Australian Bureau of Meteorology Hiring for Research Cloud Engineer Job at Melbourne, Australia Full Time

• APS Level 6 – Executive Level 1, Non-ongoing
• $85,163 – $116,115 + 15.4% super
• Melbourne preferred. All other capital city office locations will be considered.

The Bureau is growing its capability to apply cloud capabilities to a range of scientific opportunities for the organisation. The Data Science and Emerging Technologies Team contributes to research, problem-solving and solutions using new approaches including data science, data engineering, machine learning, visualisation and data analytics.

As a research cloud engineer, you will join a team of meteorologists, data scientists and software engineers and will employ best practices in cloud computing, machine learning, scientific research and data engineering.

You will work on a variety of projects in close collaboration with a diverse team of specialists, participate in the design and development of solutions and apply a problem-solving approach to new challenges. Innovation and co-design processes will be a core component of this role.

Tasks will focus on establishing a significant research cloud infrastructure and environment. This will include high performance computing, data engineering (processing of large data volumes in a variety of formats) and software development (versioning code, developing re-usable libraries, participating in code reviews).

You will work predominantly in a Linux and Python environment on cloud infrastructure. This role would suit someone who has an interest in both architecture and development in cloud environments.

As a research cloud engineer, is it expected that you will provide leadership all of these activities and be able to work independently to achieve goals. You will also support research activities including publishing results.

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