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The Opportunity

• Supportive, rewarding, inclusive and truly flexible environment. 
• Innovative and collaborative workplace with fantastic flexibility 
• Join CSIRO - Australia's premier research organisation 
• 2 positions available one indefinite and one fixed term contract until 30/06/24

The Scientific Computing (SC) group within the Information Management & Technology function provides end-to-end infrastructure ranging from generic corporate IT systems through to leading-edge High-Performance data processing tools and platforms. The teams manage over 30PB of data at a compounded annual growth rate of ~75%, and a proportionate computational and network fabric including several Top500 supercomputers, HPC Cloud and a highly versatile and robust corporate hosting platform. Additional services include advanced visualisation, data processing, application support, software delivery, and research software engineering. The capability is highly customer focussed and operates closely in partnership with all areas of CSIRO research.

The Scientific Computing Services group is seeking an additional staff member to meet the needs of users by providing programming support for their computational and data intensive workflows. Under direction from the Machine Learning Technical Leader and Scientific Computing Services Team Leaders, the successful candidate will plan and deliver machine learning capabilities to the organisation.

This is an opportunity to work in a professional and technically challenging environment, supporting a diverse range of applications, to further the use of computation in science discovery.

Work may be required at other CSIRO sites within Australia.

Your duties will include:

• Provide applications support services – focusing on machine learning - as part of the Data Analytics and Visualisation Team. Work activities are expected to cover both computer and data storage systems, and include:
  • Development of applications and workflows using machine learning.
  • Performance enhancement of selected machine learning applications and workflows.
  • Problem solving at a high level for applications and workflows.
• Provide user support services as part of a team for the SC and partner systems. Work activities are expected to include:
  • Engaging with researchers to understand needs and deliver against them.
  • Effective request tracking and response to user support issues.
  • Documentation, including the development and maintenance of locally written user guides for scientific computing.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing within the team by documenting procedures and liaising effectively with users regarding the delivery of services to meet their needs. Work may be required at other CSIRO sites within Australia.

Location: Canberra ACT, Clayton VIC, or Eveleigh NSW preferred. Other locations may be considered.
Salary: AU $105,806 to AU $114,500 pa plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure: 2 positions available one indefinite and one fixed term contract until 30/06/24
Reference: 90272

To be considered you will need:

1. Tertiary degree in science, engineering, computer science, information technology or relevant field.
2. Extensive experience in the interrogation and interpretation of scientific/research data sets through various means including data visualisation.
3. Proficiency with modern data science programming languages such as Python or R.
4. Advanced data cleaning/processing and numerical/statistical analysis skills.
5. Demonstrated knowledge of four of more of:
   • Dimensionality reduction
   • Clustering methods
   • Regression techniques
   • Classification techniques
   • Ensemble methods
   • Image classification
   • Object detection
   • Transfer learning
   • Time series forecasting
6. Demonstrated experience with different interpretable machine learning techniques including, but not limited to, feature importance, Shapley values and class activation maps.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens Only

Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the Baseline level.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. 

Diversity and Inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish. 

About CSIRO

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How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

If you have any question regarding this position. Please contact careers online: careers.online@csiro.au

Applications Close

05 February 2023, 11:00pm AEST/AEDT

Shortlisting for this role may take place as applications are received. We therefore reserve the right to close this vacancy once a suitable candidate has been appointed,

Please consider applying as soon as possible.