Job No. 154636
- Job Title:
- Scientific Applications Programmer
- Employer:
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George Mason University
- Location:
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Fairfax , VA
- Posting Date:
- 14-Jan-2025
- Description:
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About the Department:
The Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences department offers undergraduate degrees in Atmospheric Sciences, Earth Science and Geology, MS degrees in Earth System Science and Climate Science, and a PhD in Climate Dynamics. Our faculty includes geologists, atmospheric scientists, paleontologists, and oceanographers. For more information about the department, visit us on the web at https://cos.gmu.edu/aoes/. For more information about the College of Science, go to https://science.gmu.edu.
About the Position:
The Large-scale Dynamics group in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences is seeking a Scientific Applications Programmer to generate and optimize programs for the analysis of weather and climate data.
Responsibilities:
Creates programs and algorithms and develop computational infrastructure resources for organizing and parsing data from large and complex data;
Develops and assist with the implementation of visualization and data analysis methods and codes via API and other methods to enable user interaction; and
Writes clean, maintainable, and efficient code following best practices and coding standards.
Required Qualifications:
BS or MS degree in atmospheric science, computer science, or related discipline;
BS + 2 years of related experience;
Proficiency in common software applications and tools, such as Java, Python, Jupyter Notebook, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git, APIs;
Demonstrate knowledge of AWS and Google Colab; and
Experience with Unix/Linux environment and high performance computing.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with NetCDF and GRIB files;
Experience with Python Data Visualization; and
Experience with GitHub.
Instructions to Applicants:
For full consideration, applicants must apply for Wage (WG1GMU) at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide cover letter, CV, and a list of three professional references with contact information.
- Contact information:
- George Mason University
- Fairfax, VA 22030
- United States
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