Activate Graduate Program - Technologist (Mar 2025)

About the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS)

ASIS is Australia’s overseas secret intelligence collection agency. Its mission is to protect and promote Australia’s vital interests through the provision of intelligence services as directed by the Government. Its work can involve collecting intelligence relating to national security, international relations, and economic issues.

Your role

ASIS provides graduates with tailored on-the-job experiences, training, and support in one of the most unique, dynamic, and fast-paced workplaces in Australia. Over the course of a 12-month program, you will learn how Intelligence is gathered, reported, and actioned and how your expertise and commitment are critical to its ongoing evolution and success. 

The technical reach and partnerships of the organization are vast, diverse, and continuously evolving. This dynamic environment necessitates diverse perspectives, strong teamwork, and unconventional solutions to overcome technical challenges. The technical workforce is driven by passion and commitment to their work.

As a graduate in the technologist stream, you’ll undertake multiple workplace rotations that expose you to a range of technical activities; that purposefully build your corporate cultural knowledge; and that develop and extend your skills and tech competencies. You’ll work with both operational technology and enterprise teams to innovate and develop new solutions to complex problems that enable the foreign intelligence collection mission. 

Watch this short video about working in ASIS

Training & development 

You’ll complete a rotational program to help you learn about different parts of the Organisation that will give you a strong understanding of the business of intelligence. The types of rotations and training and development opportunities you complete will depend on which graduate stream you choose.

Benefits

As an ASIS officer, you’ll have access to competitive remuneration packages that include allowances to compensate for the obligations of maintaining a security clearance and working in a secure environment. ASIS salaries also benefit from: 

• Employer superannuation contributions of 15.4 per cent  
• Relocation support for new staff, including financial assistance and leave entitlements  
• Salary packaging opportunities  

Career progression

Upon successful completion of the Graduate Program, you will be placed in a technical team that matches your skills and interests.

Work life balance

ASIS officers benefit from a range of favourable workplace conditions, including flexible working hours, equitable shift arrangements, and ample leave options, fostering a supportive and accommodating environment for employees across different levels.

Culture & vibe

ASIS values workplace diversity and is committed to providing a supportive, inclusive, and respectful work environment. ASIS encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people with disabilities, people who identify as LGBTIQ+, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

About you

Here's what ASIS is looking for in this role:

• Those with proficiency in fields including, but not limited to ICT, Software Development, Data (analytics, management, science), Engineering (hardware, software, communications, RF, mechatronics, mechanical, and electronic) Networks, Cloud, Cyber, Client Engagement and more
• Australian citizenship
• Completed an undergraduate and/or post-graduate university degree within 5 years of Graduate Program commencement
• The ability to demonstrate their core values, in particular, the highest levels of personal integrity and professionalism
• Enthusiasm, drive, and sound judgment
• The ability to obtain and hold a high level of national security clearance

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• asis.gov.au/Life-at-ASIS/Benefits/
• asis.gov.au/Careers/Current-Vacancies/Graduate-Program/