We are seeking a Senior Databricks Engineer for an initial three-month contract with a leading Australian financial services organisation.

The successful candidate will help mature an existing Databricks platform into an enterprise-grade capability. This is a hands-on role focused on platform scalability, automation, governance and the reduction of technical debt.

Engagement details

• Three-month contract.
• Senior, hands-on engineering engagement.
• Immediate or near-term availability preferred.

Key responsibilities

• Design and establish a governed, domain-aligned Unity Catalog structure incorporating Bronze, Silver, Gold and Reporting layers.
• Support the migration from the organisation’s existing flat catalog structure to the new target-state architecture.
• Re-platform existing ingestion and transformation frameworks to align with the new catalog model.
• Develop metadata-driven, reusable and scalable data pipelines.
• Implement RBAC and ABAC controls across all catalog layers, ensuring least-privilege and domain-based access.
• Refresh the underlying AWS storage and security foundations, including S3 buckets, bucket policies, IAM roles and access controls.
• Maintain and extend Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code across the Databricks and AWS environments.
• Automate Databricks cluster provisioning and SQL Warehouse deployments, minimising manual configuration.
• Support a phased, low-risk migration that protects critical regulatory and business reporting workloads.
• Essential experience

Essential experience

• Strong commercial experience engineering and supporting enterprise Databricks platforms.
• Hands-on Databricks experience within AWS environments.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Unity Catalog architectures.
• Strong understanding of lakehouse and medallion architecture, including Bronze, Silver and Gold data layers.
• Experience developing metadata-driven ingestion and transformation frameworks.
• Advanced Spark and PySpark engineering skills.
• Strong knowledge of Databricks governance, RBAC, ABAC and least-privilege security models.
• Practical AWS experience covering S3, bucket policies, IAM roles and secure cross-service access.

Highly desirable

• Experience within banking, payments, superannuation or another regulated financial-services environment.
• Knowledge of CPS 230 or other APRA-regulated reporting requirements.
• Experience supporting financial risk, regulatory or client SLA reporting.

If you are interested, please apply now. For a confidential discussion, please reach out to Josh.costigan@talentinternational.com

Product Manager – Banking & Financial Services

Permanent | $100K-$110K Base + Benefits

Sydney NSW – Hybrid

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Product Manager to join an established, member-focused financial services organisation.

Reporting to the Head of Product & Pricing, you will play a key role in the development, enhancement and ongoing management of banking products and pricing initiatives. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who enjoys combining commercial thinking, analysis, stakeholder management and project delivery to improve products and customer outcomes.

The Role

You will support the end-to-end product life-cycle while working closely with stakeholders across the organisation to deliver product, pricing and customer experience improvements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support the end-to-end management of banking products, from design and implementation through to optimisation and ongoing maintenance.
• Project manage product, fee and pricing change initiatives.
• Work closely with Operations, Distribution, Marketing, Finance, Risk, Compliance and Technology teams to deliver product improvements.
• Conduct product testing and support the successful implementation of system and product changes.
• Analyse customer insights, competitor activity and industry trends to identify opportunities and recommend improvements.
• Provide product expertise and support across key strategic and business projects.
• Manage internal product enquiries and support key external partnerships.

About You

We are looking for someone with a strong combination of product, commercial and analytical capability who is comfortable working across multiple stakeholders and priorities.

You will ideally bring:

• Experience in product management, product development, pricing, lending or a related financial services discipline.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate insights into practical recommendations.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Experience within banking, lending or financial services will be highly regarded.
• A degree in Business, Marketing, Strategy or a related discipline is desirable.

Why Apply?

This is a great opportunity to gain exposure to strategic product and pricing initiatives while working closely with senior leaders and stakeholders across a financial services organisation.

You’ll have the opportunity to further develop your commercial, analytical, product and project management capabilities, while contributing to products that deliver meaningful customer outcomes.

A competitive salary of $100K-$110K base is on offer, along with a range of employee benefits and leave initiatives.

