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Here are the latest contract roles in Melbourne that Freelance Radar found on LinkedIn, across every specialisation. There are 32 contract roles live right now, and the list is updated continuously.

Updated on 6 October 2026

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Senior Business Analyst (Digital Delivery)
5h ago
Senior Business Analyst with non-negotiable customer-facing mobile app delivery experience across iOS and Android (APIs, Agile, banking/payments) needed for a fixed-term contract on a major digital tr…
Melbourne
Software Engineer – Java & Golang
5h ago
Experienced Software Engineer to design, develop and deliver scalable software solutions across the full SDLC, with mandatory Australian Citizenship and current NV1/NV2 security clearance; advanced Ja…
Melbourne, VIC
Senior Kafka Developer
7h ago
Contract opportunity in Melbourne for an experienced Senior Kafka Developer with 8+ years in software/data engineering, hands-on Apache Kafka/Confluent Kafka, proven Apache Flink and real-time stream …
Melbourne
Drainage Engineer
7h ago
Experienced Local Government Drainage Engineer needed for a 5-week temporary contract with immediate start, handling Legal Point of Discharge assessments, Build Over Easement assessments, On-Site Dete…
South eastern suburbs, Melbourne · $55.00 - $60.00 p/h + super
Infrastructure Project Manager
8h ago
Mid-level Infrastructure Project Manager needed for a 12-month contract with strong potential for extension, requiring around 4–6 years of Project Management experience and proven delivery of a VMware…
Melbourne · Up to $900/day including super
Data Analyst
8h ago
Experienced Data Analyst to lead high-impact data analytics across fraud, risk and integrity on a 12-month contract with potential extension, using Snowflake, SAS, Python and R; Australian citizenship…
Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney or Melbourne
Integration Engineer
9h ago
Design, develop and support enterprise integration solutions using Microsoft Azure Integration Services (Logic Apps, Service Bus, Functions, Event Grid, APIM) with .NET Core, C#, SQL and CI/CD on a co…
Melbourne
Lead Data Engineer
9h ago
Long-term contract for an experienced Lead Data Engineer with Australian citizenship and NV1 Security Clearance, working on data and analytics platforms with Azure, Data Factory, Databricks, Data Lake…
Canberra preferred | Sydney | Melbourne
Integration Engineer
10h ago
Contract role in Melbourne seeking an experienced Integration Engineer to design, develop and support enterprise integration solutions using Microsoft Azure Integration Services (Logic Apps, Service B…
Melbourne
Fivetran Data Engineer
11h ago
12-month hybrid contract for a Fivetran Data Engineer to design and maintain data pipelines, build ELT/ETL processes, configure Fivetran connectors and work with SQL, Snowflake/Databricks, dbt and clo…
Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia
Lead Data Engineer
11h ago
Long-term contract for an experienced Lead Data Engineer to work across data and analytics platforms for a government client, requiring Australian citizenship, NV1 security clearance and skills in Azu…
Canberra (preferred), Sydney or Melbourne
Senior Project Manager
13h ago
12 month contract supporting a significant Contact Centre transformation, requiring strong business-side contact centre experience, CRM (ideally Microsoft Dynamics 365), stakeholder management and fin…
Sydney or Melbourne · $1000 + Super per day
mid level / Senior Product Designer
14h ago
Contract product designer needed for roughly 6 months starting late October to own time slot delivery and order tracking/management, involving discovery, direction-setting and structured design across…
Melbourne
Enterprise Implementation Manager
15h ago
Own end-to-end enterprise SaaS onboarding for large customers (scoping, UAT, rollout, go-live), running a pod with a Product Manager, Project Coordinator and Technical Lead, and mentor implementation …
South Melbourne
Integration Engineer (Azure Integration Services)
yesterday
Contract role in Melbourne designing, developing and supporting enterprise integration solutions using Microsoft Azure Integration Services (Logic Apps, Service Bus, APIM, Azure Functions, Event Grid)…
Melbourne
OS Hardening Engineer
yesterday
6-month contract starting ASAP to support a major cyber security and infrastructure uplift, focusing on CIS Benchmark Level 1, Windows and Linux server hardening, Puppet configuration management, Git/…
Hobart, TAS / Melbourne, VIC
ServiceNow Developer / Technical Lead
yesterday
Experienced ServiceNow Developer / Technical Lead needed for a 12-month contract with strong hands-on ServiceNow development, scripting, JavaScript and administration skills plus technical leadership …
Sydney / Melbourne
L3 Systems Engineer
yesterday
12-month contract for an experienced L3 Systems Engineer with VMware/Hyper-V, Windows & Linux, storage, backup, IAM, monitoring, automation, ITIL and L3 support skills; includes 24x7 on-call and is op…
Melbourne / Sydney
Data QA / Test Engineer
yesterday
6-month contract for a data-focused test engineer to start ASAP, designing and running SQL-based test scripts, validating data accuracy across source and destination platforms, testing ETL processes a…
Sydney or Melbourne
Operations Trigger
4 days ago
Contract mobile network maintenance, field support and radio fault rectification role in Melbourne.
