• A rewarding opportunity for an experienced Project Technical Lead to join the OneSKY Australia Integration Program.
• Fixed term full time position for 2 years.
• Melbourne, Brisbane, or Canberra based with flexible and hybrid working conditions.
• Embrace our passion to deliver outstanding team results.

The Organisation

Airservices Australia is a government-owned organisation responsible for the safe and efficient management of 11% of the world’s airspace and provision of aviation rescue fire fighting services at Australia’s busiest airports.

Our people are our greatest asset with a dynamic and diverse team operating from locations across the country - from bustling cities to regional and remote locations, including an island. This team keep Australia’s aviation industry safe every day of the year, both in the air and on the ground.

We connect people with their world safely – linking family and friends, generating economic activity, creating jobs, and facilitating trade and tourism.

Airservices is committed to fostering a culture that is diverse, inclusive, and respectful. We encourage motivated individuals who love what they do, value a service first mindset, and embrace a challenge to explore a career with Airservices. In return you will be a valued team member, be offered flexibility and experience a meaningful career in an exciting, ever-evolving aviation industry.

The Role & The Team:

The OneSKY Australia Program is responsible for the planning, development, and implementation of Airservices next generation services including the future Civil-Military Air Traffic Management System (CMATS) through the Program – a joint activity with the Department of Defence.

The OneSKY Program is enabling the fundamental organisational and industry transformation required to maximise the benefits and value of the future system as expected by Airservices and Defence customers and stakeholders.

This role of Project Technical lead is to provide leadership and system engineering oversight to support implementation of a Protected Data Solution (PDS) to ingest, store and control access to security sensitive information to ensure that Airservices requirements are met.

As a Project Technical Lead, you will be responsible for the Airservices technical readiness of the Protected Data Solution (PDS) for the provision and support of Air Navigation Services. This includes:

• Function as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for technical matters regarding the Program’s engineering and technical issues.
• Orchestrate any required engineering and technical liaison between programs, other parts of Airservices and suppliers.
• Manage the Project/Program’s conduct of engineering review gates, including arranging third party participation as required.
• Manage engagement of Airservices and other SMEs to support the Project/Program related design, development, test, installation, and verification activities.
• Function as the Airservices technical representative during Project/Program related testing and Airservices Acceptance of test outcomes.
• Oversee the Project/Program’s site installation, set to work, test and verification activities.
• Manage the technology change process, ensuring effective configuration management and change control is put in place.
• Function as a trusted technology advisor. Provide technical leadership and guidance as required, including safety and security guidance.
• Perform systems engineering and project tasks throughout the implementation phases in accordance with Airservices safety and system management policies, frameworks, guidelines, and procedures.

Please see the link below to view the full Position Description: 

 Position description - Project Technical Lead.pdf

At Airservices Australia, we embrace and thrive on diversity of thought, perspectives, and capabilities because we know the benefits of having a workforce that is representative of the community that we serve. We appreciate everyone is unique and acknowledge diversity in thought leads to greater transparency and improved consideration in our decision making.

We believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success. We actively encourage and welcome candidates from all cultural backgrounds, gender identities, people living with disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply.

The Person

The successful applicant will have:

• Essential: A degree in Engineering or Information Technology from an Australian tertiary institution or certified equivalent qualification (for overseas qualifications).
• Essential: A sound understanding of and demonstrated experience applying Systems Engineering practices throughout the system management processes.
• Essential: Demonstrated experience in stakeholder and vendor management.
• Essential: Demonstrated ability to take ownership of tasks and work as a senior member of a dynamic team, including ability to work under limited direction to achieve positive outcomes.
• Essential: Strong documentation skills with experience in preparing and reviewing solution architecture documents and system design documents, including alignment to strategies and existing initiatives.
• Highly Desirable: Satisfy the eligibility requirements for registration as a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) with Engineers Australia
• Desirable: Understanding of Information Security Manual (ISM) and demonstrated experience adhering to ISM principles and applying ISM controls.
• Desirable: Understanding of DO-278A guidelines, software assurance levels, and relevant processes and artefacts

Security Clearance

To be eligible to apply, you must be an Australian Citizen as a Baseline security clearance required for this position.

Should you require any further information please Greg Kroll, Talent Acquisition Advisor @greg.kroll@AirservicesAustralia.com

Applications close Monday 17th March 2025 at 5.00 pm AEDT.

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