Our client is a leading national retailer currently seeking a Senior PMO Manager to help mature the project management office for a key transformation program.

Your new role will see you working closely with the Head of Transformation to deliver improved governance, reporting and monitoring for a key transformation program. By refining processes and increasing delivery efficiency you will play a key role in the continuous success of the program. Your will also help unify project management standards, develop strategies for improved knowledge sharing and delivery governance and finance reports.

Skills and Experience:

• Experience in establishing transformation PMO capabilities
• A coaching mindset to improve project management & PMO capabilities
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
• Prior retail industry experience is highly advantageous
• Formal project management accreditation’s are sort after

Our client is offering an initial 6 month contract with the view to extension. Offices are based in Melbourne’s inner suburbs with a requirement to be onsite 3 days per week.

For more information feel free to contact Rade Manojlovic at rade.manojlovic@talentinternational.com

Opportunity knocks…

• Multiple hourly rate contracting opportunities for Principal & Senior Policy Advisors with a Government agency on a brand new critical stream of work, working with a small and high performing team
• These are contracts with an ASAP start, initially until February 2026
• These roles are Auckland based and will involve travel to Wellington

Why you’re special…

• You are a Principal or Senior Policy Advisor with experience in operational design and investment frameworks.
• You have the ability to work and deliver at pace, collaborate across disciplines and be flexible and responsive to emerging needs as they develop.
• Experienced in engaging both internal and external stakeholders to test and refine policy proposals.

What’s in it for you?

• Join a critical work-stream which is at very early stages
• Immediate starts available
• Fortnightly pay

Please apply now to register interest.

This is a contract position so only those candidates with the right to live and work in NZ can be considered.

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Opportunity knocks…

• Contract Business Analyst role.
• Immediate start, daily rate contract through to the end of February 2026.
• Join a strategic 2 year programme focused on transitioning applications from on-premise data centres to Azure Cloud environment.

Why you’re special…

• You are an Auckland based contract Business Analyst with the ability to start immediately or with a 2 week notice period.
• You have specific project experience as a BA in the migration from on-prem to Azure Cloud.
• You are experienced with tools such as Visio, Jira, Confluence.

What’s in it for you?

• Critical multi-year programme of work
• Immediate start
• Fortnightly pay

Please apply now to register interest.

This is a contract position so only those candidates with the right to live and work in NZ can be considered.

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Talent International, a leading Australian recruitment firm, has been engaged by our long-standing client, a leader in the manufacturing and steel production sector. We are seeking an experienced MTEC Engineer for an immediate start to support a Capital Project

Role Title: MTEC Engineer

Contract Length: 12-week contract (possibility of extension)

Location + WFH Flexibility: Port Kembla – full-time on-site

Hourly Pay: Up to $110/hour

Client Industry: Heavy Industrial / Steel Manufacturing

Start Date: ASAP

Role Details:

• Join the Capital Project delivery team focusing on the transition and readiness of new plant equipment and infrastructure.
• Support the implementation of MTEC (Manuals, Training, Equipment, Commissioning) activities aligned with operational and maintenance needs.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, maintenance, and operations teams to ensure readiness for commissioning and start-up.
• Contribute to the successful handover of documentation, training, systems, and risk identification aligned with business standards.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Immediate availability with ability to hit the ground running.
• Strong Excel capability for data manipulation, planning, and reporting.
• Ability to read and interpret Engineering Drawings and OEM Manuals to support Asset Strategy development.
• Operational or maintenance background in heavy industry or manufacturing.
• Tertiary qualifications in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.

Additional Details & Benefits:

• Opportunity to contribute to a major brownfield modernisation project in a high-performing engineering team.
• Work directly with a leading Australian steel manufacturer.
• Strong potential for future work or extensions based on performance and project scope.

To Apply:

If this sounds like your next opportunity or you’d like to hear more, please ‘apply now’ and submit your resume!

The Technical Lead will coordinate two key vendors and the internal integration team, ensuring effective collaboration, alignment, and delivery of technical outcomes. This role will drive vendor performance, resolve integration challenges, and maintain a high standard of technical delivery for a key project upgrading a core operational system.

💰 Up to $1020 Day

📅 12 Month Contract

🏙️ Brisbane Based

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate technical activities across vendors and the internal integration team.
• Ensure integration deliverables meet agreed quality, timelines, and performance expectations.
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Identify and resolve technical integration issues, providing proactive solutions.
• Support project leadership with technical input and integration progress reporting.
• Promote best practices and drive continuous improvement in technical processes and vendor performance.

