Description of Work Unit
The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at Colorado State University (CSU) seeks to fill a full-time Software Engineer position designed to conduct collaborative research and development with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) located at the Global Systems Laboratory (GSL) in Boulder, CO. The individual in this position will work in the NOAA/OAR/GSL Weather Informatics and Decision Support (WIDS) Division’s Weather Information Systems Evolution (WISE) Branch.
This full-time position in Boulder, CO, requires a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI), tier 1 federal background check and a NOAA Common Access Card (CAC) ID badge for systems access. Therefore, only US citizens and lawful permanent residents with a physical USCIS “Green Card” are eligible. While an onsite presence at GSL in Boulder, CO, is preferred, remote work options will be considered.
The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at Colorado State University (CSU) is a multi-million-dollar research organization located on CSU’s Foothills Campus in Fort Collins, Colorado. CIRA is a cooperative institute that is also a research department within CSU’s College of Engineering, in partnership with the Department of Atmospheric Science. Its vision is to conduct interdisciplinary research in the atmospheric sciences by entraining skills beyond the meteorological disciplines, exploiting advances in engineering and computer science, facilitating transitional activity between pure and applied research, leveraging both national and international resources and partnerships, and assisting NOAA, Colorado State University, the State of Colorado, and the Nation through the application of our research to areas of societal benefit.
NOAA’s Global Systems Laboratory (GSL) is a federal science and research laboratory under NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. GSL provides the National Weather Service (NWS) and the nation with environmental observation, prediction, computer, visualization, and information systems. These systems deliver data, forecasts, and predictions of weather, including severe weather events, within the next few minutes to weeks away. GSL is a leader in the applied research, directed development, and technology transfer of environmental data, models, products, and services that enhance environmental understanding with the outcome of supporting commerce, protecting life and property, and promoting a scientifically literate public.
Within GSL, the Weather Informatics and Decision Support Division (WIDS) / Weather Information Systems Evolution Branch (WISE) is on the forefront in developing new systems for NWS forecasters (and other federal and international agencies) who require display of and interaction with real-time weather data for their forecast and warning operations, as well as to support Impact-Based Decision Support Services (IDSS). For example, a key function is the generation of warnings or hazard information for high-impact weather events such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods.
WISE has been tasked with the creation of a variety of science-based applications to enable forecasters to work more quickly and efficiently for both routine tasks and in critical weather situations. The host platform for these applications is the 2nd generation of the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS II). It uses service-oriented architecture and is written in Java and Python using the Eclipse framework.
Position Summary
The individual in this position will be part of a team responsible for the design and development of AWIPS II applications in Java and Python. Applications will involve graphical tools that assist forecasters in generating digital forecasts as well as transforming this information into a variety of text, graphics, and imagery. The individual in this position will work in collaboration with other scientists and software developers to design, develop, test and refine applications for operational weather entities. Development will initially occur within the Hazard Services framework in AWIPS II but may also include other web-based platforms. The near focus will be on applications and extensions to services that support forecasting and warning services, as well as IDSS, for diverse phenomena such as tropical storms and associated storm surge, thunderstorms, winter storms, flooding, as well as new ground-breaking paradigms involving the incorporation of continuous and probabilistic information. This position will report to the Forecast Operations Specialist/Deputy Associate Director.
This position will be classified as Research Associate III or IV according to the credentials of the finalist selected for hire as follows:
Required Job Qualifications
In your cover letter, please specifically address EACH required qualification as it relates to your experience. A cover letter that fails to address the required qualifications for this position may not be considered further after review by the search committee.
For position title Research Associate III
For position title Research Associate IV
For both position titles
Preferred Job Qualifications
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EEO
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