Meteorologist and GIS Developer
Lynker Corporation1 day ago
College Park, MD, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with meteorologists, NWS field offices, academia, researchers, and external partners to develop short- and medium-range forecast tools.
- Develop tools for hazardous-weather information, including rainfall, snowfall, temperature, tropical cyclone, convection, winter storm, and atmospheric river applications.
- Develop web applications using modern programming languages and tools, including mapped-data interfaces.
- Use deterministic and ensemble prediction system data to support hazardous-weather diagnosis, prediction, and probabilistic products.
- Transition forecaster tools and web services into operations at WPC and other NOAA offices.
- Develop training materials for enhanced forecaster products, tools, and techniques.
- Contribute to scientific publications, conferences, symposia, outreach events, analyses, and recommendations as assigned.
Requirements
- Advanced degree in meteorology, hydrology, or a related earth science field; an MS or higher is preferred.
- Experience with deterministic and ensemble prediction system datasets and their application to hazardous-weather diagnosis and prediction.
- Knowledge of short- to medium-range weather forecasting.
- Experience with GIS, GeoTIFF, JSON, and GeoJSON.
- Knowledge of React, JavaScript, Zarr, cloud services, and version control systems.
- Experience supporting software development in a team environment.
- Experience with Python and shell scripting in a UNIX/Linux environment.
- Ability to independently organize, plan, and complete projects.
- Strong written and oral communication skills for documentation and presentations.
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare, including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage, with no monthly employee cost.
- Paid time off, paid holidays, flexible spending accounts, employee assistance, and short- and long-term disability insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
- Life and accident insurance.
- Tuition assistance, training, workforce improvement reimbursement, and a free self-directed learning management system.
- Personalized career growth plans, spot bonuses, annual recognition awards with bonuses, and an employee referral program.
- Employee-owned, team-oriented work environment supporting a long-term contract with NOAA.
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About Lynker Corporation
Lynker Corporation provides scientific and technical consulting, geospatial solutions, and software development to U.S. environmental and water-resource agencies under services contracts. The company supports NOAA and the National Weather Service with meteorology, GIS, and forecasting tool development, and delivers program and portfolio management across conservation and resource programs. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia, Lynker is a privately held contractor.