• Are you an experienced programmer looking for your next exciting challenge?
• Would you like to be involved in work that benefits the wider community?
• Join our team at CSIRO and contribute to projects led by CSIRO's Aquaculture Program

The Position

CSIRO Aquaculture Program requires the services of a suitably qualified and experienced Software Developer to work on industry breeding programs in the rapidly advancing aquaculture industry. The successful applicant will be located in Hobart and will work on maintaining and developing Oracle database solutions for aquaculture projects.

The Software Developer will gain an understanding of aquaculture breeding programs and, in particular, design database solutions and write supporting software. You will be expected to collaborate as part of a multi-disciplinary research team and to carry out tasks autonomously in support of scientific research.

Your duties will include:

• Develop an understanding of the science behind an applied aquaculture selective breeding program and its integrated data sets.
• Contribute to the design and development of original database solutions and experimental software in support of existing and further research.
• Assist in the development of web based outputs and reporting tools for data retrieval.

Location:  Hobart, TAS
Salary:  $97K to $105K plus up to 15.4% superannuation
Tenure:  Indefinite
Job reference:  48301

To be successful, you will need:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in computer science or software engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in the database building process from initial system specification to maintaining the system in production.
• Demonstrated ability to write database related support software including SQL.
• Ability to solve and create original data solutions to experimental research and scientific problems.
• Demonstrated ability and commitment to work professionally both as a member of a multidisciplinary team and independently, and to work effectively with a wide range of people, including industry personnel.
• A record of innovation and creativity plus the ability and willingness to incorporate novel ideas and approaches into your work.

Before you apply, please view the full position details and selection criteria here: Position description

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. Talk to us about how this role could be flexible for you. Find out more! Balance

About us: The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

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How to apply: Please upload one document only containing both your CV/Resume and cover letter providing enough information relevant to this position to enable the selection panel to determine your suitability.

Applications close: Thursday 30th August, 2018