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NSIDC is looking for a Software Engineer to join our team of developers who are building our database and web applications that serve our cryospheric data to our user community. Come work with some of the most prominent atmospheric and cryospheric scientists in the world. Help manage the data and create tools data managers and scientists use to investigate the world's frozen regions, working in an agile environment with developers and IT professionals who love their jobs.
NSIDC is a University of Colorado research center and public information resource for cryospheric processes. Part of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), NSIDC archives analog and digital cryospheric data and creates and provides information about snow cover and avalanches, glaciers and ice sheets, floating ice, ground ice and permafrost, atmospheric ice, paleoglaciology and ice cores. Funded primarily by NASA, NSIDC is also host to cryospheric research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Our mission is to make fundamental contributions to cryospheric science and excel in managing data and disseminating information in order to advance understanding of the Earth system and the changes being detected.
The Software Engineer will work with a team of developers who are upgrading operational data center systems infrastructure to manage and serve NSIDC Earth science data to the online community. Job responsibilities include:
Education
A bachelor’s degree from an accredited higher education institution.
Other education and training which demonstrates the ability to perform the
duties and responsibilities as described; coursework in computer science, information
systems, database administration or other related fields preferred.
Training and Experience
A minimum of five years professional software development in Java in
a UNIX environment, including web and data base application development
using an MVC design pattern in a layered architecture. Expert knowledge
of Java, Javascript, Dojo/JQuery, Ajax components, and Hibernate.
Familiarity with relational data base technology and graphical interface
design is required. Experience with geospatial data is highly desirable.
NSIDC software engineers are supervised by NSIDC's science programmer manager (or a designated programming supervisor) for performance evaluation, leave/sick time reporting, and assignment to specific projects. Work on a specific project is directed by the scientist or project manager. The project manager determines the engineer's day-to-day assignments and priorities.
The position will be filled as a Professional Research Assistant at the University of Colorado at Boulder and will be eligible for employee benefits, including 22 days of vacation per year and an excellent savings plan. The job will remain open until filled. To apply, email jobs@cires.colorado.edu, or mail or fax (303.492.1149), the job code NSIDC-18, a letter of interest, full resume, salary history, and names and contact information of three references, to:
Human Resources
Job Code NSIDC-18
216 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0216
The University of Colorado at Boulder is committed to diversity and equality in education and employment and conducts background checks for all final applicants.
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09/16/09
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