Senior Data Analyst

ENVIRONMENT:

A radio astronomy company is seeking a Senior Data Analyst who will form part of the science operations team and lead a group of 4–5 analysts/operators to support science operations and development activities throughout the construction phase. This role includes developing operator procedures and documentation, as well as mentoring and training the Data Analysts/Operators within the team. Once construction concludes, the team will take responsibility for day-to-day observing and for analysing the initial data produced for quality assessment and science verification, with round-the-clock operations requiring a shift-based working structure.

DUTIES:

• Manage performance of data analyst/ Telescope operator team
• Play a leading role in the designing and documenting of operating procedures for our client.
• Conduct, monitor and calibrate astronomical observations and use appropriate computing resources towards successful the operation.
• Assume responsibility for quality assurance of data and ensure timeous completion of QA tasks by team
• Enable communication between engineering and technical staff and scientific stakeholders.

REQUIREMENTS:

Qualification:

• MSc in physics, astronomy, engineering, computing or related discipline, coupled with 4 years??experience in a technical or scientific
• : OR
• BSc (Hons) in physics, astronomy, engineering, computing or related discipline, coupled with 5 years??experience in a technical or
• scientific environment.: OR
• Undergraduate degree in physics, astronomy or related discipline, coupled with 6 years??experience in a technical or scientific
•  

Experience:

• Experience in leading a team
• Experience in controlling and operating a scientific research instrument including scheduling
• Experience in developing of operational procedures, monitoring dashboards and documentation
• Data analysis

Knowledge:

• Principles of radio astronomy and interferometric calibration
• Radio astronomy reduction software
• Control and monitoring systems
• Scientific computing

Skills/Ability/Competencies

Related Skills:

• Knowledge of, or experience using control and monitoring software
• Technical report writing
• Understanding of knowledge management

Extreme Importance (Essential):

• Domain knowledge: Experience in radio astronomy observations and data reduction pipelines
• High level analytical capability: Demonstrated problem-solving ability
• Teamwork and collaboration: Cooperates with others to achieve organisational objectives and may share team resources to do this
• Well-developed verbal and wri
  
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