• High Profile Federal Government Agency!
• Initial 6 month contract + possible extension
• Multiple locations – QLD, ACT, NSW, VIC, SA

A high profile Federal Government Agency is looking to engage an experienced Data Scientist to develop and implement scalable data science workflows to deliver robust and operational products within high performance cloud computation environments. The successful Data Scientist will be offered an initial 6 month contract with the view to be extended and receive a rewarding hourly rate. 

The Data Scientist will be responsible for but not limited to;

• Develop projects to implement solutions within an agile work environment.
• Integrate geospatial information systems, data pipelines and processing techniques that work in both supercomputing and cloud computing environments.
• Develop and contribute to maintainable and well documented python code, and ensure high quality is maintained across the team.
• Communicate technical issues to a wide audience, including a technical lead, program manager, other project members and science stakeholders.

The Data Scientist will have experience in the following:

• Knowledge, experience and/or qualifications in coding and software development (ideally Python, Fortran).
• Experience in image processing and classification using remote sensing algorithms and/or Machine Learning techniques with optical and/or synthetic aperture radar (SAR) remotely sensed data.
• Experience with DevOps practices (CI/CD and infracode) and cloud computing (preferably in an AWS environment).
• Experience in geospatial analysis, ideally using packages such as xarray, pandas, NumPy & services.

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Data Scientist looking to join a large Federal Government program. The successful Data Scientist will be offered an initial 6 month contract with the view to be extended and receive a rewarding hourly rate. If you have the required skills DON’T DELAY, APPLY NOW please forward your resume to jobs@hitechaust.com quoting ref number JJ2632 today! For more opportunities go to www.hitechaust.com.