Specialist IT & cyber security recruitment · Adelaide · Australia-wide
Specialist IT hiring. Straight answers. Published fees.
Specialist IT recruitment across fifteen practices, with a deep focus on cyber security and cleared roles. Founder-led, with honest salary guidance and plain-English terms.
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Flagship practice
Cyber security: our flagship practice.
Cyber security is where we focus most deeply, including cleared and critical infrastructure roles, alongside our other fourteen practices.
Roles we recruit
- SOC analysts and engineers
- GRC, risk and privacy
- Security architecture
- Penetration testing
- Cloud security
- OT/ICS security
- Identity and access
- Incident response and threat intelligence
- IRAP-aligned assessors and security advisers
Why cleared and critical infrastructure hiring is different
Eligibility comes first
If a role needs a security clearance, citizenship and sponsorship shape the talent pool before skills do. Settle what the role genuinely needs, and whether you'll sponsor, before the search starts.
Discretion matters
Many strong security candidates are not on the market and don't publicise what they work on. Approaches need to be quiet and specific, and clearance details stay private.
Consent before any CV goes out
Every candidate agrees to be put forward for your specific role before you see their CV. That protects them, and it protects you from duplicate or unauthorised introductions.
01 · Practice areas
Fifteen practice areas. One standard of care.
We recruit across the IT function. Every practice area gets the same approach: a proper brief, a real understanding of the work, and honest advice on the market.
- Cyber securityKey practice
- Software & engineering
- Cloud & infrastructure
- Data & analytics
- AI & machine learning
- Program & project management
- Business analysis & product
- CRM & Salesforce
- ERP & business systems
- Architecture
- Testing
- Service desk & support
- IT leadership & management
- OT & critical infrastructure
- Defence & government IT
Cyber security
Our flagship practice: security professionals who protect systems, data and people, including cleared and critical infrastructure roles.
Typical roles
- SOC analysts and engineers
- Governance, risk, compliance and privacy
- Technology risk and IT audit
- Security architecture
- Penetration testing
- Cloud security
Software & engineering
Engineers and engineering leaders who build and maintain the software organisations rely on.
Typical roles
- Software engineers: front end, back end and full stack
- Engineering leads and managers
- DevOps, platform and site reliability engineers
- Integration and API developers
- Mobile developers
- Embedded and systems software engineers
Cloud & infrastructure
Cloud, network and infrastructure specialists who keep services available and well run.
Typical roles
- Cloud engineers: AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
- Network, wireless and firewall engineers
- Systems and infrastructure engineers
- Systems administrators: Windows, Linux and virtualisation
- Database administrators
- Storage, backup and data centre engineers
Data & analytics
Data engineers, analysts and leaders who turn information into sound decisions.
Typical roles
- Data engineers, including analytics and data platform engineers
- Data and business intelligence analysts
- Data scientists
- Data architects and data modellers
- BI, dashboard and reporting developers
- Data governance and quality specialists
AI & machine learning
AI and machine learning professionals who design, build and integrate AI into the systems and processes organisations already run.
Typical roles
- AI engineers, including generative AI and LLM engineers
- Machine learning engineers
- AI automation and agentic AI engineers
- Intelligent automation and RPA developers
- AI integration and enablement specialists, for example Microsoft Copilot and enterprise systems
- AI solution architects
Program & project management
Program and project professionals who deliver technology change on time and within budget.
Typical roles
- IT program managers
- Project managers
- PMO leads and analysts
- Project controls and scheduling
- Delivery managers
- Scrum masters, iteration managers and agile coaches
Business analysis & product
Analysts, product people and designers who connect what the business needs with what technology teams build.
Typical roles
- Business analysts
- Systems analysts
- Process and change analysts
- Product owners
- Product managers
- User experience (UX) and service designers
CRM & Salesforce
Salesforce and CRM professionals who configure, build and run the customer platforms organisations depend on, including Agentforce.
Typical roles
- Salesforce developers and engineers
- Salesforce administrators
- Salesforce functional consultants
- Salesforce business analysts
- Salesforce solution and technical architects
- Marketing Cloud and Data 360 (Data Cloud) specialists
ERP & business systems
Consultants, analysts and developers who implement, support and improve the core business systems that run finance, people, supply chain and service operations.
