Employer: CSIRO

Closing date: 29 October 2023, 11:00 pm AEDT

Brief position description: 

Acknowledgement of Country
CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation

Child Safety
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.

The Opportunity
Certified Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform user
Evidence of data analytics and programming – Python, Java, C++, Scala, BASH, R, Julia
Join CSIRO's AEHRC! A truly collaborative, flexible and inclusive workplace

The Australian e-health research centre (AEHRC) is CSIRO’s digital health research unit delivering innovation to the health system. It is the largest eHealth research group in Australia with more than 100 research scientists working with clinicians and industry to identify the clinical and/or health challenges. AEHRC is worldwide unique in covering the full value chain from basic science through to clinical application and assessing their impacts on Australian and international health systems.

As the Software Engineer Vaccine Design, you’ll join the Transformational Bioinformatics Group within AEHRC to develop novel bioinformatics solutions for research and industry using the latest technologies in cloud infrastructure and will be working closely with the external collaborators and stakeholders to design & architect modular bioinformatics design pipelines and standardised workflows, deployed on cloud computational and storage infrastructure.

You’ll be instrumental in bridging the gap between various bioinformatic pipelines and building a digital platform for designing RNA therapeutics, including vaccines, using cloud infrastructure, leading to the curated workflows which will enable rational modular designing and successive functional improvement of single or multi-component mRNA vaccine or therapeutic candidates. If you are fascinated in this area of research and contribute to novel bioinformatic solution, then do not hesitate to apply.

Your duties will include:
In collaboration with scientists, designing and implementing innovative cloud architecture to carry out impactful research and cater for the challenges in the health and life science domain (fast turn-around-time and large volumes of data).
Implementing ML solutions to biological research questions; Exploring novel ML methodological approaches to research questions.
Be knowledgeable about cloud services across multiple vendors (specifically AWS, Azure, GCP). 
Preparing appropriate documentation through repositories (e.g. bitbucket), project boards (e.g. trello), online communities (e.g. gist) and contributing to reports, scientific papers and blog posts.
Communicating openly, effectively and respectfully with all staff, clients and suppliers in the interests of good business practice, collaboration and enhancement of CSIRO’s reputation and a few other duties appropriate to the role.

Location: Open to any of these locations - Adelaide, SA; Canberra, ACT; Melbourne, VIC; Brisbane, QLD; Sydney, NSW

Salary: AU$105k – AU$114k plus up to 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Specified term of up to 2 years

Reference: 93397

To be considered you will need:
A bachelor or master degree or equivalent relevant work experience in a relevant discipline area, such as Information Technology, Bioinformatics, Electrical Engineering, or Data Science.
Proven impact from developing solutions on public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba cloud) or advanced high-performance computing (HPC) with demonstrated software engineering practices (use of repositories, deployment standards, efficiency analysis).
Evidence of advanced data analytics and programming capabilities in more than one language relevant to bioinformatics (e.g. Python, Java, C++, Scala, BASH, R, Julia).
High-level written and oral communication skills with the ability to represent the research team effectively internally and externally, including the presentation of research outcomes at national and international conferences.
A sound history of publication in peer-reviewed journals and/or authorship of scientific papers, reports, grant applications or patents.
A record of scientific innovation and creativity, including the ability & willingness to incorporate novel ideas and approaches into scientific investigations.


For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility
Applications for this position are open to Australian/ New Zealand citizens and Australian permanent residents currently residing in Australia.
Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

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
At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact. 

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs, whether we are undertaking research, engaging with the public or nurturing future scientists in person or online. Source – CSIRO Child Safe policy 2023

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

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.

Job website: http://jobs.csiro.au/job-invite/93397/

Contact name: Shree Chattopadhyay

Contact email: careers.online@csiro.au