Please be advised that Geoscience Australia's recruitment platform will be undergoing maintenance from June 13th to June 18th. During this period, candidates will not have access to the system to upload their applications. We kindly request that you take this downtime into consideration when preparing your response and ensure that you are able to submit your application before the position closing date. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation Geoscience Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Cultures, and to elders past and present. About us Geoscience Australia is Australia's pre-eminent public sector geoscience organisation. We are the nation's trusted advisor on the geology and geography of Australia. We apply science and technology to describe and understand the Earth for the benefit of Australia. We apply our diverse professional expertise, our deep and trusted knowledge, our national-scale Earth observation infrastructure and our strong partnerships, to the opportunities and challenges that face our nation. Our culture Our strength lies in our people, including our diversity in backgrounds, skills and experiences, and the way we work together to respond to the emerging needs of our work. We value diversity in gender, backgrounds, culture, and experiences of our employees and are committed to providing an inclusive workplace culture that ensures everyone has equal opportunity to contribute, participate and progress. Applications from people who reflect this diversity are encouraged. Our workplace is committed to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees and offers a variety of flexible working arrangements to enhance flexibility, including remote working arrangements. What we can offer you When you work at Geoscience Australia you will have access to a range of benefits and the opportunity to experience a workplace culture that truly values and promotes diversity, inclusion, equity and belonging. To learn more about our competitive salary, free onsite parking, generous flexible working arrangements and the role you can play in growing our culture click here . The key duties of the position include Our team Digital Earth Australia is a program that creates free and open satellite data products for the benefit of Australia. It's our mission to embed satellite imagery and data into decisions that support a sustainable Australian environment, a resilient society and a strong economy. The Digital Earth Australia team is fuelled by diversity and deep expertise. We are a team of Earth observation and data scientists, system engineers, developers, and geospatial analysts. We share our work through open access code repositories and scientific journals and have a strong track record of well-cited publications in the Earth observation domain. We embrace a culture of exploration, of continual learning and development, and of collaboration and knowledge sharing. The Services and Support Section within DEA manages the ongoing operations and maintenance of all production products and services for the Branch. We are additionally accountable for the Data and Digital services and strategy of the Branch, in alignment with corporate ICT practices. The role As a Data and Systems Engineer for DEA, you will work closely with our software and product development teams to ensure that our upstream satellite imagery is downloaded, processed, and delivered to the appropriate systems. In this role you will utilise strong analytical skills and debugging techniques, alongside critical analysis to troubleshoot and resolve system-based issues through structured programming. You will also perform root causes analysis of problems and action Change and Problem requests. In this role you will: Maintain and develop a number of high-volume data downloading pipelines using web APIs. Maintain communication with upstream international data providers regarding their service and data upgrades and failures. Operational maintenance and monitoring of a number of data processing pipelines, and contribute to the identification and implementation of systems improvement initiatives. Maintain and develop as needed satellite imagery downloads (from external providers to our on premise and cloud data storage environments). Indexing of imagery into our on-premise database and maintaining the codebase that triggers data processing Occasionally archiving faulty imagery to be reprocessed and run the scripts that launch ARD processing scripts. Liaise with external upstream data providers regarding operational support, risks, and break fix. To be successful in the role you will: Anticipate and respond to stakeholder needs and expectations. Be able to work as part of a high-performing team. Be able to drive open and transparent communications, collaboration, innovation, accountability, and delivery. Commit to a culture of inclusiveness, continuous improvement, and user engagement. Required skills, knowledge, experience and/or qualifications 3 years of experience on roles that rely on the use of Python, Linux (especially bash scripting), Web APIs, RDBMS (Postgres) Strong understanding of data engineering principle Experience with GitOps (git CI/CD) An understanding of geospatial concepts (maybe GDAL and associated Python ecosystem) Experience with Cloud engineering (AWS, terraform, kubernetes) Familiarity with YAML, image processing concepts, numpy-based scientific Python stack Are you unsure about applying? Did you know that a Hewlett Packard internal report found that men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60 per cent of the job requirements? Women and other people from diverse backgrounds tend to only apply when they check every box. If you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on what we are looking for, please still apply or get in touch with the contact officer to learn more about the role. To Apply Please visit thecareers pageof our website to submit your application via our e-Recruit system. Your application should include: Your resume (no more than 3 pages) A brief statement (no more than 700 words) outlining your transferable skills, experience and capabilities related to the role and the value you would bring to Geoscience Australia. If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Claire Krause on (02) 6249 9242 or email claire.krausega.gov.au To learn more about applying for roles within the Australian Public Services please review, ' Applying for an APS job: cracking the code'.