System Architect (Nathan)

USAID Trade Facilitation Program

SCOPE OF WORK

• Proposed Personnel:  Short-term Technical Assistance (STTA) on Customs IT and Database development: System Architect
• Period of Performance: Dec 2022 – Mar 2023
• Origin/Destination: Direct/ Virtual

Project Background:

The Vietnam NSW was launched in 2014 and by September 20, 2021, the NSW had connected with 13 ministries and processed over 4.1 million dossiers relating to 249/261 Administrative Procedures from more than 49,500 businesses. The number of administrative procedures has increased by 39 times and declared dossiers by 193 times. The Vietnam NSW has brought about benefits to the private sector as well as to the GVN helping to reduce transaction costs, facilitating international trade and improving the business environment of the country. Cognizant of the importance of institutionalizing the connection and sharing of information via NSW, the GDVC, as the administrator of NSW, has taken the lead in the Government process of developing of a new decree governing Information Sharing among Stakeholders in NSW. The draft decree is now pending approval by the Government.

On May 4, 2022, the Director General of Vietnam Customs Nguyen Van Can signed the Decision 707/QD-TCHQ to approve the Customs Digital Transformation Plan towards 2025 with directions to 2030. The Customs Digital Transformation Plan sets the goal of intensifying the digital transformation in customs administration in serving traders and ministries under ASW/NSW and achieve the target of 100% digitalized customs procedures (paperless). This goal is detailed out by a number of objectives including fully digitalized, automated, risk-based and integrated customs operations; customs documents processed online 247; connected with ASW/NSW. These objectives and goal are in line with the directions under the Customs Development Strategy until 2030. At the center of the Customs Digital Transformation is the objective to develop and accomplish the Smart Customs ICT system. The Smart Customs system will integrate all stages in customs procedures and data from the good entry, storage, customs clearance and exits; all the core customs operations and procedures are automated, including target analysis, risk assessment, shipment and vehicle document inspection, selectivity, clearance decision, duty management, and rates of yield management.

A standard enterprise architecture will include Business Architecture, Data Warehouse Architecture, and Application & Technology. For the past 12 months, the USAID Trade Facilitation Program (the Program) has provided intensive supports to the GDVC Working Groups in reviewing and validating the business requirements and processes, prerequisite for the new integrated and automated IT system. The data warehouse architecture plays a pivotal role in any enterprise architecture and key to the automation and integration of core process and functions. Therefore, after the Program’s assistance on reviewing and validating business requirements and processes, the GDVC has requested the Program to support with “developing the proposal for National Customs Database and Architecture for National Customs Database”.

Activity Description:

The activity aims to provide support to the IT Department, GDVC in developing the proposal for National Customs Database and Architecture for National Customs Database through achieving the following objectives:

• To assess the information needs, existing situation of GDVC’s data, and information inputs to the National Customs Database.
• To propose the meta data/descriptions; source and scope; national customs database architecture including connection, sharing, structure and administration for update, processing, storage, and sharing of information for national customs database
• To provide advice on the proposed timeline and cost (estimate) for the national customs database
• To consult on proposed architecture and modus operandi of national customs database.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

The TFP will support the IT Department, GDVC in implementing the sub-activities from to March 30, 2023, as follows:

The System Architech will cooperate with the Data Engineer and the Customs IT Specialist to implement the following activities:

Deliverables:

The System Architect is expected to provide the following deliverables:

• Desk research report on existing trends of system, networking infrastructure, middleware, data base SW and big data paltform
• Analysis and proposed information criteria in the National Customs database warehouse
• Proposed agencies’ needs and information possessed to map the information flows to and from National Customs database; model, architecture including connection, sharing, business architecture, data architecture and prelimnary IT architecture;  administration, operation and security of updating, processing, storing, and sharing data under the National Customs database
• Recommended plan, budget and timeline for implementing the National Customs database
• Consolidated report and slides for presentations on all above

Qualifications: