Kingston, Canberra · Since 1989

Consulting and
recruitment for
Australian IT.

We place specialist contractors and run consulting engagements across government and the private sector. Whether you're hiring someone hard to find, or you're the kind of person who's hard to find, we know where to start the conversation.

1989
year we started
700+
in the community
Gov + Corp
sector coverage
PV
highest clearance
DefenceDSTGCIOGASD ATODHAAECASIC IP AustraliaAustradeDept. of Health Transport Certification Authority DefenceDSTGCIOGASD ATODHAAECASIC IP AustraliaAustradeDept. of Health Transport Certification Authority

Government. And everyone else.

Most of our work is with federal agencies. But we aren't only a government shop. We place people and run engagements across corporate and enterprise IT too. The common thread is the specialist end of the market, the roles and teams that are hard to fill.

01 / Government

Federal, State and ACT agencies.

Where we're deepest. Defence, the ATO, Department of Health, the AEC, the ASIC and others. Cleared people up to PV. Current on both Digital Marketplace panels.

02 / Enterprise

Banks, telcos, insurers.

Australian enterprise IT, usually data and AI work. Same community, same approach, no panel paperwork.

03 / Vendors & partners

Product companies and OEMs.

We help vendors land and grow in the Australian market, and partner with consulting firms that need niche capability they don't have in-house.

Two ways to work with us.

Pick whichever fits. Or ask, and we'll tell you which makes more sense for what you're trying to do.

01
Opportunities
Contractors, on your terms.
You need a specialist. We have a pool of them across Australia. Solution architects, AI/ML and data people, DevOps, software engineers, vendor specialists. The recruiters screening them are themselves from IT, which saves everyone a lot of wasted interview slots.
  • Full-time, part-time, short-burst, whatever the role needs
  • Government or private sector
  • Cleared people available, up to PV
  • ACT Labour Hire Licence ACTLHL00000336
02
Consulting
A team who own the outcome.
For work that needs a team, not a person. Enterprise architecture, applications, AI/ML strategy, Big Data and analytics platforms. We pull from standing panels of people we've worked with for years, so you get a group that already knows how to work together.
  • Focus areas: AI/ML, Big Data, analytics, BI
  • Think-tank sessions, short consults, IT gap work, or a Chief Consultant in the chair
  • RUC, the thing we use to stop projects falling over on personnel risk
  • Currently in at Defence CIOG, DHA, AEC, ASIC, among others
We connect clients with the right IT people, wherever in Australia they are. That's the job.
SB
Sam Bartone, Principal

How it actually works.

Most resourcing firms fish from the same small pond of available contractors. We don't. Our 700+ community is mostly people already working in IT, and they surface roles and recommend the best people for them long before those roles hit a job board.

01

A role comes in

Either from you directly, or surfaced inside the community by someone already at the client who sees what's needed. Either way we know the brief before anyone else does.

02

We match and vet

Recruiters who understand the tech sift candidates, check clearances where relevant, call references. You get a short, honest shortlist, not fifteen CVs that all look the same.

03

They start, we stay close

Once someone's placed we keep in touch. If something isn't working we want to hear about it early. If they're great we want to put them on more things.

Scale that actually matters.

1989
we've been doing this since then
700+
people in the Eccoi community
100+
of them are AI/ML practitioners
PV
highest clearance we hold

Some of what we're working on.

Eccoi has been around since 1989. Over the years we've worked on the Australian Customs ICS project, Immigration's SfP program, IP Australia's ICSD work, and many others.

Today we're current at Defence CIOG, DHA, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC), the Department of Health, the ATO, ASIC and the Transport Certification Authority.

A Sovereign AI Community of Practice.

The work Eccoi is most excited about right now. Australia needs a practitioner-led conversation about sovereign AI that isn't owned by any one vendor, so we're running one. Open to community members who want to learn, pick up certification work, or help write the standards.

ALearning & certification
BJobs & contracts
CResearch & standards

The LinkedIn community.

A private LinkedIn group of 700 or so IT people across Australian Government and industry. Membership is by application, and we check who's who before approving. If you're senior and you want to hear about roles early, it's worth joining.

  • Contract and consulting work before it's advertised publicly
  • Early access to the Sovereign AI training and certification
  • Other senior practitioners worth knowing
  • Occasional in-kind perks from OEM partners (vendor access, events)
Eccoi IT Specialists · AU
Members700+
AI/ML specialists100+
DisciplinesAll IT
MembershipBy application
CoverageAustralia-wide

Panels & the paperwork.

The boring stuff your procurement team needs to see.

Digital Marketplace

DMP2, ICT Labour Hire

Current supplier. Sales contact: Sam Bartone.

Digital Marketplace

DMP2, Professional & Consulting Services

Current supplier. Sales contact: Sam Bartone.

ABN
98 080 012 399
ACT Labour Hire Licence
ACTLHL00000336
Highest clearance
Positive Vetting
Company type
SME, Private

Who's who.

A quick reference for the agency acronyms and industry shorthand you'll see on this page.

ASD
Australian Signals Directorate
CIOG
Chief Information Officer Group (Defence)
DSTG
Defence Science and Technology Group
ATO
Australian Taxation Office
DHA
Department of Home Affairs
AEC
Australian Electoral Commission
ASIC
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
CDAO
Chief Data and Analytics Office
PV
Positive Vetting, the highest Australian Government security clearance
NV1
Negative Vetting Level 1 security clearance
DMP2
Digital Marketplace Panel 2, the Australian Government's ICT procurement arrangement
RUC
Resourcing Uplift Capability, our approach to protecting projects from personnel risk
EA
Enterprise Architecture
AI/ML
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
BI
Business Intelligence
OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer (product vendors)

Send us a note.

Briefing a role, scoping a piece of work, thinking about partnering, or looking for your next contract. Anything goes. Sam reads these, usually replies the same day.

Principal
Office
Level 1, 29 Jardine St, Kingston ACT 2604
Post
PO Box 4833, Kingston ACT 2604
Usually a reply within a business day.