidates who have worked across defence primes, military suppliers or similarly complex and highly regulated program environments.

Hands-on experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) and Open Plan Professional (OPP) is highly desirable.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own and manage the end-to-end program schedule for a large Federal Government contract.

• Develop and maintain complex schedules using Open Plan Professional (OPP).

• Apply Earned Value Management (EVM) to track and report program performance.

• Maintain visibility across contractual deliverables, milestones, dependencies and key dates.

• Undertake critical path analysis, identifying schedule slippage and emerging delivery risks.

• Clearly communicate schedule status to stakeholders, including where deliverables are behind plan or impacting the critical path.

• Develop practical mitigation and schedule recovery strategies to keep delivery on track.

• Manage schedule inputs across multiple program teams and stakeholders.

• Undertake resource planning and profiling, identifying capacity requirements and constraints.

• Produce detailed schedule performance, forecasting and progress reporting for Government stakeholders.

• Work closely with Program and Project Managers to provide accurate schedule intelligence and support decision-making.

About You

You’ll be an experienced Program Scheduler / Project Controls professional who is comfortable taking ownership of complex schedules and providing stakeholders with a clear view of program performance.

To be considered, you must have:

• Strong Program Scheduling / Project Controls experience within large, complex programs.

• Proven experience managing a large contract or program schedule end-to-end.

• Hands-on experience using Open Plan Professional (OPP).

• Strong experience with Earned Value Management (EVM).

• Experience developing and maintaining detailed integrated program schedules.

• Strong critical path, schedule variance, dependency and milestone analysis experience.

• Experience with resource planning, forecasting and profiling.

• Demonstrated ability to identify schedule slippage and develop effective mitigation and recovery plans.

• Experience producing schedule and performance reporting for Government stakeholders.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge inputs and clearly communicate schedule status.

• Experience within a defence prime, military supplier or similarly complex program environment will be highly regarded.

Working Arrangement

The role is structured around 16 business days of scheduled work per month, with the remaining business days on call as required.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced scheduler with strong EVM and OPP expertise to take ownership of a significant program schedule and provide the insight and direction required to keep a complex contract on track.

This opportunity is being managed by Scale by AVEC.

This role sits within a very large, highly complex ICT infrastructure program with multiple concurrent workstreams, critical dependencies, and tight governance expectations. We’re looking for a senior, seasoned Program Controller (5-10 years’ experience) who can confidently manage integrated schedules, financial tracking, and delivery reporting at scale.

Experience in health (or similarly regulated, high-stakes environments) is strongly preferred, as the work supports enterprise systems and services that require strong discipline around controls, audit trails, and stakeholder management across technical teams, vendors, and operational business areas.

What you’ll be doing

• Build and manage an integrated program schedule across multiple infrastructure projects (MS Project)
• Maintain baselines, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths
• Track progress vs plan, highlight variance, and produce forward delivery forecasts
• Coordinate schedule updates with Project Managers, technical leads, vendors, and delivery teams
• Manage program-level budget tracking (actuals, commitments, accruals, forecasts) and monthly reporting
• Support change impacts across schedule/financials (scope, delays, procurement, vendor performance)
• Produce governance reporting for program leadership and forums (e.g., Program Board)
• Maintain controls, registers, templates, reporting standards, and audit trails
• Monitor cross-program risks and interdependencies (projects, applications, vendors, business initiatives)

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience in a complex ICT program environment (infrastructure/networks highly regarded)
• Strong MS Project scheduling expertise (WBS, dependencies, critical path)
• Solid financial controls capability: budgeting, forecasting, milestone/deliverable tracking
• Strong reporting and documentation skills; confident stakeholder engagement
• Experience working within PMO / program governance frameworks
• Relevant certification desirable (PRINCE2 Foundation / PMI / AIPM / PMBOK)

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, has been engaged by our long-standing client, a leading global technology consultancy, to recruit an experienced Project Manager for a major enterprise technology project.

Role Title: Project Manager

Contract Length: Initial 12-month contract

Location and WFH Flexibility: North Sydney region | Hybrid working, 3-4 days onsite

Daily Rate: Up to $950 per day

The Role:

• Manage the end-to-end delivery of a complex enterprise technology project.

• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, reporting and delivery milestones.

• Establish strong project governance and manage risks, issues, dependencies and change.

• Build effective relationships with customers, delivery teams, vendors and key stakeholders.

• Coordinate technical and business workstreams to ensure activities remain aligned.

• Provide clear and timely project updates to senior stakeholders.

• Monitor progress and proactively address issues that may affect scope, timelines or delivery outcomes.

• Ensure the project is delivered in line with agreed objectives, governance requirements and customer expectations.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience managing large-scale technology or infrastructure projects.

• Strong project planning, governance, reporting, scheduling and risk management capabilities.

• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication and relationship-building skills.

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and operate effectively within complex enterprise environments.

• Experience coordinating multiple technical and business workstreams.

• PMP certification is highly regarded.

• Experience delivering networking or infrastructure-related projects is preferred.

• Telecommunications industry experience will be highly regarded.

Additional Details and Benefits:

• Join a high-profile enterprise technology project with a leading global technology consultancy.

• Work within a collaborative environment focused on stakeholder engagement and successful delivery.

• Hybrid working arrangement with 3-4 days onsite each week.

• Competitive daily rate of up to $950.

