El 2 (S&t Level 7) - Group Leader - Digital Science

$148,225 - $166,808 (plus Super)
- Edinburgh - SA

**The Role**
- Lead the Digital Science Delivery Group, comprising digital science future architectures; researcher partnership, engagement and project delivery; and research data and information
- Develop an externally partnered research program that leverages Digital Science techniques to support Defence clients
- Lead the exploitation of research data and information as a capability input and as a re-usable output of Defence S&T research, enabling research to build on the latest research knowledge Defence can access, and exploit its vast research data assets as a strategic resource.
- Ensure the evolving Innovation, Science and Technology program has access to the latest developments in research knowledge relevant to the research activities, including access to classified research provided by allied partners
- Ensure Defence research knowledge and data is available to Defence researchers, and exploitable as a strategic asset
- Ensure Defence researchers have access to the capability to make evidence-based decisions around their academic partnering, based on analysis of publishing records
- Drive a partnership approach with research activities to engage and deliver I,S&T capability inputs
- Ensure strategic engagement at the I,S&T program level to optimize the allocation of scarce Digital Science and Scientific Computing resources to prioritized research programs
- Ensure a partnership approach to engaging with individual divisions and research programs
- Develop and deliver tailored digital science environments to suit unique needs of research programs
- Lead the development of digital science future architectures and plans
- Ensures an understanding of the future needs to digitally transform and accelerate the Innovation, Science and Technology capability, and ensures DSSC has plans and architectures to achieve this
- Ensures an understanding of each research task seeking a tailored, innovative digital science environment to deliver research impact
- Consult widely, and build and maintain a network of stakeholders across the Defence and National Security S&T ecosystem, and establish strong and enduring relationships with strategic partners in Defence, academia and industry.
- Develop and draw upon strategic alliances (including international) to strengthen Defence’s Digital Science Delivery capability.
- Collaborate across DSSC in order to simplify access and meet stakeholder needs.
- Accountable for analysis, diagnosis, design, planning, and execution and evaluation activities and work independently in determining methods and strategy.
- Publish new digital science research.
- Work within a framework of legislation, established computational science principles, work practices and procedures in accordance with Defence’s mission and business objectives.

**About our Team**
Digital Science and Scientific Computing (DSSC) deliver capability to accelerate Defence and National Security Science & Technology through leadership, facilitated access to digital science capabilities, eResearch techniques, and by provisioning secure digital science capabilities supported by highly advanced digital research infrastructure.

Within Digital Science and Scientific Computing (DSSC), the Digital Science Delivery (DSD) Group conducts research and innovates where Science and Technology (S&T) converges with digital research infrastructure to deliver increased research efficiencies and enable new science discovery for Defence S&T researchers.

This encompasses Defence’s High Performance Computing (HPC), computational environments such as novel cloud platforms (SRCE), laboratories and experimental solutions including deploying research infrastructure to remote locations for real-world trials and combined military exercises. DSD staff provide expert S&T advice in these areas with a strong emphasis on security which is critical to Defence, it extends to include partnering with researchers to design and deliver tailored digital research capabilities using leading edge technology to accelerate and achieve research and experimental outcomes.

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DSD accelerates and enables research particularly where sovereign digital research infrastructure (and related systems) are required. Additionally, they ensure the complex and highly advanced program of work is well-integrated and provisioned securely, effectively and efficiently.

GL DSD provides significant leadership to computational and data science engineers and PhD qualified experts, and with a high degree of independence, is accountable for leading the DSD relationship with research programs, vendor partnerships, and provides the strategic guidance, direction and collaboration necessary to ensure digital science capability and delivery across the Defence and National Security S&T ecosystem.

GL DSD is accountable for planning and managing a significant integrated workforce (~45 APS and contractors), financial (including Defen