Interested? Apply now for a confidential discussion.

Integration Developers – Multiple Opportunities

Sydney | Hybrid Working | NV1 Clearance Essential
4 positions available – Senior and Developer-level opportunities

We are currently seeking four Integration professionals to join a major technology environment based in Sydney. These opportunities will suit candidates with strong integration backgrounds across APIs, middleware, messaging and cloud technologies.

There are openings across different levels of seniority:

• 1 x Senior Integration Developer / Integration Architect
• 3 x Integration Developers

All positions are Sydney-based with hybrid working arrangements.

An active NV1 security clearance is essential for these opportunities.

Senior Integration Developer / Integration Architect – 1 Position

This is the senior technical role within the team, combining enterprise integration architecture with hands-on technical leadership. You will help define the organisation’s integration approach, establish standards and patterns, and provide technical direction to developers, architects and delivery teams.

Key responsibilities

• Define and govern integration architecture across applications, platforms and external systems.
• Design scalable, secure and resilient solutions across APIs, middleware, microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Establish integration patterns, technical standards, reference architectures and governance practices.
• Lead architecture and solution design reviews and provide technical guidance to integration developers and delivery teams.
• Identify and address integration risks, interoperability challenges, performance issues and architectural constraints.
• Support modern engineering practices including DevOps, CI/CD and deployment automation.
• Ensure appropriate security, authentication and authorisation approaches are incorporated across integration solutions.

What we’re looking for

• 8+ years’ experience across integration architecture, solution architecture and/or senior integration engineering.
• Strong experience with Azure Integration Services, MuleSoft, Boomi or equivalent integration technologies.
• Deep knowledge of REST and SOAP APIs, middleware, messaging, microservices, event-driven integration and data transformation.
• Experience designing solutions across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Strong understanding of secure integration, including authentication and authorisation.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and the ability to guide developers and influence technical decisions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Integration Developers – 3 Positions

We are also seeking three Integration Developers to join the delivery team. These positions are more hands-on development focused than the senior role and will suit integration specialists who enjoy designing, building, testing and supporting interfaces across complex technology environments.

Key responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain integrations and interfaces across applications and platforms.
• Build and support APIs, middleware and messaging solutions.
• Develop synchronous, asynchronous and event-driven integrations.
• Implement REST, SOAP and message-based integrations, including associated data mappings and transformations.
• Work across cloud and hybrid integration environments.
• Troubleshoot integration failures and resolve performance, reliability and interoperability issues.
• Support testing, deployment and CI/CD pipelines across environments.
• Maintain interface specifications, mappings and technical integration documentation.
• Work closely with senior technical resources, architects and delivery teams to implement integration designs and standards.

What we’re looking for

• Approximately 5+ years’ experience in integration development, middleware engineering or a related technical role.
• Strong hands-on development experience with Azure Integration Services, MuleSoft, Boomi or equivalent.
• Experience developing REST/SOAP APIs, middleware and messaging solutions.
• Knowledge of synchronous, asynchronous and event-driven integration patterns.
• Strong data transformation and interface development skills.
• Experience working within cloud and hybrid environments.
• Exposure to automated testing, deployment and CI/CD practices.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and a delivery-focused approach.

Essential Requirements

Across all four opportunities, candidates must:

• Be Sydney-based or able to work from Sydney under a hybrid working arrangement.
• Hold an active NV1 security clearance.
• Have strong experience within enterprise integration environments.
• Be comfortable collaborating across development, architecture and delivery teams.

These are excellent opportunities for integration professionals at different stages of their careers – from experienced hands-on developers through to senior specialists looking to take ownership of integration architecture and technical direction.

Job Summary/Introduction
We are seeking a Test Analyst to join a collaborative delivery environment on a long-term contract, with a likely chance of extension. The role offers MAx $575 per day including super, with Sydney preferred and other locations considered.

Applicants must hold a current NV1 AGSVA security clearance. Applicants without NV1 clearance will not be considered.

