Senior Systems Engineer (PROJ-4842)
Job Description
Remote is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to join the Direct Satellite Access (DSA) team within the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO). The role will provide authoritative technical direction for the sustainment and evolution of the DSA mission system, ensuring coherent design governance, resilient integration and alignment with organisational objectives and long-term capability priorities.
The successful candidate will oversee complex multi-vendor integrations, provide advice on major design and sustainment decisions, manage technical risk and engage with senior stakeholders, vendors and commercial partners to support the secure, reliable and sustainable operation of the capability. (RFx 31029)
Role Description
Requirements/Deliverables
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Provide advice for sustainment by shaping configuration management priorities, and defining engineering expectations that uphold resilience, safeguard critical pathways, and ensure long term stability and uplift of the capability.
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Shape and guide the engineering direction to ensure Direct Satellite Access (DSA) by advising on design choices, boundary arrangements, and system wide patterns that influence organisational objectives and future capability direction.
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Provide advice on major design artefacts and integration with satellite to enable access and tasking, including integration between Antennas, the secure environment, data centres and the centralised tasking facility, via the Wide Area Network (WAN). This will ensure controlled interactions, predictable behaviour, and strong design integrity across Commonwealth and commercial environments.
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Assist with DSA strategic integration decisions to ensure multi‑vendor components follow consistent control layers, separation expectations, and alignment with organisational policies, standards, and operating models.
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Implement system wide improvement initiatives for the DSA by uplifting design patterns, workflows, and lifecycle models, ensuring enhancements strengthen system integrity, controlled operation, and long term resilience.
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Lead high level engagement with vendors and commercial partners, resolving complex technical and integration challenges between each of the elements of the DSA and other Defence ICT infrastructure. This involves shaping solution approaches, and contributing to contract discussions or negotiations to ensure outcomes align with engineering expectations for enterprise solutions.
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Oversee risk identification and design governance, ensuring the DSA integration constraints, technology risk considerations, and vendor proposals are managed strategically and escalated appropriately when they impact broader organisational direction.
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Communicate complex engineering concepts in clear, actionable terms to senior management, technical leaders, and external partners, shaping organisational understanding and influencing strategic outcomes.