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Serve as an independent facilitator and mediator for a NOAA task force addressing pinniped-fishery interactions affecting Pacific Northwest salmon and steelhead. Coordinate meeting preparation and logistics, assess participant needs, facilitate polarized multi-party discussions, document deliberations, manage public involvement, and produce draft and final reports containing the task force’s agreements and recommendations.

Designs and maintains high-throughput geospatial and scientific computing pipelines for flood mapping, terrain analysis, hydrologic modeling, and forecasting. Develops cloud-native data infrastructure and backend APIs using AWS, optimizes large-scale scientific workflows, and applies Docker, CI/CD, testing, and modern software engineering practices. Collaborates with hydrologists and scientists to deliver reliable, scalable systems.

Develop and enhance web-based GIS and meteorological tools for NOAA forecasters, using deterministic and ensemble weather data to support hazardous-weather prediction. Collaborate with meteorologists, researchers, and external partners; develop mapped-data applications and web services; transition successful tools into operations; create training materials; and contribute to scientific publications, presentations, and outreach.

Build TypeScript front-end applications that visualize and integrate spatial data. Develop interactive maps, reusable components, and data-rich interfaces; connect applications to REST/JSON APIs; and write tested, maintainable, documented code. Collaborate with science, engineering, platform, and applications teams. Preferred experience includes web mapping libraries, geospatial formats and services, Agile project coordination, and accessible interface design.

Provides administrative and program support for NOAA student scholarship programs, including application review, student progress tracking, records maintenance, inquiries, events, meetings, recruitment, outreach, correspondence, calendars, alumni tracking, and scholar badge coordination. The role also guides junior contractor staff and serves as an on-site supervisor.

Coordinates onboarding and offboarding for personnel, including facility, IT, and vessel access. Manages eQIP, SF-85, fingerprinting, background investigation, CAC/PIV, and credentialing documentation. Prepares personnel forms, recruitment packages, and contract files; enters data into NOAA administrative systems; and develops, reviews, and maintains SOPs, process workflows, instructional manuals, and technical documentation.

Develop, test, deploy, and sustain operational scientific applications supporting space weather forecasting. Responsibilities include Python and Java development, REST APIs, AWS integration, Docker containerization, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, database management, scientific data integration, production transitions, troubleshooting, and Tier 3 on-call support in a high-availability operational environment.

Supports the National Oceanographic Partnership Program through inter-agency coordination with NOAA and the Navy’s Office of Naval Research. Responsibilities include managing inter-agency agreement drafts, planning work group meetings, coordinating funding transfers and annual spend plans, developing annual reports, conducting outreach, briefing leadership, and identifying funding opportunities with NOAA science programs and laboratories. The position may be remote or on-site and requires travel for meetings, workshops, and field activities.

Supports NOAA ocean exploration programs through technical analysis, strategy development, working-group coordination, report preparation, intranet maintenance, and liaison activities between OER, OAR, and OMAO. The role also advises the NOAA Fleet Council on ship operations and helps coordinate advanced technology initiatives for ocean exploration and fleet operations.

Manages federal agreements, grants, purchasing, facilities requests, travel coordination, tracking systems, and administrative processes supporting NOAA business operations. Coordinates agreement packages through legal, financial, and administrative reviews; tracks funds and compliance with federal requirements; maintains real-time records and reporting data; and collaborates with federal staff, budget teams, and cross-divisional partners.