Typical roles
- SAP functional and technical consultants (including S/4HANA, SuccessFactors and BTP)
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and Business Central consultants
- Oracle, Workday and TechnologyOne consultants and analysts
- ServiceNow developers, administrators and architects
- Power Platform and low-code developers
- ERP and business systems analysts
Architecture
Architects who shape technology strategy and design across the organisation.
Typical roles
- Enterprise architects
- Solution architects
- Integration architects
- Business architects
- Technical architects
- Cloud and infrastructure architects
Testing
Testers and quality leaders who make sure systems work as intended before they go live.
Typical roles
- Test analysts
- Test automation engineers
- Performance testers
- Accessibility and usability testers
- Test environment specialists
- Test leads
Service desk & support
Service desk and support leaders who look after users and keep day-to-day IT running.
Typical roles
- Service desk team leaders
- Service desk managers
- Senior support analysts
- Application support analysts
- Desktop and field support leads
- IT support and end-user computing leads
IT leadership & management
IT managers and technology leaders who run teams, budgets and vendors, from the IT manager in a growing business to the head of technology.
Typical roles
- IT managers and ICT managers
- Heads of IT, technology and digital
- IT operations and service delivery managers
- Infrastructure and applications managers
- Engineering and technology managers
- CIOs, CTOs and IT directors (selected searches)
OT & critical infrastructure
Operational technology and control-system specialists for energy, water, transport and industry.
Typical roles
- OT and industrial control system security engineers
- SCADA and control-systems engineers
- Industrial network engineers
- OT project and program managers
- Critical infrastructure risk and compliance
Defence & government IT
IT and digital roles for Defence industry and for state and federal agencies.
Typical roles
- ICT and digital roles on Defence industry programs
- Systems and integration engineers
- Agency IT and digital roles
- Communications and RF engineers on Defence programs
- Project controls and PMO for government programs
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Industries we serve
How sector shapes a briefBeyond IT, we also recruit for a small set of technical trades and heavy vehicle driving roles close to technology and critical infrastructure. Technical trades & drivers
02 · Why Stormcrest
Advice you can rely on.
Specialist
IT at our core
IT is our core, so we understand the work, the market and what good looks like in each practice area. We also recruit for a few technical trade and driver roles close to that work.
Straight advice
Honest guidance
Realistic salary guidance and a candid view of the market, even when it isn't what you hoped to hear.
Transparent
Fees in the open
Our permanent fees and terms are published, in plain English, before you sign anything.
Careful
Consent and discretion
No CV goes anywhere without the candidate's consent for that role. Where a role needs a clearance, we handle it carefully.
03 · How we work
From first brief to start date.
Good hires start with a good brief, so that's where we start. The full process
Brief
Role, team, must-haves, salary and any clearance need.
Terms
One page per role, with the estimated fee.
Search & screen
Direct approaches, then careful screening.
Shortlist
Consented candidates, with candid notes.
Interviews
Coordinated, with feedback both ways.
Offer & references
Offer tested first; references on request.
Start
Final third on start; 12-week rebate period.
04 · Fees
Fees you can read before you sign.
A summary of our permanent terms. Your signed terms of business always govern.
22%
Retained search, our standard: first-year base salary (excluding super), plus GST, with a $12,000 minimum. Contingent on request: 25%.
Thirds
Invoiced on signing, on shortlist acceptance (deemed after 3 business days), and on start.
12 weeks
Sliding-scale rebate (75% / 50% / 25%). There is no replacement guarantee.
Fee illustration
What would a placement cost?
Fee, excluding GST
$30,800
22% of $140,000
Invoiced in thirds
- On signing$10,267
- On shortlist acceptance$10,267
- On start (balance, recalculated)$10,266
If employment ends within 12 weeks
An illustration only, excluding GST. Fees are a percentage of first-year base salary (excluding super), plus GST, with a $12,000 minimum. For retained searches, instalments 1 and 2 are based on the midpoint of the agreed salary range and the balance is recalculated on the actual first-year base. Contingent searches are available on request, by negotiation. Your signed terms of business always govern. There is no replacement guarantee.
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