• Well-developed testing skills, including the ability to write, review and execute complex test cases
• Effectively prioritise testing efforts and test case execution, and report and track the resolution of defects/issues
• Experience working in an Agile software development environment and experience of writing and managing test cases using Azure DevOps
• Demonstrated experience in SQL and querying databases using tools such as SQL Server Management Studio
• Experience with API and UI Automation testing along with using a custom Selenium Web Driver test automaton framework
• Ability to create and update automated test scripts at the UI and API layer in C# and experience coding RESTful API tests using RestSharp API Experience with GIT version control and YAML CI/CD pipelines

Desirable

• Understanding the business context and/or IT systems used by the Department of Education or Department of Employment and Workplace Relations environment. E.g. Entitlement calculation and payment calculation engines
• Previous experience in a Government agency.

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The Program Managers will be required to:

• Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships with the business and colleagues in other government agencies.
• Be responsive to changing business requirements and ensure the program delivers value aligned to business needs.
• Lead and facilitate the planning and implementation of the assigned program and project deliverables through reasonable consultation and collaboration.
• Management of allocated program/project resources to execute deliverables to ensure all program requirements are met.
• Execute the program through the effective identification and resolution of issues, management of identified and emerging risks, and understanding of required business outcomes.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues and Agency Executive to highlight program and project successes, risk factors and provide solutions as required.
• Oversee, drive and engage in the coordination of day-to-day activities in alignment with the program scope and deliverables.
• Lead, support, mentor and enable program/project staff in their professional development within the program/project context.
• Deliver the program/project in line with the department’s methodologies.
• Work with the Program Office to develop reporting templates and cadence to ensure the effective communication of program/project status and allow for early risk management as required.
• Strategically manage vendor relationships and ensure vendors deliver against their contractual obligations.
• Define and drive the program/project schedule in consultation with the department’s executive, Program leadership, and program/project management colleagues.
• Perform additional duties or assume responsibility of functions as directed from time to time.

The candidate requirements
Essential criteria:

• Proven leadership experience in Agile delivery with the ability to communicate effectively and all levels of Government.
• Proven experience applying Agile methodologies within a Government setting.
• Demonstrated experience assisting organisations to transition from traditional project and program management methodologies to Agile ways of working.
• Demonstrated experience in a government setting delivering projects within a modernisation or transformation program of work.
• Significant experience in managing and delivering 5+ programs/projects concurrently.
• Previous experience in defining and managing key performance indicators within program/project teams and delivering successful programs with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience in delivering high quality written communication including Executive briefings at SES levels.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering projects within a commercial construct, including contract negotiation and performance monitoring.
• Experience and willingness to work within a multidisciplinary team that places a core emphasis on culture and is highly collaborative.

Desirable

• Agile or scrum certification
• Strong experience with project methodologies and tools specifically DevOps and MS Project or other industry standards. Tertiary and/or Professional Qualifications within the Project Management, Business Management or Public Administration sectors
• Knowledge of, or ability to, quickly gain knowledge of Australian electoral law and practice.

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• Develop and document detection and alerting use cases specific to the Department’s IT environment and threat model.
• Implement and tune custom detections and analytics rules based on developed use cases in Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Develop knowledge articles, playbooks and procedures to support incident response activities based on use cases and the Department’s IT environment.
• Collaborate with security engineers, infrastructure teams, system owners, and application development teams to develop and implement system-specific security monitoring approaches.
• Determine and drive team priorities, including implementation of toolsets and ingestion of log sources, to improve capability.
• Lead major and critical incident response investigations.
• Action escalated and complex security alerts and incidents.
• Mentor and lead other Cyber Security Analysts within the team.
• Provide advice and support to the Director, Cyber Operations and Executives as required.

The candidate requirements
Essential criteria:

• Demonstrated experience as a Senior Cyber Security Analyst working in Security Operations Centre, including detection engineering and incident response responsibilities.
• Demonstrated skills and experience in Microsoft Sentinel and Defender products, including responding to alerts and incidents and developing custom detections and analytics rules
• Demonstrated experience in working with and investigating security log from different platforms and devices
• Demonstrated experience in strengthening the maturity of a SOC.

Desirable criteria: 

• Experience facilitating incident response simulations.
• Experience utilising threat intelligence services and tools to inform detection engineering and enrich alerts and incidents

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The position reports to the Assistant Director, Server Team. In this role you will be working within the infrastructure team, to deliver positive outcomes for the day-to-day matters relating to the support of the department’s systems. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant contribution to the delivery of the department’s events and day to day operations through an improved maturity of the systems.

The role will be responsible for, but not limited to:

• Work effectively across teams to provide systems expertise to enhance and improve existing solutions, including designing, developing, implementing, and testing solutions, in line with business requirements and software development standards.
• Support and maintain the department’s Standard Operating Environments and end user device management.
• Ensure deadlines are consistently met and that a high standard of technical and design documentation is provided.
• Work collaboratively with other teams to investigate and resolve complex issues with the operation of infrastructure and infrastructure as code.
• Contributing to the documentation of the department’s systems.
• Contribute to providing On-call support for the department’s infrastructure and systems.
• Perform additional duties or assume responsibility of functions as directed from time to time or during an event.

The candidate requirements
Essential criteria:

• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in implementing enterprise IT solutions based on-premises and utilising cloud services.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in deploying, testing, and maintaining an enterprise sized ICT environment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of risk management principles and processes in context of Infrastructure management.
• Demonstrated experience with managing and migrating solution infrastructure to the Azure platform.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across all levels and influence key stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate with influence and manage stakeholder relationships.
• Demonstrated personal drive and integrity whilst achieving results within legislative and budget parameters.

Desirable criteria:

• Relevant qualifications in IT, including cloud certification
• Demonstrated knowledge of Australian IT Cyber security frameworks
• Demonstrated knowledge of IT frameworks, such as ITIL and TOGAF
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Commonwealth frameworks, including ICT frameworks

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