Fisheries Data Engineer

Job Title: Fisheries Data Engineer

Location: Remote/Woods Hole, MA area

Clearance Required: Public Trust Eligible

Description

IBSS is seeking a Fisheries Data Engineer who has experience managing large datasets to work with a team of federal NOAA scientists and IT specialists. This Engineer will build a system to collect, validate, and produce data products from multiple data sources to support Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) and Climate Ecosystem Fisheries Initiative (CEFI) projects. This position expected to last 1 year.

NOAA seeks to develop transparent, reproducible, efficient, and automated data workflows for multiple biogeochemical models, remote sensing, and fisheries data streams for application in ecosystem reporting and research projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, test, and maintain transparent, reproducible, efficient, and automated (where practicable) data pipelines from multiple data sources, including "big data” sources
• Develop algorithms to transform raw data into useful, actionable data products
• Develop workflows to upload/download data products to/from an ERDDAP server
• Produce documentation for the new data pipelines, including metadata, tutorials, and standard operating procedure documents
• Create tools to acquire and publish metadata to meet Public Access to Research Results (PARR) mandates
• Use project management tools to track progress and provide routine updates
• Adhere to NOAA IT security policies and standard operating procedures and follow industry best practices
• Collaborate with NOAA data specialist colleagues to align activities with standard NOAA communities of practice
• Assist with assimilation of new data streams into ecosystem based management and integrated ecosystem assessment products produced at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center
  
  

Required Skills /Education/ Certifications & Qualifications:

• A degree or extensive experience in data science, data analytics, computer science
• Extensive experience with cronjobs and GitHub automation processes
• Experience in database design and management, big data tools, various data types (e.g. netcdf, flat, nccsv), data extraction, automated scripting, data security, cloud computing and storage
• Knowledge of Open Science principles
• Documentation skills and experience developing standard operating procedures
• The ability to work independently and collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team
  
  

Desired Skills:

• Experience managing oceanographic dataset including biogeochemical model output and/or remote sensing datasets
• Familiarity with machine learning and data serving systems such as ERDDAP, THREDDS or OPeNDAP
• Project management experience
• Experience with SQL and coding in R and/or Python.
  
  

About IBSS Corp.

Since 1992, IBSS, a woman-owned small business, has provided transformational consulting services to the Federal defense, civilian, and commercial sectors. Our services include cybersecurity and enterprise information technology, environmental science and engineering (including oceans, coasts, climate, and weather), and professional management services.

Our approach is to serve our employees by investing in their growth and development. As a result, our employees bring greater capabilities and provide an exceptional level of service to our clients. In addition to creating career development opportunities for our employees, IBSS is passionate about giving back to the community and serving the environment. We strive to leave something better behind for the next generation.

We measure our success by the positive impact we have on our employees, clients, partners, and the communities we serve. Our tagline, Powered by Excellence, is a recognition of the employees that make up IBSS and ensures we deliver results with quality, applying industry best practices and certifications.

IBSS offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage with company-paid deductible, paid time off, federal holidays, matching 401K plan, tuition/professional development reimbursement, and Flex-Spending (FSA)/Dependent Care Account (DCA) options.

IBSS is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Click https://www.eeoc.gov/poster to see that the EEO is the law.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to the HR Department, Francesca Urrutia at (703) 826-4302, or email at HR@ibsscorp.com