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Computer Scientist III, S4

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Department: Earth System Science Center
Work type: Staff Full-time Exempt
Location: Alabama
Categories: Research - Environmental

Purpose of the Position:

The Computer Scientist will provide geospatial and information technology assistance and specialization for the Inter-Agency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (IMPACT) in the Earth Systems Science Center.

NASA's IMPACT Project Office monitors trends and progressions across the informatics, data science, and information technology communities in order to inform strategy and develop effective solutions for Earth science data management and dissemination. Additionally, the IMPACT Project Office provides a broad user perspective as to how NASA Earth science data and information are represented and communicated. The IMPACT project fosters cross-community collaborations in order to improve all phases of the Earth science data life cycle, including processes, policies, engineering, and information communication.

Duties/Responsibilities
• Perform research and Lead efforts in large model language workflows across various projects
• Lead research and development initiatives for science discovery use cases for various projects
• Design and implement active learning frameworks for various projects
• Analyze data including the cloud acquired from aircraft, or satellites, using statistical analysis software, image analysis software, or Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Minimum Requirements:

• Master's degree in GIS, Remote Sensing, or Engineering, with 42 months of full-time verifiable work experience, or related field or an equivalent combination of education and years of experience
• Proven experience in GIS and spatial data visualization
• Strong background in web application development
• Excellent programming skills in Python and C
• Working knowledge of machine learning with large data sets
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a team environment

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience writing peer reviewed papers
• Proposal writing experience

Published Salary (if available):

$99,814 -$100,000

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