Detailed Job Description

We are looking for a Test Analyst with experience across functional and system testing to support the delivery of high-quality technology solutions.

Working closely with business analysts, developers, testers and business stakeholders, you will analyse requirements, develop test cases, execute testing and manage defects through to resolution.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyse requirements and design test cases covering functional and non-functional requirements
• Execute functional, system, integration and regression testing
• Identify, log and track defects through to resolution
• Work closely with business analysts, developers and testers to clarify requirements and expected outcomes
• Prepare and maintain test cases, test data and test evidence
• Support UAT activities and assist business users throughout testing
• Participate in test planning, estimation and scheduling
• Ensure testing aligns with quality standards and delivery timelines
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of testing processes and practices

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience in functional and system testing
• Experience analysing requirements and developing detailed test cases
• Familiarity with defect and test management tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira
• Experience working within Agile or hybrid delivery environments
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
• Effective communication with technical and business stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving and issue-tracking skills

Rate
Max $575 per day including super.

Location & Working Arrangements
Sydney preferred, with other locations considered. Hybrid working arrangement requiring 3 days per week in the office.

Contract
Long-term contract opportunity with a likely chance of extension.

Security Clearance
A current NV1 AGSVA security clearance is mandatory. Applicants without an active NV1 AGSVA clearance will not be considered.

Job Summary/Introduction
We are seeking an experienced Database Engineer to support scalable, secure and reliable data solutions. This is a long-term contract opportunity with a likely chance of extension. Sydney is preferred, with other locations considered. Hybrid working requires 3 days per week in the office.

Applicants must hold a current NV1 AGSVA security clearance. Applicants without NV1 clearance will not be considered.

Detailed Job Description

As a Database Engineer, you will design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines and integration solutions across secure data environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines and data integration solutions
• Develop and optimise ETL/ELT processes across multiple data sources
• Work with data architects, analysts and downstream consumers to deliver reliable data solutions
• Implement batch and near-real-time data processing solutions
• Maintain data quality, reliability and platform performance
• Support cloud-based data platforms, data lakes and data warehouses
• Apply data security, privacy and access control requirements
• Troubleshoot data pipeline failures and performance issues
• Support automation, monitoring and continuous improvement

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in Data Engineering or similar data-focused engineering roles
• Strong ETL/ELT and data pipeline orchestration experience
• Strong SQL skills with relational and NoSQL database experience
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Synapse or equivalent
• Experience with structured and semi-structured data
• Knowledge of data modelling and performance optimisation
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Location & Working Arrangements
Sydney preferred, with other locations considered. Hybrid working arrangement with 3 days per week in the office.

Contract
Long-term contract with a likely chance of extension.

Security Clearance
A current NV1 AGSVA security clearance is mandatory. Applicants without an active NV1 clearance will not be considered.

We’re looking for an experienced Technical Lead – Data Engineering to join a major enterprise data transformation and lead the technical delivery of two strategic data initiatives.

We’re hiring across several ServiceNow opportunities for a major program, with all roles requiring a current NV1 clearance.

ServiceNow Architect

• CTA certification required
• Lead platform, solution, application and integration architecture
• Design scalable ServiceNow solutions aligned to business and technical requirements
• Strong experience with data models, table design and platform architecture
• Provide technical guidance and support across the broader delivery team

Senior ServiceNow Developer

• Advanced ServiceNow scripting, configuration and customisation
• Strong experience building and supporting scoped applications
• Develop and maintain integrations with internal and external systems
• Design and implement workflow automations
• Support technical troubleshooting and contribute to development standards

ServiceNow Developer

• Build and configure ServiceNow solutions across the platform
• Develop scripts, workflows and custom functionality
• Work with scoped applications and platform integrations
• Support testing, defect resolution and ongoing enhancements
• Collaborate with architects, developers and business stakeholders

Junior ServiceNow Developers

• Support ServiceNow platform configuration and development activities
• Assist with scripting, workflow creation and platform enhancements
• Work alongside senior developers on scoped applications and integrations
• Support testing, defect resolution and technical documentation
• Great opportunity to build deeper ServiceNow development experience

Location: Sydney preferred, open to other locations
Work arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days per week in the office
Clearance: Current NV1 required
Contracts: Opportunities running into 2027

If you’re interested or know someone suitable, please get in touch. Contact Luther Borgas at Luther.borgas@outbacktalent.com

Test Analyst

We are looking for an experienced Test Analyst to join a Sydney-based team working across functional, system, integration, and regression testing.

