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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://gdit.com/careers/2019-55153-marine-meteorological-and-ocean-surface-data-specialist">https://gdit.com/careers/2019-55153-marine-meteorological-and-ocean-surface-data-specialist</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#2C4D77'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white'>Marine Meteorological and Ocean Surface Data Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F8F8F8'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Job Code: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F8F8F8'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>WSF08<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F8F8F8'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Requisition Number: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F8F8F8'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>2019-55153<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F8F8F8'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Department Number : Sector: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F8F8F8'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Fed Civ - Dip, Comm & Gov Ops<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F8F8F8'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Job Location: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F8F8F8'><span class=locality><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>Asheville</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>, <span class=state>NC</span> <span class=postal-code>28801</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F8F8F8'><span class=country><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>United States</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#F8F8F8'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#F8F8F8'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) was established to improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) ability to meet the demand for high-value environmental data and information by hosting and providing access to one of the most significant archives on Earth. Through innovative and value-added strategies, including the development of newly integrated products and services, NCEI is working to fulfill its mandate and to exceed customer expectations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>GDIT is committed to providing efficient, responsive and mission-oriented operations and maintenance support services to NCEI through excellence in service delivery, performance, and continual service improvement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>A Marine Meteorological and Ocean Surface Data Specialist with requisite abilities and experience in ingest, quality control and management of marine observational datasets from worldwide ocean surface observations (8+ years) is required. Demonstrated knowledge of coordinating activities for acquisition, processing, quality assurance and control, archiving, product generation and dissemination of surface marine data and products including surface marine data standards and the systems designed to document and manage the flow of information from international observing platforms and data collection centers. Demonstrated knowledge of surface marine data will be accessed through citations of authored or co-authored publications and/or reports. This position may require participation in international marine data collection and management working groups, such as the WMO-IOC Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology's (JCOMM)'s Expert Team on Marine Climatology (ETMC). The Data Specialist shall at a minimum meet ProTech Standard Definition Level 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>This position is significant to the NCEI mission because it requires unique skills in both data management and international coordination to maintain NCEI commitments to support operations of the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmospheric Data Set (ICOADS).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>In this role you may perform the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in;font-size:1.0625rem' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Provide scientific and technical support for the development, operations, and sustainment of scientific datasets and peer review products, product generation capabilities, and associated analytic tools for change detection, monitoring, and quality control<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Perform scientific data stewardship tasks necessary for the archive, preservation, and access of oceanographic data and products; consistent with the assigned Tiers of Scientific Data Stewardship and NCEI's operating procedure<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Identify, coordinate, and communicate with data providers for the purpose of defining and acquiring the ongoing and new oceanographic data submissions<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Perform "NCEI Data Steward" tasks for ensuring data collections are properly prepared and suitable for adding to NCEI's archive collections, such as examining data collections for scientific quality, adequacy of metadata, scientific units, proper formatting, etc..<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Provide day-to-day operations, project management, and scientific data management support for NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) and associated Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS) project<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Coordinate with NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program, NOAA's Environmental Data Management Committee, other NOAA offices and researchers for the development of coral reef data management and metadata development<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Collect and prepare information such as; coral data, metadata, CRCP accomplishment write-ups, products, publications, and information from CRCP projects and other sources for incorporation into the CoRIS and the NCEI archive<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Develop and maintain data search tools, glossaries, online mapping applications, and web content for CRCP and CoRIS.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Collect, analyze, report, and maintain CoRIS metrics for online usage statistics, submissions, additions to CoRIS, and other parameters of interest to NCEI<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Support development and presentation of outreach information and materials for scientific conferences and other coral reef stakeholder venues<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Elicit, capture, and translate user/stakeholder needs and associated information into requirements for Coral Reef Conservation Program's (CRCP's) systems, products, and servicesRecords (CDRs) and new products such as Global Ocean Heat Content, Salt Content, and a World Ocean Database Reference Environmental Data Records (REDRs)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Prepare and provide responses to information requests for CRCP projects, products, and other coral ecosystem resources available from within the Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Maintain and develop data records for both existing and new products, such as NOAA's existing operational Climate Data Records (CDRs) and new products such as Global Ocean Heat Content, Salt Content, and a World Ocean Database Reference Environmental Data Records (REDRs<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Maintain and transition existing data records, such as Sea Surface Temperature (SST) CDRs, and their production capability into the REDR framework for operational sustainment, including forward processing and reprocessing.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Perform scientific stewardship for NCEI's ocean data and products, to include the application of the Contractor's expertise in sea surface temperatures, salinity, ocean color, ocean surface topography, and marine winds, derived from satellite observations<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Perform scientific stewardship, applying the Contractor's oceanographic expertise for ecosystem data and products, including the development of time series records of chemical, biological and coincident physical information derived from in-situ source data ocean current data<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Perform scientific stewardship, applying the Contractor's oceanographic expertise for surface in situ oceanographic data and products including air-sea interface parameters and ocean surface measurements collected by ships, buoys, and fixed observing platforms to support products such as International Comprehensive OceanAtmospheric Data Set (ICOADS).<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Prepare scientifically sound professional papers, technical reports, and correspondence for NCEI developed oceanographic data products<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Develop, maintain, and improve data processing systems and application software for oceanographic data processing.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Facilitate and support the exchange of oceanographic data between NCEI and its affiliates for efforts that include the World Data Service for Oceanography, the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, and the World Meteorological Organization, International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange, and others<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#65665C;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:20.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Actively support, coordinate, and participate in archive processes and planning activities, such as integrated product teams and readiness reviews, for archive projects and collections<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:#F8F8F8'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>BA/BS but degree may be waived with experience. <br>- Masters and associates degrees are equivalent to two years of experience.<br>- Bachelors and doctoral degrees are equivalent to four years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:#F8F8F8'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>Qualifications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>8+ years of relevant experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F8F8F8'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F8F8F8'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#F8F8F8;font-size:1.0625rem'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#65665C'>For more than 50 years, General Dynamics Information Technology has served as a trusted provider of information technology, systems engineering, training and professional services to customers across federal, state, and local governments, and in the commercial sector. Over 40,000 GDIT professionals deliver enterprise solutions, manage mission-critical IT programs and provide mission support services worldwide. GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>