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October 24, 2024
Department of Finance
Canberra
FULL TIME
Design Officer
- Business Enabling Services Group / ICT Division / Government Services Branch
- APS 4 ($76,972 - $87,851) | Ongoing | Full-time
- Canberra, ACT
The Intra-Government Communications Network (ICON) is a Commonwealth-owned asset operating within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and managed by Government Services Branch (GSB) within the Department of Finance (Finance).
ICON is a collection of passive point-to-point optical fibre connections and related infrastructure between Australian Government agency locations across Canberra. The ICON team consists of 21 staff working across 4 areas including design, operations, Major projects, and field services. Combined, the team demonstrates a number of key capabilities, skills and experience to provide network strategy, capacity and design services, project management, capital improvement and agency projects, network audits, preventative maintenance activities and coordination of incident management. Specialist services and skills such as civil engineering, splicing and network location services (Before You Dig Australia) are provided by external service providers who are members of the ICON Fibre Optic Infrastructure Works and Services Panel.
The ICON team are required to:
- Design, plan and manage all new connections and decommissions on behalf of agencies as cost recovery projects.
- Provide support to member agencies, panel members and external stakeholders via a service desk, after hours on-call service and regular engagement.
- Deliver rolling 5-year Capital works projects to replace ageing infrastructure and work towards setting up a structured network.
- Complete regular auditing and maintenance of the network to satisfy security, operability and WHS requirements.
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
- Work independently or under limited guidance in providing network design technical expertise that contribute to ICON outcomes.
- Operate ICON design software systems (currently Auto CAD and Fiber Base)
- Maintain a well-developed understanding of ICON network design principles and apply them to all tasks.
- Complete design work for ICON, provide design advice to ICON project managers, ICON clients and service providers.
- Participate in audit activities to ensure the accuracy and quality of ICON infrastructure and configuration data.
- Liaise with ICON clients and external providers to determine current and future requirements including the provision of timely advice.
DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATION
For detailed information about this role, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.
ELIGIBILITY ADVICE & CANDIDATE NOTES
- Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
- Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.
CONTACT INFORMATION
- For questions relating to the online lodgement of your application, please email the Recruitment team via recruitment@finance.gov.au or call (02) 6215 1717 between 8:30am - 5:00pm AEDT Monday to Friday.
- For specific questions relating to this job vacancy, please refer to the details on the contact officer located in the downloadable job pack.
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