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              SSAI is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative
              Action Employer. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
              <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size:
                9pt;">EEO/AA – Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans</span></span></td>
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            text-decoration: none;">Land Modeling and Data Assimilation
            System Specialist<br>
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            font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: normal;"><span
              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
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              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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                    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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                    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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                    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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                    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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                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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                style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size:
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                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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