Added - 14/09/26 Coalition Services Engineer Defence Engineering and Technical Services Symonston , Australian Capital Territory | Casual

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SYPAQ is an industry leader in C4ISREW and autonomous systems integration, product development, and consulting services, with established engineering and IT teams across projects in Canberra, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, and Brisbane. Our rich history of partnering with the Australian Defence, National Security community as well as major Federal Government departments continues to deliver a true sovereign industrial capability through advanced engineering and IT services and solutions.

SYPAQ is seeking a Coalition Services Engineer to work on a Defence project.The contract starts on 12 October 2026 to 31 October 2027 plus 2 x 12‑month potential extensions. This is an office-based role in Canberra.

Overview:

Our client is seeking an experienced specialist Services Engineer with demonstrated experience in engineering and integrating complex ICT systems.

The role is primarily a technical, hands on engineering position undertaken within a small specialist team. The Senior Services Engineer is expected to operate across system integration, test and evaluation, and incremental design evolution activities, contributing to the identification, assessment, and management of integration risks.

This role requires capacity for stakeholder engagement across Defence organisations, projects, and enabling ICT providers.

Engagement is undertaken with SO2 Validate guidance in order to resolve integration issues, assure system alignment,



and enable informed engineering decisions across interconnected systems. The Senior Services Engineer is expected to provide technically informed advice, assess the impacts of change across interfaces and dependencies, and contribute to alignment between evolving requirements, implemented solutions, and operational outcomes.

Essential criteria

- Demonstrated experience engineering and integrating complex ICT systems, applying systems and software engineering practices across requirements analysis, interface management, configuration control, integration testing, verification, validation, and resolution of integration issues.
- Experience engineering, integrating, and sustaining complex enterprise applications and information system environments, including the integration of applications, data services, user environments, and supporting infrastructure.
- Demonstrated ability to implement, assess, and maintain security controls aligned with the Information Security Manual (ISM) and the Essential Eight mitigation strategies as part of broader system security and assurance activities.
- Robust understanding of LAN and WAN engineering principles, including IP addressing, routing, DNS, DHCP, and network segmentation, and how these elements interact to affect system interoperability, performance, and security.
- Proven ability to operate as a senior technical practitioner, providing authoritative engineering advice and engaging effectively with stakeholders including ICT teams, project staff, security authorities, and capability representatives to resolve complex system integration issues without oversight
- Must be able to work in person at the primary facility,



out of state applicants are to explicitly address willingness to move in the submission.

Highly desirable qualifications

- Postgraduate qualifications or formal training in Systems Engineering, or equivalent experience applying systems engineering methods in complex environments:
- Experience with the Deployable LANs or other nation equivalent
- Experience designing, implementing, and managing identity, directory, and access control services, including Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and authentication and trust services such as federation mechanisms and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), to support secure system integration.
- Experience with scripting, automation, or software development to support system integration, testing, administration, or technical analysis (e.g. PowerShell, Bash, Ansible, or equivalent).
- Experience with design, configuration, and management of desktop (Windows 11) and server (Windows Server 2022 and later) Standard Operating Environments (SOEs) in accordance with approved system architectures, design artefacts, and integration constraints.

The successful applicant must be an Australian Citizen with an existing Negative Vetting Two (NV2) Security clearance.

Veterans are encouraged to apply

Please note only successful candidates will be contacted.

ACT License: ACTLHL00001973

QLD License: LHL02458-W2B3Z

VIC License: VICLHL03075

SYPAQ’s Culture – Creating A World That Works

We take pride in being a 100% Australian family owned business. Our culture and values are key to us, hence we encourage people with same vision to come on board and collaborate for prolific outcomes.

We strongly believe in our VALUES

- See something. Do something!
- Achieve more together – share success
- Courageous – be innovative! See the opportunity, manage the risk
- Strive for excellence – master your craft
- We are family – value honesty, respect and compassion

Please note only successful candidates will be contacted.

SYPAQ does not accept unsolicited approaches from third-party recruitment agencies.

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