The Role

A System Integrations Engineer/Specialist is responsible for ensuring that various software applications, systems, and components within an organization can work together seamlessly. This involves;

• Analysing requirements
• Designing integration solutions
• Configuring systems
• Conducting testing and troubleshooting issues to ensure smooth operations
• Ability to work with different programming languages, API’s, middleware and databases to achieve integration.

Key duties for an ASD6 Systems Integration Specialist:

• Take responsibility for end-to-end delivery of assigned projects by coordinating with stakeholders
• Contribute to the development of reliability and resilience processes
• Analyse ASD capabilities to identify systems for improvement
• Plan and develop improvements to ASD capabilities
• Supervise junior staff.

Key duties for an Executive Level 1 Senior Systems Integration Specialist:

• Work under broad direction to improve the availability of services
• Perform a leadership role and manage a team of Systems Integration engineers
• Engage with key stakeholders across the organisation to develop and improve reliability processes
• Coordinate with divisional stakeholders; develop integration standards and frameworks for the organisation
• Have a deeper understanding of various technologies, architectures and industry best practices.

Further information can be found at: Information and Communications Technology | Australian Signals Directorate

About our Team

The Mission Data (MD) Division within the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is responsible for providing the foundational data capabilities to support all of ASD’s functions. We do this via the provision of data platforms and services, management of ASD’s mission data, and providing complex analytic development and support, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) capabilities.

We operate in incredibly challenging and dynamic technical and operational environments, and our success is founded on the ingenuity of our workforce and our ongoing investment in our staff. We offer opportunities to develop your skills and experience, and we mentor, develop and train you to be your best.

You will work in multi-disciplinary teams and learn to use a wide range of systems. We encourage you to ask questions, find solutions and look for new ways of doing things.

We will support you with on-the-job training and can provide opportunities to attend industry courses and conferences to develop your skills for a diverse and rewarding career.

All roles within MD require extensive knowledge of and compliance with legislative frameworks, government decision-making and Defence’s mission and policies requirements.

Our Ideal Candidate

Our ideal candidate will have a considerable level of;

• Stakeholder engagement skills
• Proven experience in developing support procedures and strategies for systems
• Networks
• Operating systems.

ASD is seeking applicants to fill current and anticipated vacancies and to create a merit pool for future vacancies. In line with the Australian Public Service Commissioner’s Direction 2022, upon completion of the recruitment activity, the merit pool will be available to locations across Australia.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 06 June, 2025

For further information please review the job information pack, reference ASD/05149/25 on https://www.asd.gov.au/careers.