Successful applicants will be working with leading-edge hardware and ML technologies, demonstrating the art of the possible and working toward bringing ML based technology into the agency’s domain in support of their mission and capabilities.

The Machine Learning Engineers will be required to work as part of an integrated team spanning ICT professionals and engineers, researchers, operators and analysts. They will work as part of a team designing and developing machine learning systems, implementing appropriate ML algorithms, conducting experiments and demonstrating outcomes and ML based opportunities to the agency’s stakeholders. They will be working with data sets to create models, perform statistical analysis, to train and retrain systems to optimise performance with a goal to build efficient self-learning applications and contribute to the agency’s advancements in artificial intelligence.

The Role
The Machine Learning Engineers will work in the design and development of the agency’s focused machine learning and deep learning systems, running machine learning tests and experiments while developing and implementing appropriate ML algorithms. This will encompass:

• study and transformation of data science prototypes;
• design of machine learning systems;
• development of machine learning applications according to requirements;
• selection of appropriate datasets and data representation methods;
• performance of statistical analysis and fine-tuning using test results;
• executing train and retrain systems as necessary;
• extend existing internal ML libraries and frameworks.

They must be willing and able to support the agency in activities relating to its operational mandate and objectives.

Essential Criteria
Mandatory:

• Experience in software development & machine learning.
• Experience in the use of machine learning methods on multi-GPU platforms.
• Extensive Linux knowledge.
• Ability to communicate effectively and tailor presentation style and messaging to be relevant to a range of audience level of knowledge, skills and experience.
• Sound interpersonal skills including the ability to work as a productive member of a team and communicate effectively with colleagues and clients across multiple organisational levels.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Respond strongly and positively to challenging work and deadlines.

Highly Desirable:

• Experience in the use and development of machine learning methods at scale within standalone or multi-GPU and multi-node configurations.
• Experience in MLOps and ModelOps software and associated engineering practices.
• Experience with best practice development methodologies and practices such as Agile, DevOps, and Configuration-As-Code.
• Understanding of data structures, data modeling and software architecture.
• Knowledge of math, probability, statistics and algorithms as applicable to the ML context.
• Ability to write code in Python, Java or R.
• Familiarity with machine learning frameworks (like Keras or PyTorch) and libraries (like scikitlearn).
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills. 

Desirable:

• Previous experience within the Defence environment.
• Familiarity with Defence IT security policies and concepts.

What the role offers:

• Up to $2000/day contracting rate for the right candidate
• A fun, collaborative and productive team.

• 1-2 years Previous experience in creating SharePoint modern webpages and a sound technical understanding of the SharePoint web application.
• Demonstrated experience following documented processes to provide efficient
  outcomes and identify opportunities to improve and add value
• Demonstrated experience contributing to the effectiveness and overall success of the team by effectively managing personal workloads, handling competing priorities, and working autonomously

Desirable Criteria:

• SharePoint Site collection or tenant administration experience
• DevOps Software development application experience
• Experience with Microsoft Visio application and Adobe Acrobat software package

What the role offers:

• Competitive contracting rate for the right candidate
• A fun, collaborative and productive team.

The Role:

• Participate in requirements analysis
• Collaborate with internal teams to produce software design and architecture
• Write clean, maintainable and scalable code
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code
• Assist with operations support duties
• Work collaboratively with team members
• Test and deploy applications and systems
• Revise, update, refactor and debug code
• Improve and maintain existing software

The Candidate:
Essential criteria
Experience developing and delivering enterprise web applications utilising established development tools such as:

• .NET
• JavaScript / Typescript
• Microsoft Web API / REST Architecture
• SQL / Entity Framework
• CI/CD Practices

Desirable Skills:
  

• Experience with Cloud platforms and Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with Azure Devops pipeline automation
• Experience with PowerShell
• Experience with Git
• Test automation
• Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle and Agile methodologies

What the role offers:

• Up to $2000/day contracting rate for the right candidate
• A fun, collaborative and productive team

You must submit a CV on application prior to a phone call and be prepared to sign a nondisclosure. Feel free to call thereafter on the following 0485 835 307

The business analyst sits within the Projects Governance and Support team, within the ICT Services Branch. The Projects Governance and Support team are responsible for the successful delivery of a range of projects, enhancements to existing applications and business as usual (BAU) activities, and work collaboratively with each of the business areas within the department.

