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System Specialist<br>
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style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12pt;"></span>SSAI
is seeking a GEOS-5 Land Modeling and Data Assimilation
System specialist to support the Global Modeling and
Assimilation Office at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
The work location is in Greenbelt, MD.<span
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The position<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:
12pt;">is designed for a mid-career scientist/programmer
or numerical modeler with commensurate experience using
and/or running coupled atmosphere and land models. The
selected staff member will serve as integrator or “gate
keeper” for land model and data assimilation system
development at the NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation
Office (GMAO). This implies the following expected
duties: </span>
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style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
font-size: 12pt;">Become the subject matter expert
in development and documentation of the NASA GEOS-5
land modeling and data assimilation system.</span></p>
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normal; font-variant: normal; text-transform: none;
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style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
font-size: 12pt;">Integrate science software and
model parameters developed by GMAO science staff
into the operational GEOS-5 system and perform
associated tests.</span></p>
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normal; font-variant: normal; text-transform: none;
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style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
font-size: 12pt;">Assist in solving daily technical
problems (as opposed to strictly scientific
problems).</span></p>
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normal; font-variant: normal; text-transform: none;
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style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
font-size: 12pt;">Ensure proper coordination with
other model development groups in the GMAO.</span></p>
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normal; font-variant: normal; text-transform: none;
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style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
font-size: 12pt;">Maintain appropriate standards and
interfaces to facilitate coupling of
Land-Atmosphere-Ocean models in the broader NASA
GEOS-5 system. </span></p>
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style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:
12pt;">A minimum of a BS degree<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
font-size: 12pt;">in numerical land, atmospheric, or
ocean modeling or a related field and 8 years of
relevant experience is required for this position, </span>or
an equivalent combination of education and professional
experience. </span></p>
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none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;"><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:
12pt;">A Master's Degree is strongly preferred.
Applicants should possess 5-</span><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:
12pt;">10 years of experience in designing, running, and
analyzing output from standalone or coupled land,
atmosphere, or ocean numerical models or data
assimilation systems. Extensive experience in FORTRAN
programming is required. The applicant must be very
detail-oriented. Experience in Python programming is
highly desired, as is familiarity with relevant data
formats (including NetCDF and HDF) and object-oriented
software paradigms (e.g., ESMF). Expert knowledge of
parallel computing processes and languages is also
desired.</span></p>
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