Melbourne
Cyber Security Accreditation SME (NV1)
4 days ago
Initial 2.5-month contract with high possibility of extension for an experienced Cyber Security Accreditation SME to support critical system accreditation and authorisation activities in a highly secu…
Sydney (Melbourne or Canberra considered)
Elastic Dashboard & Observability Developer
4 days ago
Contract role for a developer with 6+ years of experience in Elastic Stack and Kibana, ES|QL, KQL and Splunk SPL, Splunk-to-Elastic dashboard migration, observability, dashboards and alerting, Elastic…
Sydney / Melbourne
Elastic Dashboard & Observability Developer
4 days ago
Contract role supporting the transition from Splunk to Elastic by recreating dashboards and query logic, plus designing new Elastic-native observability dashboards, queries and alerts; Australian full…
Sydney/Melbourne
Contract SEO/GEO Specialist
5 days ago
Contract SEO/GEO specialist needed 1-3 days per week in a hybrid setup to manage client retainers, run technical audits, and help major brands adapt search strategies for AI-powered engines; requires …
Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane
Release and Environment Manager
6 days ago
Experienced Release and Environment Manager needed for an initial 12-month contract with extension potential, governing release cadences, environment stability across Dev/SIT/UAT/Performance/Pre-Prod/…
Melbourne · $900 – $1,100 / day
Workday Data Conversion Specialist
6 days ago
6-month contract (with potential extensions) supporting a major enterprise technology program, requiring Workday data conversion, migration and loading experience, strong knowledge of Workday loading …
Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane considered
Environment & Release Manager
6 days ago
12-month contract with extension for an experienced Environment & Release Manager to oversee multi-environment landscapes, release governance, CAB/change management, CI/CD and ITIL practices; Australi…
Melbourne
Azure Infrastructure Cloud Architect
6 days ago
6-12 month contract to lead Azure cloud architecture, landing zones, governance, security and enterprise-scale infrastructure design for a major Government Modern Workplace transformation; existing AG…
Canberra preferred; Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane
EUC Lead – Microsoft 365 Collaboration Migration & Hypercare
6 days ago
6-12 month contract to lead large-scale Microsoft 365 rollout including Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive, driving migration, adoption and hypercare; existing AGSVA NV1 clearance require…
Canberra preferred; Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane
Windows 365, Endpoint Security Print Technical Engineer
6 days ago
6-12 month contract to deploy Windows 365 Cloud PCs, endpoint security controls and enterprise print services using modern Microsoft technologies; existing AGSVA NV1 clearance required.
Canberra preferred; Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane
Intune Platform SME
6 days ago
6-12 month contract to own the Microsoft Intune platform, delivering Autopilot, endpoint compliance, device management and security capabilities for a modern secure workplace; existing AGSVA NV1 clear…
Canberra preferred; Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane
Azure Infrastructure & Cloud Architect
6 days ago
Experienced Azure Architect needed to lead Azure landing zone, infrastructure, networking, security, governance and hybrid cloud architecture; 6 months with likely extension; hybrid 3 days office / 2 …
Canberra, Melbourne, & Brisbane considered