Software Engineer to support BMKG to develop MQTT server
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1. Background
DAI, an international consulting firm based in the United
States, is currently accepting applications from candidates for a Climate and Weather Information Specialist
position in Jakarta to
support the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Adaptasi Perubahan Iklim dan Ketangguhan
Project in Indonesia (APIK). APIK will support
the Government of Indonesia to strengthen climate and disaster resilience,
working in an integrated manner from the national level down to the community
level. APIK will help to mainstream climate change adaptation and disaster risk
reduction into national and sub-national governance frameworks, build the
capacity of local communities and the private sector to address climate change
and weather-related natural hazards, and support the use of information for
climate and disaster risk management among key stakeholders.
Task 3 focuses on the collection, packaging, and
dissemination of climate and weather information (CWI) services. Better climate
and weather information systems are fundamental to fostering place-based
resilience across the archipelago, saving lives in the near term (i.e. disaster
risk reduction) while supporting better planning and public investment in the
medium to long term (i.e. climate change adaptation).
Based on 2016’s APIK’s CWIS Assessment Report, many BMKG
product aren’t deliver in specific geographical level & specific user
perspective. For example, the farmers need to access the monthly seasonal
rainfall prediction, for his/her village/sub-district context. In Sulawesi and
Maluku, the climate information in details was produced in the Bulletin form
(hardcopy) or in PDF format (softcopy). The dissemination methodology is
conducted by circulating the printed version to several government agencies,
with the expectations that local governments will spread it again to the
community. During our assessment, we found out that this method is less run
optimally. Currently through Climate Field School Program and several
Socialization program, we try to encourage the beneficiaries (farmers,
fisherfolks, community members, etc.) to access the information directly by
mobile application, websites, WhatsApp group, etc. However, not all the
community member has a smartphone and stable internet connection. Even worse,
some village doesn’t covers by mobile networks (e.g. Wassu village at Maluku,
Batujaya village at Konsel).
To provide daily updated of climate & weather
information in the rural area, especially that have poor (or doesn’t have any)
mobile networks, APIK intend to provide a solution utilizing Long Range-Low
Power Wide Area Network/LP-WAN (e.g. LoRa) and IoT device (e.g. CWI Display). The
internet will be connected by installing the LP-WAN Base Station at the nearest
available mobile network area (e.g. nearest neighbor village), and then
forwarded the information through LP-WAN Networks to the IoT Devices. But first,
The LP-WAN Gateway shall receive real time information from the internet. To
ensure the internet connection is in the stable condition, we are planning to
use MQTT protocol that consumes less bandwidth of internet.
Therefore, APIK planned to support BMKG to develop MQTT
server to provide the climate & weather information in MQTT format.
Currently the available information only provided by http server in xml format
(webdata.bmkg.go.id). We need to establish MQTT server that will translate the
xml format to MQTT format. In the future, this server can be used to distribute
information to other media or devices in various forms. Meanwhile, BMKG Head
Office also planned to standardize the communication protocol for the sensors
across Indonesia and they are planning to implement MQTT as a new communication
protocol. This protocol can be used both ways: from device to main server, or
from main server to the device.
2. Objectives and Duties:
·
To develop BMKG MQTT Server to support data
feeding from BMKG http (xml) server to device (e.g. CWI Display) including:
o
translate climate & weather information from
http (xml) server to MQTT format
o
Generate database of CWI in MQTT Server
·
To deploy BMKG MQTT Broker Software in BMKG
Hardware Production Machine
3. Output:
·
Climate & Weather Information translated in
MQTT format
·
MQTT Broker Software is developed according to
the desired needs
·
MQTT Broker Server Installed in BMKG Production
Machine
4. Qualifications:
·
Min. Bachelor Degree (Preferred in ICT/science/Engineering
Physics), others are welcome if have strong knowledge or experience below.
·
1-7 year(s) experienced in website & system
development
·
Experienced with:
o Software
Development
o Internet
of Things/Instrumentation
o Parsing
XML data
o Implementation
of MQTT Broker Server
5. Base of Operations:
Jakarta, Indonesia
6. Reporting:
The Software Engineer will report to Climate
Information Services Advisor
7. Schedule:
Jan 2018 to Apr 2018
8. APPLICATION SEND
Interested applicants are invited to send their CV to APIK_Recruitment@DAI.com. Please send
applications no later than 15 January
2018. Applicants are instructed to write “Software Engineer – NAME” as the Subject line of their email. We
regret that we are unable to acknowledge receipt of all applications and only
shortlisted candidates will be notified.
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