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Boulder, Colorado, United States
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The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University seeks to fill a full-time Software Engineer position designed to conduct collaborative research and development with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) located at the Global Systems Laboratory (GSL) in Boulder, CO. The individual in this position will work in the NOAA/OAR/GSL Assimilation, Verification Innovation (AVID) Division’s Verification and Assessment Branch.
The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at Colorado State University (CSU) is a multi-million-dollar research organization located on CSU's Foothills Campus in Fort Collins, Colorado. CIRA is a cooperative institute (CI) that is also a research department within CSU's College of Engineering, in partnership with the Department of Atmospheric Science. Its vision is to conduct interdisciplinary research in the atmospheric sciences by entraining skills beyond the meteorological disciplines, exploiting advances in engineering and computer science, facilitating transitional activity between pure and applied research, leveraging both national and international resources and partnerships, and assisting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), CSU, the State of Colorado, and the Nation through the application of our research to areas of societal benefit.
NOAA's Global Systems Laboratory (GSL) is a federal science and research laboratory under NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. GSL provides the National Weather Service (NWS) and the nation with environmental observation, prediction, computer, visualization, and information systems. These systems deliver data, forecasts, and predictions of weather, including severe weather events, within the next few minutes to weeks away. GSL is a leader in the applied research, directed development, and technology transfer of environmental data, models, products, and services that enhance environmental understanding with the outcome of supporting commerce, protecting life and property, and promoting a scientifically literate public.
The individual in this position works in the Assimilation And Verification Innovation Division (AVID) at NOAA's Global Systems Laboratory (GSL). They serve as the technical lead for a cross-functional team of software engineers and meteorologists focused on weather model verification. They develop new software and provide a broad range of technical research, architectural design, and development activities. They also apply comprehensive, intensive, practical knowledge of software engineering principles to deliver end-to-end cloud capabilities, manage cloud infrastructure, and implement secure DevOps practices. They collaborate with colleagues in the lab's IT division on cloud implementation strategy, security, networking, and containerization. This position will report to the Senior Software Engineer/Architect.
The individual in this position is not expected to supervise employees.
NOTE: In the body of your cover letter, please specifically address all required qualifications when describing your work experience. A resume that fails to specifically address the qualifications of this position may not be further considered after review by the search committee.
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