To Apply:

If this sounds like your next opportunity, or you would like to learn more, please click Apply Now and submit your resume.

Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, has been engaged by our long-standing client, a well-established organisation operating across the real estate and aged care sectors. We are seeking an experienced Project Support Coordinator to support several key business initiatives. This opportunity is ideally suited to someone seeking part-time work across three days per week, although full-time candidates will also be considered.

Role Title: Project Support Coordinator

Contract Length: Initial three-month contract with potential to extend

Location + WFH Flexibility: Onsite in the CBD

Working Arrangements: Part-time, three days per week preferred; full-time candidates also considered

Daily Pay: Up to $550 per day, including superannuation

Role Details:

* Establish and maintain due diligence packs, review document repositories and follow up outstanding information

* Review reports, identify key actions and coordinate deliverables with internal and external stakeholders

* Support app requirements gathering by developing checklists and preparing clear information for developers

* Assist with community site increases, including calculations, letters, mail merges and spreadsheet maintenance

Required Skills and Experience:

* Strong administration, executive assistance or project coordination experience

* Experience within paralegal, compliance, regulatory, property or local government environments is highly regarded

* Excellent organisation, communication and stakeholder management skills

* Proactive and accountable, with the ability to identify gaps and follow tasks through to completion

* Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including basic Excel, mail merges and data validation

* Comfortable using AI tools and learning within a specialised environment

Additional Details & Benefits:

* Initial three-month contract with potential to extend

* Flexible part-time opportunity across three days per week, with full-time applicants also considered

* Exposure to high-priority projects and senior stakeholders across an established Australian organisation

To Apply:

If this sounds like your next opportunity or you would like to hear more, please “apply now” and submit your resume!

Workday Financials Functional Consultant

We are currently seeking an intermediate-level Workday Financials Functional Consultant to support a major Federal Government transformation program.

This is a great opportunity for someone with practical Workday Financials experience who is looking to build on their consulting capability and work across a large-scale implementation.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather and analyse business and functional requirements
• Support the design and configuration of Workday Financials solutions
• Participate in workshops, solution design sessions and prototyping
• Assist with testing, defect resolution and implementation activities
• Provide functional input across finance processes and system configuration
• Work closely with project managers, business stakeholders and technical teams
• Support project reporting and delivery activities

About You

• Around 2-5 years’ experience working with Workday, ERP or enterprise financial systems
• Experience with Workday Financials highly desirable
• Good understanding of financial accounting and finance business processes
• Previous ERP experience such as Workday, Oracle or SAP
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience supporting system implementations, upgrades or transformation projects
• Workday Financials certification or exposure to an end-to-end Workday implementation will be highly regarded

Security Requirements

As this role is supporting a Federal Government program, candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain an Australian Government security clearance.

If you have experience across Workday Financials and are looking to take the next step in your consulting career, please get in touch for further information.

Location: Open to candidates based in Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane, with travel to Canberra likely to be required.

Apply now or contact Luther Borgas at luther.borgas@outbacktalent.com

We are seeking an experienced Data Engineer with a passion for AI, cloud technologies, and modern data engineering practices. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex integration challenges, leveraging AI to improve engineering outcomes, and building scalable data solutions within AWS.

The successful candidate will work on a range of cloud integration initiatives, including integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with AWS services, while helping shape next-generation AI-enabled data platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and integration solutions.
• Lead and deliver MCP server integrations with AWS services and cloud infrastructure.
• Develop and optimise data solutions using Databricks and modern data engineering best practices.
• Leverage AI tools and techniques to improve engineering productivity, automation, and solution delivery.
• Build and optimise data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration workflows.
• Collaborate with software engineers, solution architects, and business stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable data solutions.
• Ensure data quality, security, governance, and performance across data platforms.
• Support cloud migration and modernisation initiatives where required.
• Document technical solutions and contribute to engineering standards and best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years’ experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar data-focused engineering role.
• Strong background in modern data engineering principles and best practices.
• Mandatory hands-on experience with Databricks, including building and optimising data pipelines and working with the Databricks Lakehouse Platform.
• Strong experience with AWS services such as S3, Lambda, Glue, Athena, Redshift, ECS, IAM, API Gateway, or similar.
• Experience building cloud-native data integration solutions.
• Knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP) server integrations, or the ability to quickly learn and implement them.
• Strong experience with Python, SQL, Spark/PySpark, and data orchestration tools.
• Solid understanding of APIs, microservices, and modern integration patterns.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable Skills

• Experience using AI-enabled development tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Amazon Q, or similar.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Knowledge of container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Exposure to data governance, security, and compliance frameworks.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone who:

• Is passionate about AI and continuously explores how it can improve engineering outcomes.
• Has a strong foundation in data engineering, Databricks, and AWS cloud technologies.
• Enjoys learning new technologies and solving complex integration challenges.
• Can work autonomously while collaborating effectively with cross-functional technical teams.
• Brings a proactive, innovative, and delivery-focused mindset.

Engagement

• Contract: 6 Months
• Start Date: ASAP
• Location: Hybrid/Flexible (subject to project requirements)
• Rate: Up to over $1,000 per day (including super)

Apply Now

If you’re a hands-on Data Engineer who thrives on solving complex technical challenges and wants to work at the forefront of AI, cloud, and modern data engineering apply now or reach out to ray.stewart@talentinternational.com