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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear WRF users:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Northrop Grumman Information Technology/TASC has an opening for an atmospheric scientist with experience with the WRF modeling system. Resumes should be sent to randall.alliss@ngc.com.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Description: </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Candidate with be supporting projects for scientific applications covering areas such as atmospheric modeling, network simulation, and visualization. Duties will include setting up, executing and analyzing output from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. In addition, duties will include development of proprietary software used to generate and/or analyze large data sets (multi-gigabyte to multi-terabyte).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Requirements:</FONT>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">US citizen capable of obtaining a DoD SECRET clearance </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A M.S. or Ph.D. from an accredited university in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, or related discipline</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Experience setting up and running the WRF model</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Experience running jobs on a High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster using a batch queuing system (such as PBS)</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Several projects worth of experience using a compiled language such as Fortran, C, or C++</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Experience using a high level scripting language such as Python, Perl, Ruby, or a UNIX shell</FONT></LI>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Preferences</FONT>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Active security clearance (SECRET or higher)</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Experience using the WRF-Var data assimilation software</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Experience using a version control system for software development (e.g., RCS, CVS, Subversion, git)</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3+ years experience working in a UNIX-like environment, using shells, editors, compilers, makefiles, and debuggers</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3+ years experience using the Python scripting language</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Familiarity with parallel programming (OpenMP and/or MPI)</FONT></LI>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-Eric</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Eric M. Kemp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Meteorologist</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Northrop Grumman Information Technology</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Intelligence Group (TASC)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">4801 Stonecroft Boulevard</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Chantilly, VA 20151</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(703) 633-8300 x7078 (lab)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(703) 633-8300 x8278 (office)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(703) 449-3400 (fax)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">eric.kemp@ngc.com</FONT>
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