<div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div>Ocean Networks Canada at UVIC is currently hiring a Scientific Data Specialist.. Please see the following links of the posting:</div><div>UVIC: <a href="https://uvic.mua.hrdepartment.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/4062">https://uvic.mua.hrdepartment.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/4062</a><br></div><div>ONC: <a href="http://www.oceannetworks.ca/scientific-data-specialist-pea-regular">http://www.oceannetworks.ca/scientific-data-specialist-pea-regular</a></div><div>Below is an excerpt from the posting.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Angela Schlesinger</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------------------</div><div>

<div class="gmail-form-group" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;margin-bottom:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail-col-lg-3 gmail-col-md-3 gmail-col-sm-3 gmail-col-xs-12 gmail-text-right gmail-text-left-xs gmail-text-bold-xs gmail-job-detail-label" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;text-align:right;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:226px">Job Summary</div><div class="gmail-col-lg-9 gmail-col-md-9 gmail-col-sm-9 gmail-col-xs-12 gmail-job-detail-input gmail-dhtml_editor_render" id="gmail-job_details_ats_requisition_description" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:678px"><div class="gmail-cell_input_wide gmail-dhtml_editor_render gmail-col-sm-12 gmail-form-control-static" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;min-height:34px;padding:7px 15px;float:left;width:648px;margin-bottom:0px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.6rem;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.6rem;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline">Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is a world-leading organization supporting ocean discovery and technological innovation. ONC is as a not-for-profit society that operates and manages innovative cabled observatories on behalf of the University of Victoria that supply continuous power and Internet connectivity to various scientific instruments located in coastal, deep-ocean, and Arctic environments. ONC’s cable arrays host hundreds of sensors distributed in, on and above the seabed along with mobile and land based assets strategically located, instruments that address key scientific and policy issues (subsea earthquakes and tsunamis, ocean acidification, marine biodiversity, etc.) within a wide range of environments.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.6rem;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.6rem;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline">The Scientific Data Specialist is responsible for the development of sophisticated data products, including verification and quality assessment of real-time and archived data. These data products enable scientific and non-scientific users to understand, interpret and analyze the information collected via the instruments on the network operated by ONC.</p></div></div></div><div class="gmail-form-group" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;margin-bottom:15px;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail-col-lg-3 gmail-col-md-3 gmail-col-sm-3 gmail-col-xs-12 gmail-text-right gmail-text-left-xs gmail-text-bold-xs gmail-job-detail-label" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;text-align:right;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:226px">Job Requirements</div><div class="gmail-col-lg-9 gmail-col-md-9 gmail-col-sm-9 gmail-col-xs-12 gmail-job-detail-input gmail-dhtml_editor_render" id="gmail-job_details_ats_requisition_requirements" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:678px"><div class="gmail-cell_input_wide gmail-dhtml_editor_render gmail-col-sm-12 gmail-form-control-static" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;min-height:34px;padding:7px 15px;float:left;width:648px;margin-bottom:0px"><div class="gmail-cell_input_wide gmail-dhtml_editor_render gmail-col-sm-12 gmail-form-control-static" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;min-height:34px;padding:7px 15px;float:left;width:618px;margin-bottom:0px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.6rem;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.6rem;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline">The Scientific Data Specialist will have a Master’s degree in Earth and Ocean Sciences or related field and 2-3 years of experience working with data from oceanographic instruments, or the equivalent combination of education and experience. Essential qualifications include excellent problem solving and interpersonal skills as well as a strong quantitative and technical background in relevant fields.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.6rem;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.6rem;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline">The following knowledge and experience is required:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.6rem;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;padding-left:30px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:15px;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;list-style-position:outside;margin-bottom:0.4rem;margin-left:1.8rem">experience developing data products using computational and data analysis/visualization packages such as Matlab, R, IDL and Mathematica or their public domain equivalents</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:15px;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;list-style-position:outside;margin-bottom:0.4rem;margin-left:1.8rem">experience with time series and spatial analysis</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:15px;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;list-style-position:outside;margin-bottom:0.4rem;margin-left:1.8rem">excellent skills in quantitative data validation</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:15px;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;list-style-position:outside;margin-bottom:0.4rem;margin-left:1.8rem">knowledge of scientific data formats/standards such as netCDF, HDF, SensorML or other XML-based formats used in Earth and Ocean Sciences</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:15px;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;list-style-position:outside;margin-bottom:0.4rem;margin-left:1.8rem">proven ability to take projects from conception to completion</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:15px;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;list-style-position:outside;margin-bottom:0.4rem;margin-left:1.8rem">experience with relational databases, modelling and simulation, and using query tools such as SQL</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.6rem;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.6rem;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.6rem;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.6rem;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline">Moreover, the following characteristics would be desirable:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:16px;margin-bottom:16px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.6rem;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;padding-left:30px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:15px;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;list-style-position:outside;margin-bottom:0.4rem;margin-left:1.8rem">practical experience in R, C/C++ or Java, XML or HTML and scripting languages</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:15px;font-family:inherit;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;zoom:1;list-style-position:outside;margin-bottom:0.4rem;margin-left:1.8rem">some experience with handling or maintaining oceanographic instruments</li></ul></div></div></div></di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