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Date: Fri, Aug 2, 2019 at 3:07 PM
Subject: [CLIMLIST] Vacancy: Software Engineer Position with the North
Carolina Institute for Climate Studies (USA)
Origin: David Easterling - NOAA Federal <[email protected]>
The North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies (NCICS) is an UNC
inter-institutional research institute whose primary focus is to promote
the discovery of new knowledge about global, regional, and local climate
variability and its impacts; and to provide information that is critical
for determining trends and validating climate forecasts at all these
spatial scales. One of NCICS’ primary activities is the operation of the
NOAA Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites North Carolina
(CICS-NC) formed through a consortium of academic, non-profit, and
community organizations with leadership from the University of Maryland,
College Park (UMCP) and North Carolina State University (NCSU) on behalf
of the University of North Carolina (UNC) System. CICS-NC provides foci
for collaborative research and associated activities in support of NOAA
mission goals related to meteorological satellite and climate data and
information research and development.
This position is located in Asheville, NC
The Software Engineer will provide expertise in scientific
programming and data analytics to address the software engineering
needs of the Institute’s National Climate Assessment Technical
Support Unit (TSU) activities including the following:
* Design, develop, and maintain web-based tools for internal and
external management of data, report drafts, report reviews, and
author resources.
* Provide innovative software engineering solutions for the needs of
the assessment team.
* Develop innovative analytical solutions to support the development
and analysis of high quality, large-scale research data sets needed
for assessment activities.
* Work in a team environment developing integrated analytical and
graphical applications.
* Support integration of climate datasets into existing frameworks for
data analysis and evaluation.
* Plan, develop, and implement quality assurance, evaluation, and
troubleshooting tools and applications to ensure accessibility and
integrity of datasets and other end products.
* Fully participate in unit (Institute, NCEI, TSU, etc.) activities
and meetings.
* Other related duties as assigned.
<https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/119640>
David R. Easterling, Ph.D.
Director, National Climate Assessment Technical Support Unit
Center for Weather and Climate
NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
151 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801 USA
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Voice: +1 828 271 4675
Fax: +1 828 271 4022
