Technologists

Technologists

If tech or data is your passion, turn it into a career with purpose by joining ASIS's technology team

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Tech careers that take you places

Technology and secret intelligence have always gone hand in hand. We have an entire team of highly skilled technology experts across a number of specialties, including opportunities for travel across the globe.  

Our technologists are adept at finding solutions to the most complex problems by researching and developing new platforms, or adapting existing technologies to suit our requirements.  

Whether you’re an IT specialist with expertise in digital risk management, data, networking, applications, engineering, project and program management, business analysis, strategy or architecture, ASIS technologists pair exceptional professional and interpersonal skills with their strong drive to protect Australia and its national interests.  
Operational technology officers 
 
Operational technology officers enable ASIS to collect foreign intelligence through the design, development and application of innovative technical solutions. We employ a team of committed and creative officers from a diverse range of engineering, technical and scientific backgrounds who are responsible for developing, managing and deploying unique technical collection capabilities. Being one of ASIS's key operational streams, operational technology officers must possess strong interpersonal and, ideally, cross-cultural skills, as they may need to perform these roles in overseas locations.  
 
Technologists 
 
ASIS technologists are known for their flexible, innovative and creative approach to problem solving and service delivery – essential qualities given the unique nature of our work. We are always interested in meeting talented people from a range of technical and engineering backgrounds, including:  
  • client engagement/business relationship management 
  • business analysis  
  • project management  
  • quality assurance  
  • service desk/IT support  
  • application development  
  • software development 
  • data science and data analysis 
  • desktop  
  • networks  
  • servers and storage  
  • digital risk management  
  • engineering (software, mechanical, electronics and RF) 
  • electronics technicians 
  • textiles technicians 
  • machinists 
  • cloud technologies 
  • IT security and cyber  
  • systems integration 
  • knowledge and information management 
  • resource management and procurement 
  • strategy and architecture 
Candidates require the following to be eligible to apply for a technologist role: 
  • Australian citizenship
  • relevant education 
  • the ability to demonstrate our core values, in particular the highest levels of personal integrity and professionalism
  • enthusiasm, excellent interpersonal skills and sound judgement
  • the ability to obtain and hold a high-level national security clearance
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Live in Canberra, connect with the world

ASIS's office is located in Canberra. With easy access to an international airport, plenty of parks, cultural institutions and restaurants, it’s an excellent home base for an aspiring technologist.  
  • "I always wanted a job that was a bit different. I joined ASIS looking for something that would challenge me, while offering breadth and variety. I had been working in engineering elsewhere in government, but I was looking for a role that enabled me to be hands-on with innovative and leading edge technology, with opportunities to use both technical and interpersonal skills to have real and immediate impact.”
     
  • “No two technical projects are ever quite the same, requiring close consultation with users, and an understanding of the operational context. Technologists are encouraged to develop a great range of skills and knowledge, so they may solve difficult and varied problems in creative and innovative ways. This is often done within short timeframes, in response to dynamic situations and requires collaboration and teamwork, both internally, and with other agencies and departments.”

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Education and employment

Extra-curricular and foreign experience

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Selection process

The specialist nature of ASIS's work demands the highest levels of dedication, integrity and professionalism from our staff. For this reason, our selection processes are competitive and rigorous. As a rough guide, the selection process for a technologist generally takes around 7 to 12 months from the date of application to the offer of employment and covers a range of different selection phases. The selection process may include some, or all, of the following: 
  • written application 
  • written test 
  • interview 
  • referee checks 
  • assessment centre 
  • security assessment 
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Technologists

Talent Register - AI, Machine Learning, Data Science and Analytics

Are you keen to design and develop world-class capabilities, turning data into knowledge and operational outcomes? Are you passionate about building solutions to allow data to tell its story? ASIS offers an opportunity to achieve these goals in an uncompromisingly unique environment. As a Data Professional in ASIS, you will have the chance to actively enable our operational teams to make the best use of ASIS’s unique data assets.

Positions are based in Canberra or Adelaide.

Adelaide positions are based in the CBD.

ASIS leverages the wide world of open-source software and supplements it with our own development to deliver the bespoke tools required for the ASIS mission. Among our core languages are Python, Scala, Java, C++, Rust and JavaScript. Our toolset includes Spring, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Apache Spark, Apache Accumulo, Apache Hadoop, Apache NiFi, Apache Solr, Ansible and Git. We leverage structured and unstructured data, including geospatial and multilingual data sets of varying quality. Ideal candidates will be extraordinarily innovative, self-motivated and keen to use these toolsets to craft new systems that are simply not found in any other organisation.

If this sounds like an environment you could thrive in, then apply for one of these unique positions.

We have a number of positions available including:

Data Scientists at Level 4 to EL1; and
MLOps Engineers at Level 5 to EL1
Machine Learning Scientists at Level 4 to EL1; and
Applied Mathematicians at Level 5 to EL1

SALARY $97,148 - $169,572
APPLY BY 14/12/2025 11:59:00 PM AEST
JOB TYPE Ongoing
LEVEL Level 4 - EL1
SALARY $97,148 - $169,572
APPLY BY 14/12/2025 11:59:00 PM AEST
JOB TYPE Ongoing
LEVEL Level 4 - EL1

Talent Register - Data Engineering Professionals L4 - EL2

Are you keen to design and develop world-class capabilities, turning data into knowledge and operational outcomes? Are you passionate about building solutions to allow data to tell its story? ASIS offers an opportunity to achieve these goals in an uncompromisingly unique environment. As a Data Professional in ASIS, you will have the chance to actively enable our operational teams to make the best use of ASIS’s unique data assets.

Positions are based in Canberra or Adelaide.

Adelaide positions are based in the CBD.

ASIS leverages the wide world of open source software and supplements it with our own development to deliver the bespoke tools required for the ASIS mission. Among our core languages are Python, Scala, Java, C++, Rust and JavaScript. Our toolset includes Spring, PyTorch, Tensorflow, Apache Spark, Apache Accumulo, Apache Hadoop, Apache NiFi, Apache Solr, Ansible and Git. We leverage structured and unstructured data, including geospatial and multilingual data sets of varying quality. Ideal candidates will be extraordinarily innovative, self-motivated and keen to use these toolsets to craft new systems that are simply not found in any other organisation.

If this sounds like an environment you could thrive in, then apply for one of these unique positions.

We have a number of positions available including:

Site Reliability Engineers at Level 5 to EL2;
Software Engineers at Level 4 to EL1;
Data Specialists at Level 4 to Level 6

SALARY $97,148 - $232,719* (*Total Salary range comprises salary and applicable allowances and bonuses. Remuneration is subject to S33 of the ISA.)
APPLY BY 14/12/2025 11:59:00 PM AEST
JOB TYPE Ongoing
LEVEL Level 4 - EL2
SALARY $97,148 - $232,719* (*Total Salary range comprises salary and applicable allowances and bonuses. Remuneration is subject to S33 of the ISA.)
APPLY BY 14/12/2025 11:59:00 PM AEST
JOB TYPE Ongoing
LEVEL Level 4 - EL2
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