Senior Coalition Services Engineer

Babylon Data; Canberra; On-site; AUD 221,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Babylon Data in Canberra seeks a senior systems engineer to provide hands-on engineering support across complex mission systems. You will work on integration, testing and validation activities, and ensure alignment across applications, information systems, networks, and infrastructure.

The role requires experience with requirements analysis, interface management, configuration control, and security compliance, including ISM and Essential Eight.

Qualifications

• Senior level with hands-on engineering in complex ICT systems.
• Experience across requirements analysis, interface management and configuration control.
• Ability to work onsite in Symonston and travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior, hands-on engineering support across mission systems.
• Support integration, testing and validation activities.
• Maintain system design, architecture, configuration and documentation.
• Provide authoritative technical advice to government and stakeholders.

Skills

Senior systems engineering

Systems integration

Stakeholder engagement

Defence domain experience

LAN/WAN engineering

Automation scripting

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Systems Engineering

Tools

PowerShell

Ansible

Windows 11

Windows Server 2022

Active Directory

Job description

Rate Guide

• $1,200–$1,400 per day, inclusive of superannuation
• Final rate will depend on directly relevant Defence experience, technical capability and current security clearance

Location

• Symonston, ACT
• Some interstate and international travel may be required

Duration

• 12 October 2026 to 31 October 2027
• Up to 244 working days
• Potential for two additional 12-month extensions

Start

• 12 October 2026

Hours

• Full-time contract
• Standard business hours
• Occasional reverse-hours support may be required for international partners, Coalition activities and exercises

Clearance

• Must hold a minimum of NV2 security clearance

Experience Level

• Senior
• Advanced Practitioner

Working Arrangements

• Primarily onsite at the Symonston facility
• Remote working arrangements are not available
• Interstate candidates must confirm their willingness to relocate or work onsite in Canberra
• The role may require attendance at interstate or international working groups, field trials and exercises

Role Overview

• Provide senior, hands-on engineering support across complex and interconnected mission systems
• Support systems used for integration, experimentation, testing and validation activities
• Maintain alignment across applications, information systems, networks, infrastructure and mission command capabilities
• Apply systems and software engineering practices across requirements, interfaces, configuration, integration testing, verification and validation
• Support integration across Australian, Joint and Coalition systems and networks
• Maintain system design, architecture, configuration, interface and dependency documentation
• Assess the impact of technical changes across interconnected systems and security boundaries
• Provide authoritative technical advice to government, military, project, security and ICT stakeholders
• Identify and resolve complex system integration, interoperability and configuration issues
• Contribute to the development of a digitally integrated and future-ready operational environment
• Work independently as the nominated individual within a small specialist team
• Demonstrated experience engineering and integrating complex ICT systems
• Strong experience in systems and software engineering practices
• Experience across requirements analysis, interface management and configuration control
• Experience with integration testing, verification, validation and technical remediation
• Experience integrating and sustaining complex enterprise applications and information-system environments
• Experience integrating applications, data services, end-user environments and supporting infrastructure
• Demonstrated ability to implement, assess and maintain controls aligned with the Information Security Manual and Essential Eight
• Strong knowledge of LAN and WAN engineering principles
• Strong understanding of IP addressing, routing, DNS, DHCP and network segmentation
• Ability to assess how network components affect system interoperability, performance and security
• Experience resolving complex technical integration and interoperability issues
• Experience maintaining authoritative system designs, architecture documentation and configuration records
• Experience supporting technical integration testing, Test and Evaluation activities or risk-reduction events
• Ability to provide authoritative engineering advice with minimal oversight
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across technical teams, project personnel, security authorities and capability representatives
• Ability to produce clear technical reports, assessments, findings and recommendations
• Ability to comply with applicable ITAR requirements
• Ability to work onsite in Symonston
• Postgraduate qualifications or formal training in Systems Engineering
• Equivalent experience applying systems engineering methods in complex environments
• Experience with deployable LANs or comparable tactical network environments
• Experience working at a system-of-systems level
• Experience with Joint, Coalition, FVEY or mission systems
• Experience in Defence capability development, integration, experimentation or Test and Evaluation environments
• Experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS and DHCP
• Experience with identity, directory and access-control services
• Experience with federation, authentication, trust services and Public Key Infrastructure
• Experience designing or managing Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 environments
• Experience with Standard Operating Environment design, configuration and management
• Experience using PowerShell, Bash, Ansible or equivalent scripting and automation technologies
• Software development or systems integration experience
• Experience with XMPP chat, mail relay or proxy services
• Experience with Mobile Device Management and end-user device configuration
• Experience with application or binary allowlisting
• Experience developing or interpreting architecture artefacts, interface control documents and design descriptions
• Experience managing hardware and software baselines, version control and documentation control
• Experience developing technical procedures, test documentation or evaluation artefacts
• Experience mentoring personnel and delivering just-in-time technical training
• Understanding of Coalition networking instructions, NETOPS artefacts or Joining, Membership and Exiting Instructions
• Understanding of FVEY networks, systems and operating processes