About the position
A key role has opened for a Senior Data Analyst / Telescope Operator to lead a small team of data analysts/operators supporting science operations and development activities during the construction phase.
This position is ideal for a qualified professional with experience in scientific operations, data analysis, and team leadership. You will be responsible for developing operator procedures, mentoring and training team members, and ensuring quality assurance in operational and scientific processes.
The Senior Data Analyst/Telescope Operator will be part of the science operations team and will lead a team of 4-5 data analysts/operators to support the organisation's science operations and development activities during the construction phase. Additionally, there are responsibilities for the development of operator procedures and documentation, mentoring and training of the Data Analyst/Telescope Operators under their supervision, day-to-day observing of the Infrastructure and providing analysis of the initial data from the infrastructure for quality assessment and science verification. The observations during this phase is expected to be 24/7 with the team working shift patterns,
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage performance of the Data Analyst/Telescope Operator team
- Lead the design and documentation of operational procedures
- Conduct, monitor, and calibrate observations, ensuring correct use of computing resources
- Ensure quality assurance of data and timely completion of QA tasks
- Facilitate communication between technical staff and scientific stakeholders
Minimum Requirements
Qualification(s) required:
- MSc, BSc (Hons), or Undergraduate degree in Physics, Astronomy, Engineering, Computing, or related discipline (qualification level aligned with experience requirements below)
Experience (qualification-dependent):
- Proven experience in a technical or scientific environment, including data analysis and/or telescope operations:
- 4 years' relevant experience, coupled with an MSc, OR
- 5 years' relevant experience, coupled with a BSc (Hons), OR
- 6 years' relevant experience, coupled with an Undergraduate degree
Additional Proven experience in and skills required as follows:
- Leading a small team
- Controlling and operating scientific research instruments, including scheduling
- Developing operational procedures, monitoring dashboards, and documentation
- Data analysis and scientific computing (Python, C, C++ in Linux environments)
- Familiarity with SAFE or Agile code development practices
- Ability to work under pressure with multiple priorities
- Strong leadership and independent work capabilities
Knowledge required:
- Principles of radio astronomy and interferometric calibration
- Radio astronomy reduction software
- Control and monitoring systems
- Scientific computing and software development
Competencies required:
- Domain knowledge in scientific observations and data reduction pipelines
- High-level analytical and problem-solving capability
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Verbal and written communication in English
- Resource management and leadership
- Judgement and problem solving
- Equity, diversity, and inclusivity awareness
- Ability to work day/night shifts on a 24-hour rotational basis
Desired Skills:
- Data Analysis
- Physics
- Astronomy
- Team Leadership
- Telescope Operations
- Scientific Computing
- Quality Assurance
- Radio Astronomy
- Operational Procedures
Desired Qualification Level:
