Technical Specialist

Technical Sepcialist
Clerk Grade 7/8 $116,981 - $129,492plus super
Ongoing Full Time opportunity
Location (Sydney, Parramatta) hybrid working available 2 days per week required in office

About the Team

Government Shared Services (GSS) delivers critical corporate and technology services that support NSW Government agencies at scale. Within DCS, the team operates across complex, multi-supplier environments to ensure infrastructure, network and cloud services are reliable, performant and cost-effective-enabling better outcomes for citizens and agencies alike.

About the Role

The Technical Specialist provides technical application support and service coordination for myWorkZone SAP Platform and associated enterprise applications, ensuring service availability, operational performance, and timely resolution of incidents and service requests. The role acts as a key liaison between business stakeholders, agency ICT teams and external vendors, coordinating investigations, managing escalations, and driving service improvement activities to deliver reliable, customer-focused outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

*Analyze incidents, service requests, and system alerts to identify the impacted service, potential root cause and appropriate resolution pathway.
*Monitor and support SAP BTP services, and other supported edge applications to ensure service availability and operational performance.
*Perform initial technical investigation for end users' issues pertaining to vendor supported SAP Platform and determine whether incidents can be resolved internally or require escalation to vendor managed support teams.
*Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, agency ICT teams and external vendors for the investigation and resolution of platform related issues.
*Monitor and manage incident queues, ensuring incidents are prioritized, assigned and communicated appropriately throughout the support lifecycle.
*Support testing, validation and implementation activities for application enhancements, releases, configuration changes and service improvements from SAP technical stance.
*Contribute to problem management activities by identifying trends, recurring issues, and opportunities to improve service reliability and user experience.
*Maintain operational documentation, knowledge articles, support procedures and reporting to support effective service delivery and knowledge sharing.

The key challenges to be successful in this role

*Coordinating the resolution of complex application and platform issues across multiple stakeholders, including business users, ICT teams and external vendors, where responsibility for resolution may be shared.
*Maintaining service availability and performance across supported applications while effectively managing competing incident priorities, service requests and operational demands.

Diagnosing and resolving issues within complex enterprise environments where system dependencies, vendor-managed components and limited visibility of underlying platforms can impact root cause analysis and resolution timeframes.

About You

You are an experienced SAP Platform support professional with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, capable of investigating incidents, identifying root causes, and coordinating timely resolutions. You have experience supporting SAP BTP form platform stance and enterprise applications, managing incidents and service requests, and working closely with business stakeholders, ICT teams, and vendors. You are skilled in application support, testing and release activities, service monitoring, and continuous service improvement. Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills are essential, along with a commitment to delivering reliable and high-quality support services.

How to apply

If this role sounds like you click the apply now button and include a resume (max 5 pages) and cover letter (max 2 pages) outlining how your skills and experience match the role.

Why work for us?

There are lots of reasons why a role with us is rewarding - working with us gives you:
*The opportunity for meaningful work that matters to all of us in NSW
*We have a hybrid work model (in-office and from home) with opportunity for flexible or condensed hours, with our offices always open to you balancing flexibility and connection
*Flexible leave so you can recharge and make time for what counts
*Much more than just a job, you can build a career here
*Access to health and well-being programs including Fitness Passport

What we need from you

An up-to-date CV (max 5 pages) and a cover letter (max 2 pages) outlining how your knowledge, skills and experience are aligned to the role. In your cover letter please share your motivation for applying for this position and your relevant skills.

Please note that assessments will be conducted for this role. This involves submitting your application for review, an interview, workplace assessment and reference checks.

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for future temporary or ongoing vacancies in roles with similar capability requirements.

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For enquiries relating to recruitment please contact Bryan Kreltszheim via [email protected].

Visit the Capability Application Tool to prepare for the recruitment process by accessing practice application and interview questions based on the focus capabilities listed in the role description.

A talent pool may be created as part of this recruitment process and will be valid for up to 18 months. The talent pool may be used to fill future ongoing or temporary vacancies of the same or similar role.

Closing Date: Tuesday 3rd November 2026 @11.59 pm

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