Req #: 242452Department: CICOESAppointing Department Web Address: https://cicoes.uw.edu/Posting Date: 01/09/2025Closing Info:
Closes On 01/16/2025Salary: $6,500 - $7,000 per monthLimited Recruitment: Open to UW Employees onlyShift: First ShiftNotes:
As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701a11y.pdf)As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.The Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES) has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Consultant-Scientific Data Curator to join their team. The University of Washington’s (UW) Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES), in conjunction with NOAA’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), conducts groundbreaking oceanographic and environmental research. The Science Data Integration Group (SDIG) at PMEL develops software and processes to enable efficient discovery, use and archival of observational oceanographic and atmospheric data collected through various scientific projects. The SDIG has developed a suite of innovative tools and services used by a variety of local and international users to reduce data management burden on scientists while providing data services, such as visualization and analysis, for high quality ocean and atmospheric data. The position for a Research Consultant will support the SDIG in its mission to improve data integration and interoperability within the ocean and atmospheric communities.PMEL has 14 separate research projects, many of them with their own observing systems, that deliver data for use towards the PMEL research objectives. SDIG also supports international projects that assemble data that meet criteria for the inclusion into operational workflows and data synthesis products. These efforts often require a data curator to guide data submission and ensure data are well documented, comply with standard formats, and are ready for inclusion in synthesis products and are accessible to other stakeholders. SDIG-developed tools are used to assemble data and metadata and this position will work closely with support staff to ensure those processes run smoothly and efficiently support scientists in their data submission efforts.The data curator will also pass on information to developers describing the requirements for data and metadata assembly tools. While scientific projects manage their own data, it is the integration of these data for cross-science project access where this position will play an essential role in liaising with PMEL science projects. Additional roles include supporting science projects in the completion of their required data management plans, and support and liaison with NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) to ensure all data and metadata are archived for long-term preservation.The international OceanSITES project assembles long time-series of high quality ocean observations that span individual observing platform deployments. The Data curator will work closely with US data providers on data and metadata submission, and ensure these data are submitted to the OceanSITES Data Assembly Centers (DACs). The Data Curator will advise data providers on the metadata requirements for OceanSITES data submission. The OceanSITES website is maintained by SDIG staff and the data curator will guide SDIG developers to ensure data for the European and US Global Data Assembly Centers (GDACs) are displayed on the OceanSITES website.POSITION DIMENSIONS AND IMPACT TO THE UNIVERSITY The Science Data Integration Group (SDIG) supports data management activities of several local, regional and global research products and projects, improving the way data is shared with the research community, as well as the public in general. Improving scientific data integration and interoperability through innovative solutions is essential in order to improve understanding of ocean and weather phenomena.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Liaise with PMEL science groups to integrate data across science projects (20%).
Manage and document data storage on PMEL file systems (15%).
Management data management plans and metadata across PMEL scientific data holdings (15%).
Focal point for US data submitters on the OceanSITES International effort (15%).
Ensure metadata are synced to the OceanOPS (15%).
Develop web-based visualization and data access applications (10%).
Liaise with SDIG developers on software requirements for OceanSITES data assembly tools (5%).
Maintain content on the OceanSITES website (5%). MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor’s degree in an earth science field, and two years work experience in scientific data management, data visualizations, with a focus on oceanographic and meteorological applications. Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Demonstrated competence using the Python programming language.
Competence with common scientific data formats and programming interfaces (e.g. NetCDF, HDF)v. 2022-12.
Ability to organize and communicate data related matters to scientists and other data management practitioners, both verbally and written.
Competence with source code version control systems such as Git/Github.
Competence using Plotly/Dash software tools.
Ability to work in a heterogeneous computing/IT environment comprised of Unix/Linux servers, Linux/MacOSX/MS Windows workstations and portable computers.
Strong desire to continue learning new skills, tools, and concepts. DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s Degree in an Earth Science Field.
Experience installing and configuring NOAA’s ERDDAP data platform and Unidata’s THREDDS Data Server.
Experience with R, Jupyter Notebooks, Matlab. Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.
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