Job Description
Rate Guide
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$1,200–$1,400 per day, inclusive of superannuation
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Final rate will depend on directly relevant Defence experience, technical capability and current security clearance
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Location
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Symonston, ACT
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Some interstate and international travel may be required
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Duration
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12 October **** to 31 October ****
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Up to 244 working days
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Potential for two additional 12-month extensions
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Start
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12 October ****
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Hours
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Full time contract
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Standard business hours
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Occasional reverse-hours support may be required for international partners, Coalition activities and exercises
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Clearance
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Must hold a minimum of NV2 security clearance
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Experience Level
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Senior
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Advanced Practitioner
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Working Arrangements
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Primarily onsite at the Symonston facility
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Remote working arrangements are not available
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Interstate candidates must confirm their willingness to relocate or work onsite in Canberra
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The role may require attendance at interstate or international working groups, field trials and exercises
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Role Overview
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Provide senior, hands-on engineering support across complex and interconnected mission systems
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Support systems used for integration, experimentation, testing and validation activities
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Maintain alignment across applications, information systems, networks, infrastructure and mission command capabilities
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Apply systems and software engineering practices across requirements, interfaces, configuration, integration testing, verification and validation
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Support integration across Australian, Joint and Coalition systems and networks
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Maintain system design, architecture, configuration, interface and dependency documentation
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Assess the impact of technical changes across interconnected systems and security boundaries
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Provide authoritative technical advice to government, military, project, security and ICT stakeholders
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Identify and resolve complex system integration,



interoperability and configuration issues
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Contribute to the development of a digitally integrated and future-ready operational environment
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Work independently as the nominated individual within a small specialist team
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Demonstrated experience engineering and integrating complex ICT systems
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Strong experience in systems and software engineering practices
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Experience across requirements analysis, interface management and configuration control
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Experience with integration testing, verification, validation and technical remediation
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Experience integrating and sustaining complex enterprise applications and information-system environments
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Experience integrating applications, data services, end-user environments and supporting infrastructure
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Demonstrated ability to implement, assess and maintain controls aligned with the Information Security Manual and Essential Eight
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Strong knowledge of LAN and WAN engineering principles
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Strong understanding of IP addressing, routing, DNS, DHCP and network segmentation
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Ability to assess how network components affect system interoperability, performance and security
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Experience resolving complex technical integration and interoperability issues
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Experience maintaining authoritative system designs, architecture documentation and configuration records
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Experience supporting technical integration testing, Test and Evaluation activities or risk-reduction events
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Ability to provide authoritative engineering advice with minimal oversight
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Strong stakeholder engagement skills across technical teams, project personnel, security authorities and capability representatives
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Ability to produce clear technical reports, assessments, findings and recommendations
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Ability to comply with applicable ITAR requirements
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Ability to work onsite in Symonston
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Postgraduate qualifications or formal training in Systems Engineering
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Equivalent experience applying systems engineering methods in complex environments
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Experience with deployable LANs or comparable tactical network environments
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Experience working at a system-of-systems level
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Experience with Joint, Coalition, FVEY or mission systems
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Experience in Defence capability development, integration, experimentation or Test and Evaluation environments
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Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS and DHCP
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Experience with identity, directory and access-control services
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Experience with federation, authentication, trust services and Public Key Infrastructure
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Experience designing or managing Windows 11 and Windows Server **** environments
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Experience with Standard Operating Environment design, configuration and management
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Experience using PowerShell, Bash, Ansible or equivalent scripting and automation technologies
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Software development or systems integration experience
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Experience with XMPP chat, mail relay or proxy services
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Experience with Mobile Device Management and end-user device configuration
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Experience with application or binary allowlisting
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Experience developing or interpreting architecture artefacts, interface control documents and design descriptions
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Experience managing hardware and software baselines, version control and documentation control
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Experience developing technical procedures, test documentation or evaluation artefacts
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Experience mentoring personnel and delivering just-in-time technical training
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Understanding of Coalition networking instructions, NETOPS artefacts or Joining, Membership and Exiting Instructions
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Understanding of FVEY networks, systems and operating processes
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