Key Deliverables:

• Successful coordination and delivery of vendor integration outcomes.
• Improved vendor performance and alignment with internal technical standards.
• Clear and consistent technical reporting and communication across all stakeholders.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Proven experience as a Technical Lead or similar role, ideally within complex integration projects.
• Strong vendor management and coordination skills.
• Expertise in systems integration, solution design, or technical delivery.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work effectively within a dynamic, evolving IT environment.

If this is something you’d like to be consider for click apply now or email David at david.reynolds@talentinternational.com

We’re looking for multiple Application Developers to join a Defence program supporting the sustainment and improvement of essential applications and services. These roles span both legacy systems and modern technologies, offering a mix of maintenance, integration, and migration work.

What You’ll Do:

• Maintain and develop applications using VB6, VB.NET, C#, .NET 8, Blazor

• Support multi-language environments using ASP.NET, NodeJS, Java, and Perl

• Migrate legacy systems to modern, supported platforms

• Work across core Defence tools and services (e.g. MAMO, DEA, DARS, DDM)

• Contribute to incident, problem, change, and release management

• Ensure alignment with Defence security and operational policies

• Drive documentation, reporting, and service improvement

What You’ll Need:

• Strong experience with one or more of the listed tech stacks

• Understanding of secure development and support practices

• NV1 clearance (essential) – NV2 sponsorship available for eligible candidates

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

About the Role

We’re urgently seeking a Senior Scala Developer with deep Streaming experience and hands-on expertise in Azure Synapse for a critical data platform migration project in the banking sector.

You’ll be working on high-performance streaming solutions supporting mobile apps that interact with a major enterprise data warehouse. The focus of this role is on real-time data ingestion pipelines, built using Scala and Kafka, migrating from a Hadoop-based system to Azure Synapse.

This is not a generic data engineering or backend role – we are only considering candidates with proven experience in Streaming architecture and Scala development for Synapse pipelines.

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Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize real-time data streaming solutions using Scala and Kafka.

• Support the end-to-end migration of data pipelines from Hadoop to Microsoft Azure Synapse.

• Build and enhance APIs at the data warehouse end using Java and Spring Boot (secondary focus).

• Collaborate with architects and developers to ensure scalable and high-performance solutions.

• Work closely with mobile backend teams to manage API performance and responsiveness.

• Mentor junior developers and act as a subject matter expert in streaming and Scala/Synapse design patterns.

• Participate in CI/CD implementation and DevOps pipelines using Jenkins where applicable.

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Essential Skills & Experience

✅ Expertise in Scala, particularly for use within Azure Synapse pipelines
✅ Strong Kafka Streaming experience in high-volume, real-time environments
✅ Proven background in large-scale data warehouse migrations (ideally Hadoop → Azure Synapse)
✅ Strong understanding of data architecture and streaming best practices
✅ Enterprise-level experience (banking/finance sector preferred)
✅ Familiarity with Java and Spring Boot for API/backend development
✅ Solid CI/CD pipeline experience, particularly Jenkins

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Preferred but Not Required

• Experience with PySpark and broader Azure Data tools

• Background in Configuration & Release Management

• Knowledge of performance tuning for mobile API backends

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🔎 Important Note for Applicants

Please ensure your CV clearly highlights Streaming project experience and Scala with Azure Synapse pipeline work. These are non-negotiable for consideration.

This is a fast-paced, business-critical role with the potential for extension.

Apply now for immediate consideration.

• 6 Month Initial Contract
• Footscray Location – Working from Home 3 days per week
• Government Department

Our client requires a Product Manager to help design and develop a public facing digital service of relevance to citizens and business operators.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Drive the product strategy involving key stakeholders
• Use product management, collaboration and design tools to write user stories, perform analytics, build prototypes and understand SEO.
• Collaborate with the project team to proactively identify and solve problems, set priorities and make design decisions
• Collaborate with UX Research and Design, plus Business Insights to deeply understand users
• Build customer relationships across Whole of Victorian Government (WoVG)

Key Skills & Experience Required

• Strong experience as a Product Manager
• Demonstrable experience applying human centred design and analytics to your products
• Proven record in developing product strategy and having an outcome focus
• Experience working within an Agile delivery model (including SCRUM)
• Strong digital product management experience

What’s in it for you:

• 6 Month Initial Contract
• Footscray Location – Working from Home 3 days per week
• Government Department

For a confidential discussion please contact Sarah Jordan at Sarah.Jordan@talentinternational.com

or to submit your CV please click APPLY NOW.

Talent International is searching for an experienced System Administrator to join our Queensland Government client based in Brisbane CBD on a 6-Month Initial Contract, with strong extension potential.

