Business Rules Technical Lead – Immigration Risk and Border
On this page
Tēnei tūranga – About the role
The Business Rules Technical Lead is a team member position in the Immigration Risk and Border branch of Immigration New Zealand (INZ). The Immigration Risk and Border branch works to collaboratively identify and mitigate risk early and to reduce harm to the integrity of the immigration system, system users, and New Zealand.
The Joint Targeting and Analytics (JTA) team in Immigration Risk and Border offers specialist expertise in the analysis of data and information to identify and target immigration risk. Services provided by the team include:
- Delivery and management of the Visa Triage process
- Risk identification and targeting at the NZ border
- The provision of risk models and analytics
The Business Rules Technical Lead is a member of the Business Analytics and Targeting (BAT) team within JTA. BAT is responsible for developing robust profiles and providing quality risk information and business rules to support immigration decision makers.
The Business Rules Technical Lead is a product expert who will build an in-depth understanding of JTA’s business rules solution to inform the configuration system to reflect INZ’s complex business requirements and ongoing development of products on the Azure Business Rules Engine (BRE). This will be supplemented with proficiency in data schema design, problem solving, effective collaboration in cross functional teams and strong drive for continuous improvement.
With a strong technical focus, this role is required to build solid business knowledge, including developing options and solutions for business problems and opportunities to make systematic enhancements that will improve INZ’s risk management capability. The Business Rules Technical Lead is responsible for ensuring quality and consistency of practices in relation to Business Rules work across Joint Targeting & Analytics.
Ngā herenga – Requirements of the role
Personal specifications
- In-depth understanding and experience with INZ’s risk rule systems (or comparable systems), capabilities and processes; in particular the use of InRule or comparable Business Rules Engines.
- Demonstrated ability to learn and manage a Business Rules Engine to an expert level.
- Highly flexible: able to respond to changes in priorities and demands for work and capable of working on several complex issues at any given time.
- Proven experience of working on complex ICT projects.
- Ability to work within a team environment and establish working relationships inside and outside the organisation whilst also being able to work independently.
- Knowledge of INZ’s AMS and ADEPT systems and their data, or the ability to learn these systems quickly, is an advantage.
- Strategic thinking: can anticipate consequences and trends, long term potential outcomes, and identify and assess organisational risk.
- Excellent communication skills – written and verbal – with the ability to tailor the technical knowledge to people at all levels, both internal and external to MBIE.
- Experience in a leadership role or mentoring.
- The ability to gain and maintain a national security clearance as required.
- Must be a New Zealand citizen or Permanent Resident.
Qualifications
- Relevant tertiary qualification or extensive and comparable relevant experience.
Takohanga tuhinga o mua – Key accountabilities and deliverables
Business rules capability
- Support the integration of legacy and new systems, leading Joint Targeting and Analytics’ involvement in new visa products and new rules being introduced to the Azure BRE.
- Lead work on feature selection within the product: service integration, data modelling, user defined functions and vocabulary setup.
- Be a point of contact for the business in relation to the operation of INZ’s current business rules engines.
- Be a functional subject matter expert and provide advice to leaders at multiple levels across the business.
- Oversee the development and deployment of risk rules. Author risk rules as required.
- Take the lead on allocated projects.
- Deliver on business requirements through fit-gap analysis, developing specifications, configuring system rules and unit testing.
- Support Business Rules Engine application build, test and deployment activities as required.
Relationship management
- Build relationships with the JTA leadership team, provide expert advice and support forward planning related to the utilisation of Business Rules Engines.
- Build relationships with key staff to ensure they are equipped with the knowledge to conduct and contribute to the risk targeting capability.
- Work closely with Digital, Data and Insights and external vendors to ensure alignment of approach, thinking and solution design.
Coaching and training
- Provide technical advice to the team by developing and delivering training material and standard operating procedures.
- Provide mentoring and guidance regarding rule development to Joint Targeting and Analytics team members and support them on their journey to upskill and learn.
- Oversee the quality of the business rules deployment process.
Process improvement
- Identify and implement improvements to ensure targeting functions are operating effectively, efficiently and demonstrating value to the organisation.
- Think strategically about opportunities to build the business rules capability, including engagement with the wider public service.
