Network Engineer – SKA-Low Telescope

The SKA Observatory is a next-generation radio astronomy facility that will revolutionise our understanding of the Universe and the laws of fundamental physics. Enabled by cutting-edge technology, it promises to have a major impact on society, in science and beyond.

In Australia, the SKA Observatory is collaborating with CSIRO to operate and support the construction of the low frequency telescope (SKA-Low) in remote Western Australia on Wajarri Yamaji Country.

The Traditional Owners and native title holders, the Wajarri Yamaji, have gifted CSIRO with the traditional name Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara for the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, home to the SKA-Low telescope. The traditional name means ‘sharing sky and stars’ in the Wajarri language.

In your role as the SKA-Low Network Engineer you will be responsible for the deployment, configuration, and support of the networking infrastructure of the SKA-Low Telescope, the Science Operations Centre (SOC) and the SKAO Science Processing Centre (SPC) located at the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre. You will work alongside the SKAO’s Network Architect, SKA Low Network Engineer at the Engineering Operations Centre in Geraldton, SKAO’s Computing Infrastructure Lead, and other domain specialists, project managers and system engineers to ensure the networks for the SKA-Low Telescope are fit for purpose, providing the quality needed for a system that will have to last, and be continually developed, for decades. You will also be an active contributor to the general design and implementation of the SKA-Low Networks. This role reports directly to the SKA-Low Site Reliability Engineering Manager.

Due to the locations involved in the SKA Project, in particular South Africa and the United Kingdom, this role will require work outside of normal hours. It will also require domestic travel to Inyarrimanha Ilgari Bundara, the CSIRO Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory on Wajarri Yamaji Country, to our facilities in Geraldton, and occasionally internationally, specifically to the United Kingdom and South Africa.