[ES_JOBS_NET] USGS Computer Scientist

[Mouse Marie Reusch]

Howdy!

Please see the linked job announcement for a new SysAdmin position here 
in Seattle. The hope is to find someone who can participate in the 24/7 
duty rotation for ShakeAlert (earthquake early warning program), help 
with server upgrades and maintenance, and can debug some of the tough 
issues in the software side of things too.   Plus you get to live in the 
beautiful Pacific Northwest!

Responsibilities
As a Computer Scientist within the Earthquake Science Center, some of 
your specific duties will include:

The incumbent will support the earthquake mitigation mission of the USGS 
by operating and maintaining the ShakeAlert system; a 24/7 Earthquake 
Early Warning (EEW) system that distributes rapid warnings of expected 
strong shaking when an earthquake occurs. This is part of a 
multi­organizational cooperative project to build and operate a public 
EEW system for the West Coast of the United States.

- Installs, operates, configures, debugs, documents, and maintains 
ShakeAlert software and operational environment.
- Participates in leading and contributing to implementations and 
management of virtualized and cloud-based computing environments from 
inception to completion and serve as the subject matter expert for 
emerging cloud services and architectures.
- Plans, coordinates, tests, operates, troubleshoots and maintains 
server virtualization environments, virtualized storage networks, and 
cloud-based Paas/laaS environments.
- Operates, troubleshoots, and maintains computer systems for the 
development, testing, integration, production, and distribution of rapid 
automatic earthquake products in an on-call, 24/7 operational environment.
- Develops, implements, operates, configures, debugs, documents, and 
maintains AQMS and Earthworm software and related seismological 
applications that generate, distribute, and archive earthquake 
information products.
- Develops new and modifies existing software and scripts to implement 
various modules for the production version of AQMS and Earthworm, 
including earthquake detection algorithms and performance monitors.

Closing date of 8/30/2019

Please share this with anyone you think may be interested, thanks!

https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/541325400

cheers, Mouse

Mouse Marie Reusch, PhD
ShakeAlert Coordinator
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
pnsn.org
206-685-7740 (o) 206-462-8874 (c)
topo at uw.edu