- Raise risks and support management of those risks as appropriate.
Wellbeing, health & safety
- Displays commitment through actively supporting all safety and wellbeing initiatives
- Ensures own and others safety at all times
- Complies with relevant safety and wellbeing policies, procedures, safe systems of work and event reporting
- Reports all incidents/accidents, including near misses in a timely fashion
- Is involved in health and safety through participation and consultation
Tō tūranga i roto i te Manatū – Your place in the Ministry
The Business Rules Technical Lead position reports to the Business Analytics and Targeting Team Manager within the Joint Targeting and Analytics team in the Immigration Risk and Border branch. The branch sits within the Immigration New Zealand group.
To mātou aronga – What we do for Aotearoa New Zealand
Hīkina Whakatutuki is the te reo Māori name for the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. Hīkina means to uplift. Whakatutuki means to move forward, to make successful. Our name speaks to our purpose, Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All.
To Grow Aotearoa New Zealand for All, we put people at the heart of our mahi. Based on the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi / The Treaty of Waitangi, we are committed to upholding authentic partnerships with Māori.
As agile public service leaders, we use our breadth and experience to navigate the ever-changing world. We are service providers, policy makers, investors and regulators. We engage with diverse communities, businesses and regions. Our work touches on the daily lives of New Zealanders. We grow opportunities (Puāwai), guard and protect (Kaihāpai) and innovate and navigate towards a better future (Auaha).
Ngā matatau – Our competencies
Cultivates innovation We create new and better ways for the organisation to be successful by challenging the status quo generating new and creative ideas and translating them into workable solutions.
Nimble learning We are curious and actively learn through experimentation when tackling new problems by learning as we go when facing new situations and challenges.
Customer focus We build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions by listening and gaining insights into the needs of the communities we serve and actively seeking and responding to feedback.
Decision quality We make quality and timely decisions that shape the future for our communities and keep the organisation moving forward by relying on an appropriate mix of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgement to make valid and reliable decisions.
Action oriented We step up, taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with purpose, urgency and discipline by taking responsibility, ownership and action on challenges, and being accountable for the results.
Collaborates We connect, working together to build partnerships with our communities, working collaboratively to meet shared objectives by gaining trust and support of others; actively seeking the views, experiences, and opinions of others and by working co-operatively with others across MBIE, the public sector and external stakeholder groups.
Te Tiriti o Waitangi
As an agency of the public service, MBIE has a responsibility to contribute to the Crown meeting its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Tiriti). Meeting our commitment to Te Tiriti will contribute towards us realising the overall aims of Te Ara Amiorangi – Our Path, Our Direction, and achieve the outcome of Growing New Zealand for All. The principles of Te Tiriti - including partnership, good faith, and active protection – are at the core of our work. MBIE is committed to delivering on our obligations as a Treaty partner with authenticity and integrity and to enable Māori interests. We are committed to ensuring that MBIE is well placed to meet our obligations under the Public Service Act 2020 (Te Ao Tūmatanui) to support the Crown in strengthening the Māori/Crown Relationship under the Treaty and to build MBIE’s capability, capacity and cultural intelligence to deliver this.
Mahi i roto i te Ratonga Tūmatanui – Working in the public service
Ka mahitahi mātou o te ratonga tūmatanui kia hei painga mō ngā tāngata o Aotearoa i āianei, ā, hei ngā rā ki tua hoki. He kawenga tino whaitake tā mātou hei tautoko i te Karauna i runga i āna hononga ki a ngāi Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ka tautoko mātou i te kāwanatanga manapori. Ka whakakotahingia mātou e te wairua whakarato ki ō mātou hapori, ā, e arahina ana mātou e ngā mātāpono me ngā tikanga matua o te ratonga tūmatanui i roto i ā mātou mahi.
In the public service we work collectively to make a meaningful difference for New Zealanders now and in the future. We have an important role in supporting the Crown in its relationships with Māori under the Treaty of Waitangi. We support democratic government. We are unified by a spirit of service to our communities and guided by the core principles and values of the public service in our work.
What does it mean to work in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Public Service?(external link) — Te Kawa Mataaho The Public Service Commission
