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The deadline was Wednesday 13 June 2018 at 6PM (in Canberra)

Digital Transformation Agency

Technical Lead

Write a summary of your brief

We are seeking a technical lead to join one of our existing delivery teams.

What is the latest start date?

2 July 2018

How long is the contract?

Up to 6 months with a 6 month extension option

Where can the work take place?

Who will the specialist work for?

Digital Transformation Agency

How much can you spend per day?

$XXX INC GST

Who will the specialist work with?: You will be working in an existing team comprising of a delivery manager, product manager, user researcher, developer/s and service designer.
What will the specialist do?: The technical lead will work in a multidisciplinary team to build world class government digital services. You will be helping government do the hard work to radically improve government information and services. You will work in an agile way to build world-class government digital services using modern open source tools and frameworks (Ruby, Python, Java).
Any additional relevant information?

Where will the work take place?: Sydney and Canberra
What are the working arrangements?: Working onsite full time, 5 days per week.
Is security clearance required?: Current Commonwealth Government baseline security clearance an advantage, otherwise the ability to obtain one.

Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate sellers’ technical competence.

Essential skills and experience

Excellent development skills in one or more of Ruby, Python, Golang, Java
Familiarity with one or more web frameworks such as Rails, Django
Experience building and running easy-to-use and reliable REST microservices with clearly defined usage contracts that users love
Experience working in and contributing to open source projects and culture an enormous plus (contributions beyond code are highly valued).
Research and weigh up competing technology choices and make informed decisions based on user needs, with a preference for open source technology
Humble leadership of multidisciplinary engineers within a cross-functional team where coaching, mentoring and enabling people are what you do

Nice-to-have skills and experience

Knowledge of the methodology used by the DTA, familiarity with the research and design community within DTA and the APS.

How many specialists will you evaluate?

Cultural fit

Ability to work in co-located teams
Promote a positive creative culture and help to build a strong technical reputation for DTA
Work at pace as part of an agile multi-disciplined team

Area of expertise

Software engineering and development

How will you verify the specialist is right for the role?

Work history

How will you evaluate the specialists?

Technical competence
50%

Cultural fit
30%

Price
20%

Seller questions
Seller question	Buyer answer
1. Those are very different skillset. Which one are the primary one that you need Excellent development skills in one or more of Ruby, Python, Golang, Java	The primary developer skill is Python, however the other skills are also important.
2. can you consider PR ?	They must be an Australian Citizen

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