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Acknowledgement of Country

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation .

Role highlights

- Get hands-on experience in a leading scientific organisation.
- Access CSIRO's world-class facilities and work with a supportive team to deliver solutions with real impact.
- Apply for a CSIRO Vacation Studentship today!

About CSIRO

As Australia's national science agency, CSIRO is solving the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. Many of our iconic innovations were once considered impossible until someone, just like you, joined us and took on the challenge.

Visit CSIRO.au for more information.

The Opportunity

Our Undergraduate Vacation Studentships are run over the Australian summer holidays and offer high achieving and promising undergraduate students the opportunity to collaborate with CSIRO researchers in our world class facilities.

Participation in a CSIRO Vacation Studentship offers access to real world experience that provide insights into future study and career directions. Many previous vacation students have gone on to pursue a PhD and build a successful research career within CSIRO, universities, or industry.





CSIRO’s Information Management and Technology team provide a range of secure information management and technology (IMT) services, from hardware needs and software tools to records management and scientific computing to give CSIRO the edge in the digital age. They also support scientific computing and storage, and enterprise applications including productivity and collaboration tools.

Project title:

Cloud-supported IoT project.

Project description:

The purpose of the studentship is to learn about cloud services to support field-based IoT experiments, and gain experience in cloud orchestration, IoT, and tunnelling technologies. Cybersecurity concerns will need to be addressed through a number of different scenarios and network configurations. Caching options to be explored will include MQTT, Kafka, and databases.

Relevant Field/s of Study:

Embedded systems; IoT networking; cloud computing orchestration.

Supervisor/Contact:

Chris Russell at

Location:

Sydney, NSW

Stipend:

$2,056.32 per fortnight

Duration:

Placements are for 8 weeks between November 2026 and February 2027

Reference:

To be considered you will need

- To be enrolled in an undergraduate degree at an Australian university.
- Have completed at least 2 years (full-time equivalent) of an undergraduate course at the commencement of the studentship.
- A strong academic record (credit average or higher)



and/or known capability in the field.
- An interest in pursuing a research career in science or technology, or a career in a related discipline.
- The ability to undertake a full-time placement for 8-12 weeks over the university summer vacation period.

Eligibility

Applications for these studentships are open to: Australian and New Zealand Citizens; Australian Permanent Residents; and International students who have full work rights for the duration of the placement (do not require visa sponsorship).

Appointment to this role may be subject to conditions including provision of a national police check as well as other security/medical/character clearance requirements.

Inclusion and belonging

Solving Australia's greatest challenges takes a diversity of minds and lived experiences. We know diverse teams are more effective and deliver more innovative outcomes. As an equal employment prospect organisation, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive teams where people feel they belong. We recognise true diversity encompasses all ages, abilities, cultures, faiths, levels of education, genders, sexualities, diversity of thought and much more. We focus on hiring people who share our values of People First, Further Together, Making it Real and Trusted.

CSIRO holds Platinum Status for the Australian Workplace Equality Index for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, and a Science in Australia Gender Equity Bronze Award.

Child Safety

CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy .

Applications Close

Monday 10 August 2026, 11:00pm AEST

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📌 Undergraduate Vacation Studentships - Information Management and Technology (City of Sydney)
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