📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769881
- Agency: Digital Transformation Agency (DTA)
- Job Title: SAP Technical Lead
- Position Number: 091_05/26
- Classification: Executive Level 1
- Closing Date: Thursday 11 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT, Sydney NSW, Various locations –
- Future Merit Locations: Various locations – ACT, Various locations – NSW,
- Salary: $128,232 – $142,149
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (Flexible working arrangements may be negotiated in)
About Digital Transformation Agency (DTA)
Help drive a digital government. At the DTA, we work towards something bigger and make a lasting impact. We’re the Australian
Government’s trusted advisor on digital and ICT transformation. We provide strategic and policy leadership and expert investment
advice and oversight to drive government digital transformation that delivers benefits to all Australians.
Duties
- This position is within the Business Services Team and is part of the Corporate Branch. The SAP
- Technical Lead is a senior technical authority responsible for guiding the Digital Transformation
- Agency (DTA) through the implementation of a SAP S/4HANA Cloud-based ERP solution. The
- SAP Technical Lead provides high-level technical oversight and governance during the ERP
- mobilisation and implementation phase to ensure robust, secure, and fit-for-purpose outcomes.
- The primary purpose of this role is to bridge the ERP/SAP BAU technical capability gap during the
- initial phases of the project, complement (not duplicate) the Systems Integrator (SI), and establish
- internal technical continuity that will facilitate a smooth transition to a sustainable
- business-as-usual (BAU) support model post-implementation.
- Key duties:
- Lead technical delivery for SAP S/4HANA mobilisation and early implementation (platform
- setup, access, integrations, enablement). Act as primary technical contact, resolve issues,
- and provide hands-on support until SI and BAU are established.
- Define and govern end-to-end SAP S/4HANA architecture, ensuring alignment with
- fit-to-standard, clean core, AGA ERP Standards, and government ERP approach. Leverage
- SAP BTP for extensions and minimise core customisation.
- Govern integration design between SAP S/4HANA and legacy/external systems (incl. Entra
- ID), ensuring API-first, secure, high-performance solutions aligned to enterprise and
- interoperability standards via SAP Integration Suite.
- Oversee data migration planning, quality, and execution with SDO and SI. Validate
- readiness, reconciliation, and completion of migration activities (e.g. Migration Cockpit).
- Lead testing oversight (unit, integration, UAT, parallel run), ensure delivery of test artefacts
- and readiness reports, and provide expert input into go-live decisions based on risk and
- quality evidence.
- Embed security and compliance (ISM, PSPF, data residency) into all technical decisions.
- Coordinate SI inputs (e.g. IRAP, data flows) to support ATO/accreditation.
- Manage SI technical deliverables, ensuring quality, standards, and timelines. Lead
- governance forums (e.g. Design Authority), enforce reuse/adopt principles, and oversee
- vendor performance and risk escalation.
- Provide technical advice to leadership, translating risks (integration, security, data, clean
- core) into business impacts. Identify, track, and mitigate ERP program risks.
- Oversee SI knowledge transfer, documentation, training, and handover to BAU. Support
- capability uplift, resolve complex issues, and ensure sustainable post–go-live operations.
- Please note: This role may require interstate travel from time to time.
Eligibility / Notes
- Security Clearance level required: Baseline (or ability to obtain and maintain).
- To be eligible for employment with the DTA applicants must be an Australian citizen.
- An applicant’s suitability for employment with the DTA will be assessed through a pre-employment
- screening process. This process includes an Australian Police check.
- The DTA is an inclusive employer where capabilities, skills and backgrounds are valued and relied
- upon. The DTA seek applications from all candidates and are committed to providing a working
- environment that values diversity and inclusion and supports employees to reach their full
- potential.
How to Apply
Position Contact Andy Tripathi, 02 6120 8408
Agency Recruitment Site https://www.dta.gov.au/join-our-team
Applicants to vacancies notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette should be aware:
that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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