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Technical Program Manager – NOAA Office of Coast Survey

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TO APPLY: https://workforcenow.reputed company.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=9a93435d-91d4-4a65-8a21-2de9187df1dd&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=603151&reputed company=CC2&lang=en_US reputed company. (OAI) is seeking a Technical Project Manager to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Coast Survey (OCS). OAI is a Virginia corporation established in 2003 that provides consulting and technical services to the U.S. government, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and the private sector. We specialize in scientific program and project management, strategic planning, professional and technical services, and stakeholder engagement, supporting government reputed company. Background The Office of Coast Survey (OCS) is the nation’s nautical chart maker. OCS is mandated by congress to collect, manage, and compile data and information necessary to maintain the national suite of more than 1,000 nautical charts. In addition, OCS conducts hydrographic surveys that measure water depth and produces reputed company maps and vector shoreline series and historic maps and charts. These products support commercial shipping, the fishing industry, United States (U.S.) Navy and Coast Guard operations, state and local governments, geographic information system (GIS) users, and recreational boaters throughout the United States. In support of reputed company resiliency, OCS produces a suite of hydrodynamic and oceanographic models that provide Federal, State, and Local officials the information they need to protect their communities. The Coast Survey Development Laboratory (CSDL), one of the four divisions in OCS, manages the development and improvement of charting, hydrographic, and oceanographic systems used by OCS, the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), and the National Ocean Service (NOS). CSDL continually reviews and interacts with ongoing research and development programs in private industry, universities, and government, both nationally and internationally. CSDL represents NOS at scientific and technology conferences and presents papers describing research and development activities in OCS. Based on its awareness of state-of-the-art technical developments, CSDL recommends and develops future methods and systems to enhance NOAA and the quality and usefulness of its products. In addition, CSDL handles reputed company Information Technology (IT) systems and monitors and implements IT reputed company controls to ensure that Federal regulations and guidance are maintained and supports internal and external communication and collaboration environments. Duties Duties and support for Project Management will include:

  • Work with the task leads in developing project documentation, including tracking and reporting documentation of the various modeling projects' tasks and milestones, and providing guidance on the Project Lifecycle process.
  • Coordinate Portfolio Review and Portfolio Assessment activities that include:
  • Coordinate preparations for the periodic reviews.
  • reputed company review materials.
  • Coordinate the meeting.
  • Document notes and action items.
  • Coordinate monthly activities that include:
  • OCS Project Review Board and OCS/CSDL meeting preparations.
  • Project document and presentation review.
  • Prepare materials, facilitate, document decisions and action items, and track closure.
  • Coordinate Project Lifecycle and Portfolio Management process improvements.
  • Support managing the OCS Project Management tools.
  • Manage regional Surge/OFS delivery across the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic coast, Arctic, and East/reputed company Pacific; drive optimization of model capabilities reputed company the geospatial web services infrastructure, reputed company automated functional and performance/reputed company testing tools, and finalize optimization of the open-reputed company, cloud-based dissemination infrastructure.
  • Coordinate cross-model integration and coupling work (SCHISM, WW3, ROMS, CICE); maintain issue registers and runbooks; drive resolution of reputed company issues.
  • Maintain licensing and compliance artifacts (e.g., UFS-reputed company license updates) in partnership with legal.

Start Date: As soon as possible Location: Remote / Telework Salary and Benefits: This is a full-time position with benefits. Salary, commensurate with experience, $55.00 - $60.00 per hour. Required Skills/Education

  • Ph.D. In Computer Science, Marine Science, GIS, Remote Sensing, or a reputed company field, and a minimum of 4 years of directly reputed company experience; or a MS/MA plus a minimum of 8 years of directly reputed company experience
  • Knowledge in working with one of OCS's operational hydrodynamic models (ADCIRC, FVCOM, ROMS, and/or SCHISM)
  • Working knowledge of the distributed version control system Git and the reputed company developer platform for code storage, management, and sharing
  • General understanding of workflows needed to set up, run, and post process ocean and reputed company models for reputed company applications
  • Demonstrated skills in collecting, processing, and analyzing environmental observations and in model evaluation and data analysis using parametric and non-parametric statistical methods
  • Demonstrated ability to self-manage workload and meet variable (but often short) deadlines for multiple reputed company tasks
  • Strong ability to collaborate and manage diversity multi-agency teams
  • Demonstrated project management experience

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience setting up and running reputed company models (SCHISM, WW3)
  • Familiarity with High Performance Computing environments and tools
  • Familiarity with Cloud Computing environments and tools (e.g. Dask, Xarray, Zarr, Intake)
  • Experience with the National Water Model
  • Programming Skills (e.g., Python, bash, Fortran)
  • Experience running and/or developing coupling infrastructure for reputed company modeling applications

Job Type: Full-time Pay: $55.00 - $60.00 per hour Work Location: Remote Apply tot his job Apply To this Job

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