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Senior Specialist: Systems Development
About the job Senior Specialist: Systems Development
Minimum requirements:
- Proficiency in the design, development, testing and deployment of production-grade services, APIs and web applications
- Proficiency in relational database design and SQL
- Proficiency in Python
- Understanding of object-oriented design principles and patterns
- Experience in the use of version control software
- Excellent communication skills
- An aptitude for solving complex problems
- Attention to detail and a passion for systems development
Nice to have:
- Experience in Data Ops / Data Engineering
- Experience working with large volumes of data and continuous data streams
- Proficiency in the R programming language
- Experience working with geospatial data
- Familiarity with JSON and JSON Schema
- Experience in the use of authorization protocols such as OAuth2
- Familiarity with the Linux command line and Linux server administration
- Familiarity with Microsoft systems and Windows server administration
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the design and development of data- and metadata-automation pipelines in support of the management and publication of continuous data streams originating from a variety of land- and marine-based environmental monitoring instrumentation.
- Work closely with data curators, developers, scientists and technicians to understand and capture system requirements, and to establish a framework for automating the harvesting and processing of data streams so as to integrate with existing systems and workflows.