Canberra, ACT, Australia

Maritime Operations Manager NV2

 Job Description:

Australian Citizens With NV2 Clearance previous defence experience preferred. 

Position Description:

This role will work within the SEA2273 Sub-Program of the Warfighting Networks and Applications Support Organisation (WSO), ICT Delivery Division, Chief Information Officer Group, Department of Defence.

The Maritime Operations Manager will be required to perform and/or have responsibility for duties including, but not limited to:

  • Report on and provide advice to stakeholders and Project Senior Leadership Team on incidents that are encroaching/encroached the agreed Service Level Agreement.
  • Act as overall High Priority Incident Manager in the management and rectification of priority incidents.
  • Ensure all stakeholders are kept up to date with the correct information regarding rectification.
  • Report on the identification, assessment and control of risks inclusive of the vulnerabilities and risks that may pose a direct threat to the Clients business requirements.
  • Conduct and attend weekly support meetings and other meetings when required.
  • Update stakeholders in the status of P3 or higher tickets.
  • Manage, coordinate and lead the Incident and Problem team in relation to the support of SEA2273.
  • Author, review, and or contribute to the development and maintenance of support documentation.
  • Work with related project teams to identify and deliver the support requirements.
  • Monitor and co-ordinate with resolve groups, vendors, and asset owners to resolve the incident in line with resolution Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
  • Perform risk identification, analysis and reduction activities pertinent to support as required.

Work with peers in a collaborative team environment.

Required Skills and Experience:

Essential Previous experience in an Operations Manager role.

  • Essential Extensive understanding of Defence ITIL (V4) practices including Knowledge Management.


  • Practical knowledge of Configuration, Asset, Incident, Problem and Change Management and Monitoring, Event and Service Level Management.
  • Management and coordination of a support team in relation to incident and problem management.
  • Proven client relationship management.

Previous experience in a team leadership support role.

Experience within High Priority Incident management.

  • Attention to detail with the ability to create high quality documentation and procedures
  • Previous experience within the Defence Industry, Defence ICT or Military/APS.

Strong communication, interpersonal and team leadership experience.

Desirable Skills and Experience

Previous experience in an Incident and Problem Manager role.

Previous ADF/APS experience.

Previous experience in SEA2273 Minerva.