Geospatial Analytics & Data Systems – Graduate Researcher

Collaw; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) seeks a Graduate Researcher in Geospatial Analysis and Data Systems in Sydney. The role involves building research infrastructure, satellite analysis pipelines, and an internal data platform while collaborating with researchers and regional offices.

Ideal candidates hold a quantitative master's degree and have strong Python and SQL skills. The position offers a 12-month fixed-term contract with potential extension and a path to ongoing work within the

Qualifications

• A master's degree or higher in computer science, data science, geography, statistics, economics or a related quantitative field.
• Strong programming ability in Python, including the scientific and data stack (pandas, NumPy).
• Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases; experience with PostgreSQL is preferred.
• Sound understanding of statistics and quantitative research methods.
• Ability to take a loosely defined problem, scope it and deliver a working result with limited supervision.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills; interest in peace, conflict and development research.

Responsibilities

• Help establish IEP's satellite analysis programme, scope initial projects, select methods, build pipelines and produce initial analysis.
• Develop and maintain IEP's internal data infrastructure, including ingesting and cleaning datasets, improving schemas and documentation.
• Maintain and improve the MCP connector and tooling to give researchers and AI systems access to the internal database.
• Support automated pipelines behind IEP's indices and recurring publications.
• Manage deployments and data workflows on Azure and build internal AI workflows.
• Collaborate with researchers, communications team and regional offices on data products.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistics

Communication

Problem scoping

Education

Master's degree or higher in a quantitative field

Tools

PostgreSQL

Azure

GDAL

GeoPandas

Job description

Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) seeks a Graduate Researcher in Geospatial Analysis and Data Systems in Sydney. The role involves building research infrastructure, satellite analysis pipelines, and an internal data platform while collaborating with researchers and regional offices.

Ideal candidates hold a quantitative master's degree and have strong Python and SQL skills. The position offers a 12-month fixed-term contract with potential extension and a path to ongoing work within the