Technical Lead Access & GIS Solutions

About the role

Working as Technical Lead – Access and GIS Solutions; you will be responsible for leading the technical design and delivery of scalable access and GIS platforms that provide clear business value.

You will be instrumental in setting development standards and design patterns to maximise team productivity and solution quality.

Key responsibilities of this role are:

• Analyse business problems/opportunities in the context of NHVR’s access and GIS platform, identify technical solution options, assess feasibility, and recommend technical solution approaches.
• Provide feedback to Products Owners on the optimal sequencing of product roadmaps from a technical delivery perspective.
• Document product solution platform development approaches and quality standards, in alignment with NHVR data & technology architecture standards.
• Lead product data analysis and data modelling, based upon a deep understanding of the problem domain and corporate information requirements, to establish, modify or maintain data structures and their associated components.
• Work with Developers and Integration specialists to understand development challenges/issues, identify design patterns at a solution platform level, and plan implementation of selected design patterns.
• Implement design patterns and developer productivity improvements by coordinating and contributing to the development of tools, templates, libraries and frameworks.
• Identify solution platform development and integration change impacts and work with platform teams and technical change managers to plan and coordinate platform changes.
• Work collaboratively with UX/UI and the wider team to define and improve the user experience.

NHVR’s Data & Technology team are currently undertaking growth and considerable transformation, and this is an exciting time to join the organisation.

To learn more, the position description can be found on the NHVR Careers site - https://careers.nhvr.gov.au/jobs/search

About You

To be successful in this role you will be tertiary qualified and possess proven technical lead experience with a minimum of 5 years working in an enterprise environment.

Your toolkit for success:

• Demonstrated experience with geospatial tooling and infrastructure, including PostGIS for spatial data management and querying, GeoServer for publishing and serving OGC-compliant map services, and GraphHopper for routing and network analysis.
• Demonstrated experience with relational database management systems, with a focus on PostgreSQL — including schema design, query optimisation, indexing strategies, and database administration in a production environment.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver in an integrated team environment.
• Awareness of and experience in widely used Agile techniques and tools: User Stories, TDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Pairing, and Automated Testing
• Ideally have experience working in large process workflow / case management dominated systems.

Why join us?

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) commenced operations in 2013 as the national entity responsible for regulating all vehicles in Australia over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass. The NHVR minimises the compliance burden on the heavy vehicle transport industry, reduces duplication and inconsistences across state and territory borders, and ultimately for the heavy vehicle business with government in Australia.

We are headquartered in Brisbane and employ more than 1000 people across the ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

We offer-

• A competitive salary package of $161,808.27 + superannuation
• Monthly RDO and paid leave over Christmas closure.
• Hybrid working environment – up to 2 days from home.
• Up to15.25% superannuation through a co-contribution scheme
• Leave loading 17.5%
• Wellbeing programs – discounted fitness through Fitness Passport, Discount health insurance, flu vaccine, financial programs including discounted banking products, finance information sessions.
• Salary packaging options including novated lease.
• Discounted IT products including Microsoft and free family password security plan.
• Ongoing training and professional development support
• Professional membership

Application Process

Please apply with your CV and cover letter addressing the essential requirements of the role.

Applications close: 5.00pm 9th April 2026 (applications may close earlier than the listed closing date if suitable candidate/s are identified prior).

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the NHVR recruitment team on recruitment@nhvr.gov.au.

Successful applicants will be required to complete standard pre-employment checks including a national police and work rights check.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.

We are committed to being an inclusive, diverse and flexible workplace where differences are valued. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experience and abilities.