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The University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) is a research and development center with an international reputation for developing instrumentation for both terrestrial and space flight applications. SSEC's mission includes the support of faculty and academic staff led research, development, fabrication and implementation of space flight experiments, as well as the development of new meteorological research tools for national and international use.
The successful candidate will work with a team using a high-performance data, ingest, archive, and processing system supporting the NASA Atmosphere Science Investigator-Led Processing System (A-SIPS), a component of the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Mission. The A-SIPS at SSEC is responsible for ingesting, storing, processing, and delivering data products derived from low earth-orbiting environmental satellites constituting the Joint Polar Satellite System constellation. The computer system supporting this effort currently includes more than 3000 CPU cores for data processing configured as a high-throughput computing system; more than 12 Petabytes (PB) of storage is in a cluster file system; high-performance networking; and a job management system controlled by a relational database. The A-SIPS currently ingests more than 2 Terabytes (TB) of data per day from NASA and other sources. The UW-SSEC A-SIPS team also assists NASA Atmosphere Science Team members implement, evaluate, and continuously refine scientific algorithms and products focused on improving, extending, and maintaining curated sensor and sensor-derived geophysical data records critical to monitoring of long-term climate.
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Required
Bachelor's Degree
Computer Science, Physics, Atmospheric Science, or related field.
Preferred
Master's Degree
Computer Science, Physics, Atmospheric Science, or related field.
Required:
- Experience developing and maintaining software systems in Python.
- Familiarity with the Linux programming environment, including knowledge of operating system concepts and command line/scripting proficiency.
- A solid foundation in software engineering practices including use of version control (git) and software testing.
- Scientific programming and data visualization experience using tools like the Python/NumPy/Matplotlib ecosystem or alternatives like R, MATLAB, IDL, etc.
Preferred:
- A background in cluster computing using batch systems like HTCondor and distributed file systems like Ceph.
- Experience with message-oriented systems built with RabbitMQ or similar technologies.
- SQL database programming experience with a DBMS, preferably PostgreSQL.
- Web application development experience.
Full Time: 100%
This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location. This will be reviewed on an annual basis.
Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:Minimum $56,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits.
Salary will be commensurate with advanced degree or substantial experience.
We are recruiting for two positions, please consider also applying for PVL 296467.
To meet NASA security requirements, a successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring eligibility for the NASA IdMAX account on or before the effective date of the appointment. University sponsorship is not available for this position.
To begin the application process, click the "Apply Now" button. You will need to upload your resume and cover letter outlining relevant qualifications and experience.
In addition to submitting a resume and cover letter, final candidates will complete a programming test as a part of the recruitment process.
Contact:Denise Weidner
608-265-3267
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See for further information.
Software Engineer/Developer I(IT002) or Software Engineer/Developer II(IT003)
Department(s):A34-OVCR/SPACE SCI/SPACE SCI
Employment Class:Academic Staff-Renewable
Job Number:297315-AS
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/