Meteorological Operations Specialist

About The Weather Company:

The Weather Company is the world’s leading weather provider, helping people and businesses make more informed decisions and take action in the face of weather. Together with advanced technology and AI, The Weather Company’s high-volume weather data, insights, advertising, and media solutions across the open web help people, businesses, and brands around the world prepare for and harness the power of weather in a scalable, privacy-forward way. The world’s most accurate forecaster globally, the company reaches hundreds of enterprise clients and more than 360 million monthly active users via its digital properties from The Weather Channel (weather.com) and Weather Underground (wunderground.com).

Job brief:

The Weather Company is hiring a Meteorological Operations Specialist. The team is responsible for providing quality control and meteorological support for premier data products and services worldwide. Your meteorological and technical expertise, along with knowledge of weather-sensitive operations, will help maintain high standards for product timeliness, accuracy, and quality that our customers expect.

The impact you'll make:

• Provide meteorological quality control for The Weather Company’s global products and services, including radar, satellite imagery, lightning data, and market-specific custom
  graphics.
• Monitor The Weather Company’s systems and processes that ingest, generate, and broadcast unaltered and value-added data products and services.
• Maintain and update weather databases and records.
• Collaborate with technical staff to fault isolate and resolve issues impacting data services.
• Collaborate closely with the forecast teams regarding synoptic, regional, and mesoscale weather events expected to impact customer assets.
• Provide resources for special projects involving all aspects of meteorological forecast services as needed.

What you've accomplished:

• Bachelor’s degree in Meteorology, Atmospheric Sciences, or a related area of study.
• 1+ years of relevant experience in weather forecasting and analysis.
• Proven understanding of theoretical and practical meteorology.
• Demonstrated knowledge of a wide variety of meteorological datasets.
• Strong telephone, written, and interpersonal customer service and communication skills.
• Ability to deliver operational content consistently and accurately within rigid time constraints.
• Demonstrable organizational, data analysis, data collation, and process management skills.
• Effectively summarize large quantities of data into clear, concise information under rigid time constraints.
• Demonstrable proficiency in utilizing advanced workstation technology and scientific methods to derive forecast products in an operational environment.
• Exceptional ability to effectively multitask and adjust priorities based on changing weather conditions in a fast-paced operational environment is essential.
• Ability to work a rotating schedule including overnights, evenings, weekends, and on call as required.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience with Windows/Linux/MacOS operating systems.
• Familiarity with C++/PERL/FORTRAN/Python programming languages.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite products.

Base Salary: $88,000 – $93,000

The base salary offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region of work premises, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors.