Digital graduates are recruited directly to Defence through the Australian Government Graduate Program – Digital stream.
Defence offerings
Defence offers digital graduates the opportunity to work on secure, complex and mission-critical technology systems that support capability, operations, cyber security and enterprise functions.
High-security technology
Defence Digital pathway graduates work on high-impact, high-security systems that enable Defence capability across Australia and overseas.
Scale and diversity
Graduates gain broad exposure from cyber security to enterprise ICT, digital solutions, networks and engineering.
Rotations across digital domains
Digital pathway graduates have the opportunity to gain experience in Defence project delivery, architecture, service management, cyber, analytics and development.
Learning from domain experts
Graduates work alongside Information Communication and Technology (ICT) professionals, cyber specialists, architects, engineers and data experts.
Opportunities
While working in a supportive pathway designed to grow their career, graduates will gain:
- experience across a diverse range of work areas
- mentorship from experienced ICT and digital professionals and subject matter experts
- opportunities to innovate, problem solve and influence Defence initiatives and projects.
Defence offers graduates broad exposure across ICT and digital disciplines.
- ICT business analytics and management
- digital solutions and service delivery
- ICT project management and delivery
- systems administration
- solutions development
- solutions implementation
- cyber security.
Through their work, graduates may contribute to:
- supporting ICT project planning, documentation and delivery
- providing service desk or system support to Defence personnel
- developing or testing software or digital solutions
- supporting network or database administration
- helping maintain secure ICT infrastructure
- assisting with cyber incident investigations or threat monitoring
- contributing to vulnerability assessments or security reports
- assisting architects or engineers with system design analysis.
For information on recruitment and application processes, please visit the Australian Government Graduate Program – Digital stream webpage.