Colorado State University System Benefits Overview

Leads strategic sourcing and public procurement initiatives for the university, including solicitation strategy, category management, supplier research, competitive bidding, negotiations, contract awards, and partnership development. Advises departments and evaluation committees on procurement rules, compliance, performance measures, and vendor issues. Collaborates with executive, partnership, advancement, marketing, and legal stakeholders while pursuing cost savings, revenue growth, innovation, and best value.

Provides technical leadership for a weather-model verification team’s transition to cloud infrastructure. Designs and maintains Kubernetes and Terraform-based architectures, manages Git integrations and automated deployments, implements secure DevOps practices, improves code quality, develops software in Python and Linux environments, documents systems, prepares reports, and presents technical work. Collaborates with NOAA IT and cross-functional engineering and meteorology teams on cloud strategy, security, networking, and containerization.

Leads the design, execution, and evaluation of deterministic and ensemble numerical weather and Earth system prediction experiments. Analyzes forecast errors, evaluates model improvements, supports real-time and retrospective forecast systems, and provides scientific feedback to model developers. Serves as a subject-matter expert on observational data for model verification, tracks physics and model-development priorities, and communicates findings through presentations, reports, conferences, and publications.