Infosys aims to generate 1,200 IT jobs for Aussies

Infosys, a global provider of consulting, technology and next-generation services, today launched an initiative to accelerate digital leadership for its clients in Australia and shrink the digital skills gap in the region with the creation of 1200 jobs and the opening of three Innovation Hubs by 2020.

Infosys Australia and New Zealand senior vice president Andrew Groth was joined by Minister for Industry, Science and Technology the Hon. Karen Andrews at Infosys' North Sydney office to announce a broad range of initiatives to meet the nation's ever-growing demand for digital expertise.

"I welcome Infosys' decision to create 1200 IT jobs in Australia by 2020," says Minister Andrews.

"It's a great vote of confidence in our economy and the Coalition Government's commitment to jobs of the future, that a company of Infosys' global standing would make this kind of investment here".

The initiatives will form an education ecosystem through which Infosys would enable continuous learning opportunities.

They include:

• The creation of 1200 IT jobs in Australia by 2020, of which around 40 per cent will be Australian university graduates from a range of fields including Computer Science and Design.

• The development of three Innovation Hubs across Australia.

• Strengthening Infosys' academic partnerships to attract top graduate talent and accelerate digital skill building in Australia.

The new Innovation Hubs will serve as a platform to enable Infosys to co-create and co-innovate alongside clients, academia and government to accelerate innovation and upskilling of talent in emerging technologies and solutions.

This approach provides Infosys with a strong foundation to meet rising demand for expertise in areas like machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), user experience, cybersecurity, digital platforms, big data and cloud - now and in the future as technology and business needs evolve.

"The expansion of our Australian team, together with our planned Innovation Hubs are very important as we help navigate our clients in their digital journey by simultaneously renewing their core business systems and building new solutions to realise growth," adds Groth.

"Continuous education is a collective effort and we are proud to work with the government, academia and local communities to help build and shape our next-generation of entrepreneurs and innovators", he added.

"Infosys has a deep culture of continuous learning and development. We have the largest corporate university in the world and also offer our people access to sophisticated on-demand online learning platforms. In addition, through our academic partnerships worldwide, our people also have access to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) learning and university courses.

"Building our Australian talent pool is already underway. So far, we have recruited 75 graduates, and more than half have completed their induction training and are ready to be placed on strategic client projects. Under this program, graduates start their Infosys learning journey in our Sydney and Melbourne training centres. They can choose from high demand areas, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, user experience, cybersecurity, cloud and big data.