The department is looking for an experienced business analyst to join an established project team to identify, document and manage changes to both existing and new business processes and functionality. The successful candidate will also use their sound communication and interpersonal skills to work positively and effectively as a part of the department’s software delivery team.

Duties and Tasks:
Through experience, analytical and technical skills, the successful candidate will be able to:

• Rapidly gain an understanding of the department’s technical framework and capabilities;
• Work in partnership with the stakeholders to identify and gather requirements
• Work closely with the stakeholders to ensure requirements captured in team backlogs have sufficient detail and are prioritised appropriately.
• Provide advice to the business areas regarding the impact of new system components on business processes;
• Work closely with the team and project teams to ensure user requirements are well understood, solutions tested, technical issues recorded and tracked, changes implemented, and business objectives are met.
• Producing useful artefacts as required to assist the team to understand business requirements and design an appropriate solution, with a focus on lean, just-in-time documentation.
• Identify existing business practices that could be updated to provide improvements and efficiencies;
• Develop strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders across multiple streams to achieve common objectives.
• Facilitating workshops and other collaboration or research activities with internal stakeholders and external user groups to elicit requirements, identify pain points and opportunities for improvement.
• Take ownership and responsibility for work priorities, and work independently to contribute at both an individual and team level.
• Contribute to knowledge creation within the department, by adopting information practices, sharing knowledge, by embracing industry best practice and seeking development opportunities.

The Candidate:
Essential criteria

• Extensive business analysis knowledge and experience.
• Solid understanding and demonstration of practical application of agile principles and practices (industry qualifications are desirable but not essential).
• Confidence and experience in facilitating workshops and online (remote) collaboration.
• Experience producing analysis and project artefacts such as process maps, functional decomposition models, functional and non-functional requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment within multi-disciplinary product teams.
• Ability to think strategically and work collaboratively to gather business requirements and translate into deliverable packages.
• High level relationship management skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong and productive relationships within the agency.
• Excellent judgement, strong attention to detail and an ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and a high attention to detail.
• Ability to piece the puzzle together to see the bigger picture.

The Ideal Candidate:

• We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual with strong collaboration, analytical and problem solving skills with a focus on outcomes.
• You will have the ability to exercise initiative, show good judgement and be able to prioritise and respond quickly as priorities emerge.
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, utilising a friendly and professional manner.
• You are a motivated individual with a strong work ethic.
• You will enjoy collaborating and building lasting relationships with stakeholders, and your ability to understand the needs of the business and provide solutions efficiently is crucial to your success.
• You must be committed to integrity and always comply with APS Values and government processes and procedures.

What the role offers:

• Up to $2000/day contracting rate for the right candidate
• A fun, collaborative and productive team.

• Experience developing and delivering public facing web applications utilising established development tools, guidelines and conventions including the following technologies:
  ·        JavaScript / Typescript, vite, webpack, npm, pnpm
  ·        Modern reactive frontend frameworks including Vue, React, Lit, Svelte, Stencil etc.
• Experience building and/or using design system component libraries.
• Experience delivering accessible user experiences.
• Unit / Automated UI testing
•  Community building and product adoption.
• Good communication and developer experience support skills.
• Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle and Agile methodologies.
• Experience with Azure and/or .Net web Application and API development
• Experience with drupal/GovCMS in a traditional or headless model
   

What the role offers:

• Up to $2000/day contracting rate for the right candidate
• A fun, collaborative and productive team

You must submit a CV on application prior to a phone call and be prepared to sign a nondisclosure. Feel free to call thereafter on the following 0485 835 307

• deliver cyber subject matter expertise to the creation and maturity of
  our agency’s architectures
• contribute to development of information security policy, standards
  and guidelines utilising contemporary industry best practices such as
  security by design
• obtain and act on vulnerability information and security risk
  assessments, business impact analysis and accreditation on complex
  information systems
• undertake current state analysis of the Cyber Security division and
  understand, document and redesign business processes, capabilities
  and other business architecture artefacts as needed
• provide expert technical advice, support, and recommendations on
  security best practices, in addition to recommendation of
  security/access models

The Candidate:
Essential criteria

• Sufficient experience in similar roles
• Experience working for government departments
• Eligibility for security clearance

What the role offers:

• Up to $2000/day contracting rate for the right candidate
• A fun, collaborative and productive team

If you would like to look at our other unlisted roles, you can find them at: https://gatewaysynergy.com.au/careers/

You must submit a CV on application prior to a phone call and be prepared to sign a nondisclosure. Feel free to call thereafter on the following 0485 835 307