Job Description

Wintel Infrastructure Engineer – Cyber Security | Federal Contract (Multiple Roles)

Australian citizenship required. Must have an active Negative Vetting Level 2 (or higher) security clearance.

Location: ACT/VIC (Onsite).

What to Submit

1. A tailored resume in docx format
2. Individual responses to each criterion (maximum 3000 characters per criterion)

RFQ Details

• RFQ ID: LH-07545
• Agency: Department of Defence (SA)
• Closing Date: Tuesday, 20 October 2026 – 11:59pm (Canberra time)
• Estimated Start Date: Monday, 01 February 2027
• Initial Contract Duration: 12 months
• Extension Term: 12 months
• Number of Extensions: 2
• Experience Level: APS6 equivalent
• Security Clearance: Must have an active Negative Vetting Level 2 (or higher) security clearance
• Location of Work: ACT, VIC
• Working Arrangements: Onsite. Working arrangements will be at the discretion of the assigned work area, subject to operational need. Due to the nature of ASD’s operations, not all work areas can accommodate work from home.
• Maximum Hours: 40 hours per week

Job Details

Infrastructure Engineers implement, manage and retire the infrastructure (including physical, virtual, networking and cloud infrastructure) that supports digital services.

This process is specifically targeting Wintel Engineer skills.

Vendor to hold current Defence Industry Security Program (DISP) membership.

Candidates must hold NV2 or TSPV security clearance. NV2 or TSPV must be current at time of submission for candidate to be eligible.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Implement security controls to uplift security posture across the Australian Government.
• Develop SOPs or security and administrative tasks.
• Facilitate and participate in workshops for design and remediation activities.
• Prototype security configurations for the development of advice.

Selection Criteria

The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a response to each criterion. Each response is limited to 3000 characters.

Essential criteria

1. At lease 5 years technical Cyber Security experience.
2. Demonstrated experience working with security focus on enterprise systems.
3. Experience implementing one or more of the Essential Eight Mitigation Strategies.
4. Demonstrated experience with scripting or application development to automate system administration or vulnerability assessment tasks, or to implement tools to assist with assessing or remediating cyber risks.

Desirable criteria

1. Demonstrated experience working with cloud systems, such as Azure or AWS.
2. Demonstrated experience evaluating and implementing remediation activities correlating to the detection and mitigation of Active Directory compromises.

Why choose Pinaka

We know the government ICT market and we keep things straightforward. We take time to understand your background, your goals and the type of role that suits you. We believe transparency is about more than rates and our margins are fair and always disclosed.

What you can expect from us...

1. Fair, disclosed margins
2. Clear communication at every stage
3. Honest advice on fit and competitiveness
4. Visibility on submissions and process status
5. A professional and respectful experience

How you are paid...

You choose what's best for you.

1. PAYG through Pinaka
2. Third-party payroll
3. Self-employed (own ABN)
4. With a single, transparent and fixed margin, we ensure compliance to all state and payroll laws. So that is one less thing for you to worry about.

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