Description
Job Summary
Our client, a Federal Government Department in Canberra is seeking the services of an experienced Machine Learning Specialist.
Contract 1 Mar 2018 to 28 Feb 2019 (plus possible extension options up to 2 years)
Responsibilities and Duties
- Analysis of technical and organisational requirements for existing and proposed applications;
- Development of machine learning capabilities as part of high performance solutions and projects, in accordance with the organisations development frameworks (design, programming, testing and documenting)
- Contribute to project delivery by developing technical specifications, systems designs and operational support documentation to maintain or establish applications;
- Support data acquisition activities and preparation, including loading, cleaning, manipulating and exporting
- Research and develop statistical machine learning models for data analysis
- Build and run analytical prototypes to generate actual insights and results
- Implementation of proposed solutions including training, testing, release management and operations teams;
- Process documentation;
- Identification of solution issues and develop strategies to resolve them;
- Provide expert advice on solutions, designs and approaches:
- Escalation of issues and risks within project structures;
- Coordination of testing & training;
- Work effectively in a small team environment;
- Collaboration with partners and external providers;
- Provide knowledge/skills transfer to other team members;
Qualifications and Skills
- Formal information and communications technology qualifications from a recognised tertiary institution or demonstrated skills and experience
- A minimum of 5 years' experience working with application development technologies and best practice coding standards
- Experience in the practical application of Machine Learning techniques and principles (2 years+)
- Experience in data preparation activities including loading, cleaning, manipulating and exporting data.
- Experience in development in Python with a background in C/C++ (5 years+)
- Experience in concurrent and distributed systems (5 years+)
- Ability to work within team and collaborative environments exchanging and conveying complex ideas
- Experience in identifying opportunities for improvement and developing and delivering software development methodologies to enhance business outcomes
- Experience in prototyping and standing-up analytical infrastructure to support problem solving
- Self-motivated, innovative, able to use initiative, and a proven commitment to achieve business objectives on time
- Knowledge or experience in probability, statistics and Datamodelling (Desirable)
- Knowledge or experience in speech recognition or audio processing (Desirable)
- Advanced knowledge of analytics and data processing technologies and architectures. (Desirable)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to communicate complex science concepts to any audience. (Desirable)
The client requires the applicants to hold Australian Citizenship and NV 1 Clearance.
Applications for this role are to reach us before 2:00 pm, 25th January 2017.