1 Lead Data Engineer
Tender Overview
About this tender
This Tender is invited by the Issuer. Overview The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to support its Digital Business Division (DBD). About The Digital Business Division (DBD) is the custodian of the customer experience, ensuring seamless, secure, and trusted interactions for agricultural trade and biosecurity. From permits, audits and certifications to declarations and compliance checks, DBD's platforms and products are where industry and government connect. DBD's work is about more than technology. It is about trust. Customers and staff trust that they can access simple, reliable services that support them to undertake their role and compete in global markets. DBD is unifying and modernising its systems and seeking to build re-usable digital and data capabilities to give customers a unified service experience, one place to get what they need from government, anytime, anywhere. By simplifying complexity, DBD enables industry to spend less time on paperwork and more time growing, producing and trading. Purpose The purpose of DBD is to deliver digital and data services that make agricultural cross border trade and travel easier, safer, and stronger for Australia. Every member of the division, no matter their role or location, contributes to that mission. Enquiries Buyer contact: DBDProcurement@aff.gov.au
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