IT recruitment and managed services for Australian federal government
Compas is a 35-year-old Canberra-based IT recruitment and services provider focused on federal government clients. Their hiring surge is heavily weighted toward security roles (7 of 8 open positions) at senior and lead levels, paired with active projects in SIEM detection engineering, cloud security, and brownfields transformation — indicating they're scaling security operations and modernization work for government agencies.
Compas recruits and deploys skilled ICT staff for government and enterprise clients across Australia, with specialization in federal government procurement and security-focused talent. Beyond placement, they manage payroll and contractor logistics. Their operational model differentiates on individual employee treatment and long-term client relationships built over three decades. Current work spans hybrid cloud migration, security operations uplift, and SIEM capability maturation.
Core enterprise tools: Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, Active Directory, Outlook, Excel, Power BI. Security/monitoring: Splunk, SIEM, Microsoft Defender. Development: Python, Ruby. Networking: TCP/IP.
Brownfields transformation, SIEM detection engineering, cloud security, security operations uplift, hybrid multi-cloud migration, security playbooks automation, and incident response/threat hunting capabilities.
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