Role details:

• Sydney based
• Hybrid working – 3 days per week in the office
• Rate: $550-$580 per day
• Current NV1 clearance required

Key responsibilities:

• Analyse requirements and create detailed test cases
• Execute functional, system, integration, and regression testing
• Log and track defects through to resolution
• Prepare test data, evidence, and other testing artefacts
• Support UAT and work closely with business users
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and other testers

What we’re looking for:

• Strong functional and system testing experience
• Experience with tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira
• Experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery environments
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills

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

A leading organisation is seeking an Infrastructure Architect to design and deliver scalable, secure and resilient enterprise platform solutions.

In this high-impact role, you will develop high-level and detailed architectures for platform services, integrations, automation and operational tooling. You will lead initiatives from requirements gathering through implementation and operational handover, providing technical direction to project teams and delivery partners. Working across application, infrastructure, security and vendor teams, you will champion cloud-native design, Infrastructure as Code and platform engineering practices while supporting the integration of enterprise systems, SaaS platforms, identity services, monitoring and security controls.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Proven Infrastructure Architecture and end-to-end delivery experience gained within large enterprise environments
• Advanced knowledge of the Microsoft technology stack, including Azure, Entra ID and Active Directory
• Strong experience designing and configuring SSO and enterprise identity integrations
• Proven experience integrating SaaS platforms and designing their processes and configuration to meet business requirements
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native architecture, automation, Infrastructure as Code and platform engineering practices
• Excellent technical leadership and stakeholder engagement skills, including experience working with vendors, managed service providers and offshore delivery teams

This is an opportunity to lead multiple concurrent platform initiatives and shape secure, resilient services aligned with enterprise architecture standards.

They offer hybrid working – two days per week in the office in Sydney’s CBD.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please apply online now.

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A well-known Australian enterprise organisation is seeking a Security Engineer with strong detection and response experience to join their team on an initial twelve month program engagement.

Joining a high-profile cyber security program focused on the use of AI technologies within cyber security, the successful candidate will be responsible for enhancing the organisation’s detection and response capabilities across endpoint, cloud, and identity security. Working within a collaborative security team, you will leverage your strong EDR/XDR and cloud security expertise to improve threat detection, automate response capabilities, and strengthen the organisation’s overall security posture.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Tertiary qualifications and/or relevant industry certifications
• Proven experience in Security Operations, Detection Engineering, or Security Engineering within large and complex environments
• Deep experience with EDR/XDR platforms, ideally CrowdStrike Falcon or similar enterprise security technologies
• Strong experience managing endpoint security controls, detection rules, policy configuration, threat response, and exposure management capabilities
• Experience with CSPM, CNAPP, and cloud security posture management across enterprise cloud environments
• Strong understanding of detection engineering, threat detection lifecycles, and security monitoring methodologies
• Experience integrating security tooling across endpoint, cloud, identity, and security operations platforms
• Strong experience with Python scripting, APIs, Git, and CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of AI-enabled detection and response capabilities within a large-scale enterprise environment. To be considered for this opportunity, please apply online now.

Our leading Insurance client are seeking an experienced Change Manager to support a major HRIS implementation through go-live and subsequent releases.

