Job Title: Geospatial Analyst
Job Location: NCEAS, Santa Barbara, CA
Start Date: available immediately
NCEAS (http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu) and the iPlant Collaborative
(http://iplantcollaborative.org) seek an experienced
geospatial/environmental analyst (GA) to design and create an integrated
data product merging satellite, weather station, digital elevation model
data, and potentially other data resources, to produce an innovative
suite of geospatially-referenced layers that will help inform plant
biology and ecological analyses.
Candidates should have experience with multiple geospatial tools useful
for working with large raster and vector datasets, timeseries data, and
NASA satellite data (e.g. ASTER, MODIS), including e.g., R's raster
package, GDAL libraries, Python, ArcInfo, Matlab, or related tools. The
GA need not be a statistical expert but must be cognizant of the
statistical issues when working with geospatial and temporal datasets.
The GA will interact closely with a team of scientists, as well as
developers at the iPlant Collaborative, in defining the exact
deliverables and calculation methods to be used for this project. The
position is for one year with the potential for a second year. The
target salary starts at $54K/year but is negotiable based on experience.
The incumbent will work at NCEAS (http://nceas.ucsb.edu), associated
closely with the NCEAS "Environment and Organisms" working group
(http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/featured/mcgill), and as an employee of the
Univ of California, Santa Barbara.The position is part of a broader
collaboration among multiple institutions (U. Maine/McGill, Yale/Jetz,
U. Colo/Guralnick) , and the iPlant Collaborative
(http://iplantcollaborative.org), and may require occasional travel to
these locations. The person will ideally be based in Santa Barbara,
though a remote working situation with travel to Santa Barbara will be
considered under special circumstances.
If interested, please apply through the UCSB Human Resources website
https://jobs.ucsb.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1310770293129
where you should search for the Working Title Name of "Geospatial
Analyst", job # 20110235. If any questions, please feel free to contact
Mark Schildhauer, NCEAS' Director of Computing ([email protected]).
UCSB is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the
diversity and excellence of the academic community through research,
teaching and service. UCSB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer.
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Mark Schildhauer, Ph.D. 735 State St., Suite 300
Director of Computing, NCEAS Santa Barbara CA USA 93101
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 805-892-2509 FAX: 805-892-2510
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu
