About the position
The Senior Pipeline Engineer will provide subject matter expertise to the company -Mid Computing and Software Telescope Operations team in the analysis, development, operation and maintenance of the Mid telescope astronomy pipelines and other data analysis products such as the QA matrices. They’re responsible for the identification, research and analysis of the problem sets, investigation of potential solutions, implementation, testing and verification of such solutions.
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Design, develop and improve data processing telescope software and data products.
- Documentation and testing of the pipeline and data processing software
- Support deployment of releases
- Respond to system incidents and provide support for the company -Mid telescope data processing pipelines and software
- Participate in company -Mid Computing and Software Operations planning and continuous improvement
- Be an integral, senior member of company -Mid Computing and Software operations teams, providing regular operations support for the Mid telescope’s data processing capability.
- Provide senior support to the more junior team members during operations and be their point of escalation.
- Establish and maintain working relationships with members of other company O teams.
- Work with other subsystems team members to respond to inter-team and system-level issues.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Qualification:
- A Degree/ Masters/ PHD in astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, or related, applied/interdisciplinary sciences
Experience:
- A Degree coupled with 9 years relevant working experience or Master’s Degree coupled with 7 years relevant working experience or
- PHD coupled with 5 years relevant working experience in astronomy, astrophysics, or related, applied/interdisciplinary sciences
- Experience in development, testing, deployment, commissioning, release and support of scientific software or data analytics projects
- Experience developing scientific software using Python and Python libraries, or similar languages
- Experience working with Radio astronomy software packages, e.g. CASA, MeqTREES Knowledge:
- Experience in Radio astronomy data analysis calibration and imaging techniques and tools
- Knowledge of Radio Astronomy instrumentation and observatory practices
- Experience in performing data-driven astronomy research
- Experience in Software development, preferably scientific programming using Python and Python libraries
- Experience in large science data curation, manipulation, transfer, management and archival
- Experience and understanding of system architecture concepts
- An understanding of scaled agile methodologies and DevOps processes
- Knowledge of Systems Engineering and systems delivery practices
- Experience working in interdisciplinary environments and matrix teams during some project phases such as integration, deployment, testing, verification as well as during telescope operations.
- Effective communication and collaborative work within teams, and with other subject matter experts
- Ability to develop and convey a technical and business vision to both stakeholders and development or support teams
- Maintain external links with professional and/or specialist bodies, communities or groups.
Desired Skills:
- • IT Services
- Operations and Support
- • Adaptability
