Description
Our client is a small but highly effective research organisation with a strong reputation. One of their current projects involves the organisation of large volumes of data to aid in environmental reporting and analysis. They require a Systems Engineer to create a tool kit that will allow web-based access to the data with the capacity for automated reporting.
The role sits within a funded organisation and it is anticipated that the successful candidate will have exposure to a similar environment, either within government or academia.
This is a rare opportunity within the natural resource sector that will see you working within an enthusiastic and ambitious team towards a set of clearly defined goals.
Duties will include:
- Lead the development of a natural resource management/environmental assessment tool-kit for high performance data;
- Participate in setting work plans to progress the data project;
- Support collaborators in developing and implementing a suite of generic open source software tools;
- Report on progress, and deliver results in appropriate formats and forums that may include internal reports, published articles, and conference presentations;
- Provide effective and timely communication of relevant operational issues to the Project Manager and team members on the principle of "no surprises".
- Maintain an awareness of developments within web service delivery domains that are relevant to this project (eg Web processing services, web coverage services, coordinate reference systems).
Required technical skills
- Completion of a higher degree in Computer Science or related discipline.
- Experience with open source applications using Python, GDAL, OGR, and C/C++ on Linux platforms.
- Earth observation/remote sensing imagery and other types/themes of spatial data including raster and vector formats.
- The high performance and optimization of software systems at both system and application levels.
- Analysing, summarising, and serving information via web services using state of the art and open-source applications in a high-performance computing environment.
Personal attributes:
- The ability to lead and shape a research project, particularly in a multi-organisational context
- Effective written and oral communication skills and the ability to work with a range of stakeholders
- Well-developed organisational skills with demonstrated ability to effectively plan, organise and prioritise work tasks
- Capable and enthusiastic, and willing to adopt a very collaborative work style.
This role would be ideal for an Engineer who has worked within a research organisation in the past and would like to develop further in this area, specifically in relation to natural resource data reporting and analysis.
Although our client is a small organisation, they are at the forefront of user driven research in their field. They have robust funding agreements through a range of government and commercial partnerships and are able to offer this non-ongoing contract through to December 2016.
Our company:
Candle has been operating in Australia since 1984, and is one of the largest and longest standing suppliers of Information Technology recruitment services across Asia Pacific. We recruit contract and permanent IT talent from Helpdesk Support to Project Managers to CIOs, and our long-term working relationships with many of Australia's most familiar brand names enable us to provide exciting and diverse opportunities for the people we represent.