Working closely with the People & Culture team, business leaders and project stakeholders, you will help assess change impacts, prepare employee groups and support the transition from manual HR processes to new system-enabled ways of working.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of the HRIS change approach and plan.
• Assess impacts across employees, managers and P&C teams.
• Facilitate business workshops and stakeholder sessions.
• Develop communications, training and readiness materials.
• Support business readiness, go-live, hypercare and adoption.
• Identify gaps or risks in proposed HR processes and constructively challenge assumptions.
• Present confidently to senior leaders and the ELT.

About You

• HiBob implementation experience would be highly desirable.

• Previous change experience supporting an HRIS/ HCM implementation is essential.
• Strong understanding of HR/P&C processes and employee impacts.
• HR Business Partner or broader operational HR experience is highly regarded.
• Hands-on experience across impact assessments, communications, training and readiness.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Able to think critically and work effectively through ambiguous HR-process issues.
• Pragmatic and comfortable operating in a fast-paced implementation environment.

If you are interested, please apply now. For a confidential discussion, please reach out to Josh.costigan@talentinternational.com

Transition / Projects Engineering Manager

Confidential Defence Opportunity

Our client is seeking an experienced Transition / Projects Engineering Manager (PEM) to support capability acquisition, transition and Introduction Into Service (IIS) activities within a complex Defence environment.

This is a senior engineering role requiring someone who can bridge the gap between acquisition and sustainment, ensuring new and modified capabilities are transitioned into service with the appropriate engineering assurance, safety, certification, supportability and governance arrangements in place.

Security Clearance

A current NV1 security clearance is mandatory for this position. Candidates who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be considered.

The Role

This is not a traditional project engineering or technical design position. The successful candidate will operate as a trusted senior engineering representative, working across project delivery, engineering, logistics, sustainment and stakeholder communities.

You will be responsible for identifying and managing technical risks, influencing project outcomes and supporting informed capability decisions throughout acquisition, transition and sustainment.

The role requires someone who can confidently engage with Defence stakeholders, interpret engineering and sustainment impacts, develop transition and assurance documentation, and support the safe and effective introduction of capabilities into service.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Defence capability acquisition, transition and Introduction Into Service activities
• Provide engineering management, governance and technical assurance across capability delivery
• Prepare and review engineering and project artefacts, including Engineering Management Plans, Risk Assessments, Safety Case Reports, Technical Certification Plans and Transition Plans
• Support engineering change management, certification and acceptance activities
• Conduct technical investigations, analyse outcomes and provide recommendations to Defence stakeholders
• Support engineering inspections, testing, evaluation and acceptance activities
• Manage technical risks and ensure appropriate engineering assurance throughout capability delivery
• Assess sustainment requirements and in-service support impacts associated with capability transition
• Engage with Defence representatives, project teams, military units, industry partners and engineering stakeholders
• Support capability decision making from acquisition through transition and into sustainment

About You

You will be a senior engineering professional with demonstrated Defence experience, ideally across capability acquisition, transition, sustainment or Introduction Into Service.

You will bring:

• Strong Defence engineering management and leadership experience
• Demonstrated experience with engineering governance and technical assurance within a Defence environment
• Experience supporting capability acquisition, transition and/or Introduction Into Service
• Strong understanding of engineering change, certification, acceptance and technical risk management
• Experience developing and reviewing engineering governance, assurance and transition documentation
• An understanding of sustainment and in-service support requirements
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across Defence, military, engineering and industry environments
• The ability to operate autonomously as a senior engineering representative and trusted adviser

Highly Desirable

• Maritime systems experience
• Degree qualification in Engineering
• CPEng and/or RPEQ accreditation
• Previous experience within a Systems Program Office, CASG or similar Defence capability environment
• Experience operating within Defence engineering governance and technical authority frameworks

Important

Our client is specifically seeking candidates with established Defence engineering experience, particularly across engineering leadership, governance, capability transition and stakeholder engagement.

Candidates whose backgrounds are primarily focused on technical design, PMO support or project coordination without the required Defence engineering experience are unlikely to be suitable.

A current NV1 security clearance is a mandatory requirement. Candidates without this clearance will not be considered.