Defence Applications & Systems Engineer

Showtime Consulting; Australian Capital Territory; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Showtime Consulting in Australia seeks up to three Application / Systems Engineers to join a Defence-focused team delivering secure, mission-critical systems. You will work across applications, systems, and infrastructure to support deployment, integration, maintenance, and optimisation of Defence platforms.

The role requires strong problem-solving, ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and experience in secure government environments.

Qualifications

• NV1 clearance is required; NV2 clearance is advantageous.
• Experience across systems engineering, application support, systems administration, or related technical roles.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience working across application, infrastructure, and integration environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience supporting mission-critical or highly secure environments.

Responsibilities

• Support deployment, configuration, maintenance, and optimisation of Defence applications and systems.
• Perform systems administration, troubleshooting, and issue resolution across diverse environments.
• Assist with systems integration between applications, services, and infrastructure components.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and health.
• Investigate and resolve technical incidents, outages, and service issues.
• Collaborate with engineers, developers, project teams, and stakeholders to deliver outcomes.
• Assist with upgrades, patching, configuration changes, and environment improvements.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and support procedures.
• Support testing, validation, and deployment activities across project and operational environments.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, security, and performance.

Skills

NV1 clearance

NV2 clearance

Systems engineering

Troubleshooting

Stakeholder engagement

Defence environment experience

Tools

Windows Server

Linux

Virtualisation Platforms

Networking

Cloud Technologies

Databases

Identity & Access Management

Job description

Showtime Consulting in Australia seeks up to three Application / Systems Engineers to join a Defence-focused team delivering secure, mission-critical systems. You will work across applications, systems, and infrastructure to support deployment, integration, maintenance, and optimisation of Defence platforms.

The role requires strong problem-solving, ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and experience in secure government environments.