// 6 Month Contract + Likely Extensions
// 2 Days WFH Per Week
// Brisbane CBD Location

The role:
This technical position sits within the Information Technology Services Branch and plays a key role in supporting departmental system and user migrations, infrastructure optimisation, and operational support across a large and complex ICT environment. This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking team supporting the digital transformation of core justice services across Queensland.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate capacity planning and optimisation of departmental server and HCI environments (Nutanix)
• Monitor, manage, and report on infrastructure performance, including future roadmap planning
• Deliver patching, vulnerability management, and lifecycle support of the department’s Managed Operating Environment
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to infrastructure staff
• Oversee incident management, problem resolution, and change control processes
• Manage vendor support relationships across infrastructure and cloud services
• Contribute to documentation, governance reporting, and internal capability uplift

Requirements:

• Strong technical expertise in Hyper Converged Infrastructure (e.g., Nutanix)
• In-depth experience with Microsoft Server, Azure, AOVPN, RDS/Windows 365, SCCM, Intune, and Autopilot
• Proficiency in scripting, certificate management, and modern workplace solutions
• Demonstrated experience in ITIL-based environments and tools such as ServiceNow
• Proven ability to lead and support hybrid environments (on-prem and cloud)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Relevant IT certifications in Microsoft or Nutanix technologies highly desirable

How to Apply:
To find out more, please “Apply for this job” or contact James Grierson or Mats Rorvik at: james.grierson@talentinternational.com or mats.rorvik@talentinternational.com

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Our client is seeking a Network Engineer for a 3 month + 3-month contract to assist during a busy period. You will be working in a friendly environment and will build and maintain on -prem and cloud networking solutions and be a key player in clients’ ICT infrastructure and ICT operations to advise and implement networking-related work for projects and safeguard the clients network security.

To apply for this short-term contract, you will need the following skills and experience:

• An outstanding network engineering professional with a track record of planning, building and maintaining complex corporate networks with a strong focus on resilience and security principles.
• Experience with Firewalls such as Fortinet and Sophos
• Experience supporting with Datacentre networks
• Experience working with Private Cloud and Azure/AWS
• Experience with designing, building and maintaining a network
• Experience with Cisco Switches and certifications such as CCNA/CCNP or equivalent
• Be available at short notice (ideally with a 1 week or less notice period)
• Be able to attend the office 3 days per week.

Due to the volume of applications, only short-listed candidates will be contacted. The successful candidate will need to have or obtain an Employee level Working with Childrens Check and be able to pass a national police check. For more information, please contact shelley.harrison@talentinternational.com

• Initial 12-month contract with potential for a 24-month extension.
• Canberra, ACT.
• Must be able to obtain Baseline clearance.
• Must understand data requirements and can analyse matching scenarios within the data management tools.

Role
Senior Systems Analysts are responsible for translating business needs into requirements and specifications for development of management information reporting solutions. It includes designing, analysing and documenting requirements to meet business expectations. They are responsible for writing functional specifications from the business requirements.

Your duties will include:

• Performing detailed analysis and evaluation of business processes and requirements.
• Designing and implementing solutions to meet business needs.
• Creating and maintaining solution documentation.
• Conducting testing activities, including planning, execution, and defect management.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to resolve issues and ensure timely project implementation.
• Preparing reports and technical documentation for executive-level review.

Skills and experience we are looking for:

• Proficiency in feasibility assessment and business case preparation.
• Senior Systems Analyst professionals analyse data sets with a variety of tools to research and solve organisational issues and identify trends and insights to support organisational outcomes.
• Expertise in requirements definition and management for medium-sized initiatives.
• Strong skills in software and systems design, including modelling and prototyping.
• Experience in providing consultancy and specialist advice to stakeholders.
• Familiarity with methods and tools for process improvement.
• Ability to evaluate user experience and ensure adherence to standards and guidelines.

Application Process
If you would like to apply, please contact Deepika Ahluwalia on 02 6129 6300 or email deepika.ahluwalia@talentinternational.com.

SAP Project Systems Specialist – Defence

Location: Canberra preferred (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide considered)
Contract: 6-Month Contract – highly likely to extend
Rate: Competitive Daily Rate
Clearance: NV1 Security Clearance required (Will consider baseline)

We’re looking for an experienced SAP specialist to join a large Defence ERP program. You’ll bring strong knowledge of SAP S/4 HANA (PS/EPPM), ideally from a complex maintenance or engineering background. Experience with other Tier 1 ERP systems (Oracle, Microsoft, Infor) is also welcome.

You’ll help design and improve business processes, work closely with engineering and supply chain teams, and support the Defence capability uplift.

Key Skills:

• SAP S/4 HANA (PS or EPPM)

• Complex maintenance or supply chain experience

• Strong stakeholder skills

• Project Management experience

• Australian Citizen with a minimum of baseline clearance

Nice to Have:

• Defence background

• Aviation or maritime maintenance experience

Apply now to help shape the future of Defence systems or reach out to Luther Borgas at luther.borgas@outbacktalent.com