System Engineer

System Engineer

RFQ type

ICT Labour Hire

RFQ ID

DM-25421

RFQ published date

Thursday, 12 September 2024

Deadline for asking questions

Tuesday, 24 September 2024 • 11:59pm, Canberra time

RFQ closing date

Thursday, 26 September 2024 • 11:59pm, Canberra time (or once all sellers have responded)

Buyer

Department of Defence

Buyer contact

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

Requirements

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 & offensive cyber operations. 

The System Engineer will be responsible for undertaking responsibilities to deliver a range of hosting platforms fit for customer use cases. The role will include stakeholder engagement to establish use cases, systems design, configuration management, orchestrated deployment, monitoring, system upgrade & sustainment. They will also provide architectural advice as a subject matter expert to guide customers on the best practice use of platforms.

Duties & Responsibilities (include, not limited to):

• Develop systems engineering documentation, system designs & systems maintenance plans & configuration management plans. Contribute to project plans ticketing systems & project timelines
• Deploy hosting platforms in a scalable & sustainable method. Control source code & maintain consistency in standards across the portfolio of platforms. 
• Patch & upgrade existing hosting platforms to improve security standards & provide new feature to customers which are available in the wider industry
• Undertake stakeholder engagement to identify business needs. Share knowledge with stakeholders including giving architectural overviews, presentation & responses to requested architectural advice
• Work with industry partners under direction of the team lead to guide & integrate external packages into the environment
• Conduct system monitoring & UAT testing to forecast expansion & provide forewarning or rapid response to system failures

Essential Skills 

• Ability to deploy hosting platforms in a scalable method

Desirable Skills

• Ability to patch a& upgrade existing hosting platforms to improve security standards

• Candidates require an AGSVA TSPV to perform the role. ASD will not sponsor candidates to upgrade their security clearances. 
• Candidates must be willing to undergo ASD’s Organisational Suitability Assessment (OSA) prior to engagement. 

Submit the Response Form attached to this RFQ for each candidate. 

Estimated start date

Monday, 21 October 2024

Initial contract duration

12 months

Extension term

12 months

Number of extensions

1

Location of work

ACT

Working arrangements

The successful candidate will work 5 days per week and up to a maximum of 40 hours per week, unless otherwise agreed with their manager. The role is Canberra based with no work from home provisions.

Security clearance

Must have Positive Vetting

Maximum number of candidates per seller

3

Maximum hourly rate

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Documents

Criteria

Essential criteria

1. The extent to which the candidate demonstrates the ability to perform the Job Duties as set out in the RFQ.

2. The extent to which the candidate demonstrates the ability to perform against Essential Skills and Qualifications as set out in the RFQ.

Desirable criteria

1. The extent to which the candidate meets the Desirable Skills and Qualifications as set out in the RFQ.

What to submit

For each candidate, you must include:

interview

start date

hourly rate

responses to selection criteria

resumés

references