About Us
IAG Defence & National Security (DNS) is part of IAG, a specialist advisory firm supporting complex infrastructure, Defence and national security programs across Australia. Our DNS team works closely with Commonwealth agencies and industry partners to deliver specialist expertise into nationally significant programs. Our success depends on our ability to identify, engage and mobilise
highly specialised talent quickly and effectively. IAG is recognised as Veteran Friendly Employer under the Veteran Employment Program.
The Role
The Commonwealth requires the services of a Technical Support Specialist to supplement the contractor workforce within Army. This proposal seeks to engage a Specialist with the necessary skill sets to holistically lead Army efforts in Joint and Coalition Integration and Interoperability. The position is a hands-on and advisory role, requiring balanced subject matter expertise over multiple disciplines. The successful candidate will provide the primary work effort to align outcomes in Joint and Coalition CIS to ensure that Army is able to meet its commitments to multiple standards developed by a wide range of organisations and stakeholders,
About You
You will be responsible for the following:
Technical lead planning for coalition activities including Warfighting Assessments, Project Convergence, Bold Quest and any other activities as required. This includes planning continuum functions such as Planning Conferences, Technical Exchange Working Groups, Network Design Reviews, and specific discipline (network, security, applications) Working Groups.
Development of products to support coalition activities, including System Security Plans and artefacts, Joining Membership and Exiting Instructions, Communications Access Requests, training programs, Key Management Plans et al.
Deliver intensive training, and actively mentor ADF personnel during or pre-activity periods including familiarisation, planning and managing coalition systems, gap training, and unit training exercises.
Lead planning and advice on CIS standards including C4ISR Design Standards Profiles (CDSP’s), ABCANZ, and Federated Mission Networking (FMN). Attendance at, or analysing appropriate SME staffing for attendance.
Participate in project Test and Evaluation events, and undertake necessary technical remediation work, or other role related tasks to enable realisation of directed project IOC milestones
Provision of advice on in-service CIS architecture, capabilities, dependencies, and limitations including deployable mission systems and enterprise infrastructure.This includes cryptographic, black core routing and transmission systems in service or in acquisition phase.
Provide support to innovation proposals (such as mission system build automation), and integration of other systems such as Land Combat Systems, specific applications, joint or coalition networks.
Development of the LCS Battle-Lab distributed connectivity strategy with the Environments and BTN Battle-Lab Leads and delivery of this capability to Army.
Management and technical configuration of system.
What we offer
With offices in Perth, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, and
Canberra, we’re a tight-knit team, working across some of Australia’s most
critical infrastructure and Defence projects. We come from diverse backgrounds
and pride ourselves on our flexible, supportive and collaborative team culture.
We can offer great work, great people, great culture, great conditions, and an
all-round great time, whilst you go about developing a great career in this
space. As part of IAG, you’ll be joining a team of more than 250 professionals’ working across a range of integrated workstreams in a friendly and approachable environment.
IAG Defence and National Security (DNS) is a multidisciplinary team of Project Management, ICT, Logistics, Engineering and Commercial advisory professionals who primarily provide services to the Defence Sector, Australian Department of Defence and Defence Industry.
Thanks to the diversity of its service offerings, IAG Defence & National Security is uniquely positioned to provide its partners and clients with holistic solutions that address complex cross-subject requirements.
IAG DNS is part of the wider IAG team - Australasia’s most trusted transaction, commercial, strategic advisory, delivery and technical services firm.
IAG has assisted clients to successfully plan, transact and deliver more than $200 billion of projects across Australia and internationally. This combined experience ensures our team of specialist advisors effectively navigate complex governance frameworks, challenging stakeholders, multifaceted technical environments and regulatory intricacies to deliver value for money outcomes.
We bring a flexible, scalable team with unmatched professional diversity – a national pool of approximately 250 advisors with diverse backgrounds in law, commerce, engineering, defence, construction, environmental management and stakeholder engagement.
