Geographic Info Sys Programmer 2 - 132980

The Marine Physical Laboratory Division at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is seeking Geographic Info Systems Programmer 2.

The incumbent shall perform a variety of programming, GIS, and data analysis procedures related to airborne lidar, photogrammetry, oceanographic, GIS data, including the preparation of data plots and figures for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations; Key responsibilities and tasks of moderate scope and complexity: database management, quality control, processing and analysis of remote sensing and oceanographic datasets; writing algorithms for the processing geospatial data; field work to assist with airborne surveys; develop best practices for data collection and management; documentation and organization of field work records; project website design, development, and maintenance; Share responsibility for the computer program management, including system administration tasks of the Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory within the Marine Physical Laboratory Division (MPL); Design, write, modify, debug and implement associated application software, emphasis on MATLAB, PYTHON, and GIS applications.

The incumbent uses professional GIS concepts and applications to resolve a variety of analysis and research issues, works on assignments of moderate scope where analysis of data requires a review of a variety of factors and assists in additional analyses as needed to achieve research objectives.

• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.

• Working knowledge of GIS software, applications programming, database and table structure and design, user interface and experience design and web application development. (QGIS preferred)

• Demonstrated project management skills. Understanding of cartographic skills to create spatially explicit map products.

• Interpersonal skills in order to work with both technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization.

• Ability to communicate technical information in a clear and concise manner.

• Self-motivated, able to learn quickly, meet deadlines and demonstrate problem solving skills.

• Demonstrated strong commitment to customer service, attention to detail and continuous improvement.

• Demonstrated experience working with large scientific datasets, such as satellite, and weather model output.

• Demonstrated strong code organizational skills (eg. creating python packages, code error handling, writing python unit tests).

• Demonstrated experience in Python proficiency.

• Overtime and weekends may be required.

• Per University of California policy PPSM 21-Appointment, this position has a background check requirement and offer of employment is contingent upon candidate clearing the background check process.

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