Lead Data Engineer

4 Lead Data Engineers

RFQ type

DMP2 - ICT Labour Hire

RFQ ID

LH-02469

RFQ published date

Thursday, 03 April 2025

Deadline for asking questions

Thursday, 10 April 2025 * 11:59pm, Canberra time

RFQ closing date

Thursday, 17 April 2025 * 11:59pm, Canberra time

Buyer

Department of Defence (SA)

Buyer contact

No contact details reported. Please direct questions through the 'Question and Answers' portion of the RFQ process.

Estimated start date

Tuesday, 01 July 2025

Initial contract duration

12 months

Extension term

12 months

Number of extensions

2

Maximum number of candidates per seller

6

Experience level

Lead - EL1 equivalent

Location of work

ACT

Working arrangements

Onsite

5 days a week in the office. Candidates must be willing to undergo ASD's Organisational Suitability Assessment (OSA) prior to engagement.

Maximum hours

40 hours per week

Security clearance

Positive Vetting

Job details

A database administrator designs, implements, administers, and monitors data management systems and ensures consistency, quality, security, and compliance with rules and regulations.

Candidates must hold an AGSVA TSVP Security Clearance. ASD will not sponsor candidates to upgrade their security clearances in order to apply for the role.

Key duties and responsibilities

ASD requires four EL1 equivalent Database Administrators to perform the following duties and responsibilities:

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Sustain capabilities that predominantly use: Oracle technologies; and/or Sybase technologies.
• Evaluate and test new system releases (including patches). Plan and coordinate the installation of new versions of system software.
• Investigate, coordinate and resolve potential and actual service problems.
• Manage system and database configurations across numerous environments (e.g. production, QA, development, training, test, and exercise). Monitor database activity and resource usage. Optimise database performance and plan for forecast resource needs.
• Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of relational databases and replication technologies: Oracle Database; and/or Sybase ASE / Sybase Replication Server
• Develop simple programs, or scripts to assist in the implementation, integration, and maintenance of the system software.

About the organisation

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is a statutory agency in the Defence portfolio that defends Australia against global threats and advances our national interests through the provision of foreign signals intelligence, cyber security and offensive cyber operations as directed by the Australian Government.

Criteria

The buyer has specified that each candidate must provide a response to each criterion. Each response is limited to 3000 characters.

Essential criteria

1. SYSP 5 Ensures that system software is provisioned and configured to facilitate the achievement of service objectives. Evaluates new system software and recommends adoption if appropriate. Plans the provisioning and testing of new versions of system software. Investigates and coordinates the resolution of potential and actual service problems. Ensures that operational procedures and diagnostics for system software are current, accessible and well understood
2. DBAD 5 Identifies, evaluates and manages the adoption of database administration tools and processes, including automation. Develops and maintains procedures and documentation for databases. Contributes to the setting of standards for definition, security and integrity of database objects and ensures conformance to these standards. Manages database configuration including installing and upgrading software and maintaining relevant documentation. Monitors database activity and resource usage. Optimises database performance and plans for forecast resource needs.
3. DBDS 4 Implements physical database designs to support transactional data requirements for performance and availability. Develops and maintains specialist knowledge of database and data warehouse concepts, design principles, architectures, software and facilities. Assesses proposed changes to object/data structures and evaluates alternative options. Implements data warehouse designs that support demands for business intelligence and data analytics
4. PROG 2 Designs, codes, verifies, tests, documents, amends and refactors simple programs/scripts. Applies agreed standards and tools to achieve a well-engineered result. Reviews own work

Desirable criteria

1. Demonstrated experience with Oracle products including Oracle database and Oracle APEX
2. Demonstrated experience with Sybase products including ASE and Replication Server

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