[ES_JOBS_NET] Job: Senior Climatic Database Engineer, Asheville, NC (ISciences, LLC)

[Tom Parris]

Greetings:

We are seeking to hire a Senior Climatic Database Engineeer in Asheville,
NC.  The full job posting follows.

With best regards,
Tom Parris

Title: Senior Climatic Database Engineer (Level 3)
Responsible to: NCEI Team Lead
Location: Asheville, NC

ISciences, L.L.C. is seeking a Senior Climatic Database Engineer to support
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National
Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) in Asheville, NC.

ISciences is a Michigan based limited liability corporation founded in 1997
with offices in Ann Arbor MI, Burlington VT, and Washington, DC. We believe
in the power of evidence-based analysis to understand vulnerabilities and
achieve sustainability in a rapidly changing world.  Our core strength is
the ability to integrate expertise in the physical sciences, the social
sciences, and information technology to solve our customers’ problems.

ISciences provides strategic, scientific and technical consulting services
to a variety of government, commercial and non-profit clients in the fields
of sustainable development, vulnerability assessment, remote sensing, and
geospatial analysis.  Our contributions influence policy decisions at some
of the world’s largest companies and at the highest reaches of government.
ISciences has four principal areas of practice: Water and Climate,
Corporate Sustainability, Remote Sensing, and Human Security.

For more information, visit http://www.isciences.com/. To apply, please
send a resume and cover letter to info at isciences.com by Thursday, January
2, 2020.

Summary of Position:

This position is for a member of a project team supporting a cooperative
Data Rescue effort between the Archive Branch and Data Access Branch. This
first leg of the effort involves: conversion of a large collection of
metadata from a legacy Oracle relational database system to one that
conforms with contemporary metadata standards and integrates with current
metadata management systems; and conversion of a large corpus of digital
images from a deprecated graphics format to a more suitable archival format.

The team will consist of a project manager, software developers, and
archive analysts and will be responsible for the task of data rescue and
gathering requirements for the interfaces focused on providing access to
the rescued data through simple web interfaces, as well as inventories and
documentation.

The job of the software developers will be to support the team’s work in
all phases including, but not limited to, analysis of the existing code
base, repurposing the code base to fit current requirements, updating the
code base to meet current NCEI standards for software development and
deployment, updating and/or writing technical documentation, and technical
interaction with other NCEI IT staff.

Working in a team requires strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Candidate must be comfortable working side-by-side as well as across
geographical locations with their colleagues in highly collaborative
environment. Additionally, self-learning is expected in order to find
innovative solutions to complex problems as well as development of the
design and collaboration of a project.

Required Qualifications:

1.     Ability to work on US Government Federal contracts in the USA
2.     Experience with data modeling in Oracle or similar enterprise RDBMS
3.     Experience developing and maintaining server-side code objects
(functions, procedures, etc.)
4.     Experience with shell scripting, Python scripting, Java programming,
and their use in interacting with Oracle or similar enterprise RDBMS
5.     Experience working on Unix and/or Linux platforms
6.     Experience managing large data volumes
7.     Working knowledge of graphics, JSON, and PDF file formats
8.     Good communication skills, both written and verbal.

Preferred Qualifications:
1.     Development experience with Oracle Apex a plus
2.     Experience working on an agile scrum team
3.     Knowledge of agile methodologies

Compensation:  Competitive salaries and benefits, with flexible work
schedules.

ISciences is an Equal Opportunity Employer


<https://www.linkedin.com/company/isciences-l.l.c.>

*Water and Climate, Corporate Sustainability, Remote Sensing, Human
Security*
Thomas M. Parris, President, ISciences, L.L.C.
126 College Street. Suite 330, Burlington, VT  05401
main: (802) 864-2999; direct: (802) 448-7822; parris at isciences.com;
http://www.isciences.com;
https://twitter.com/isciences; https://www.facebook.com/ISciencesLLC.USA;
https://www.linkedin.com/company/isciences-l.l.c.
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