Hydrographic Data Model Software Engineer (GIS)

Axiom is looking for a Software Engineer III to support the NOAA Office of Coast Survey:

Responsibilities:

• Assist with developing software to encode ocean model predictions and bathymetric output and format it to S-100 conformant product specifications using a combination of HPC and nowCOAST cloud resources in collaboration with others on the PMN Team and nowCOAST Development Team.
• Assist with developing scripts to validate S-102/S-104/S-111 against S-100 standards.
• Assist with onboarding and maintaining S-100 metadata Application Programming Interface (API) to ensure metadata for S-102/S-104/S-111.
• Assist with developing and managing interoperability between different S-100 based products.
• Provide support with portrayal enhancements to improve product interoperability.
• Assist with designing and developing tools to enable the OCS to operationalize S-100 data for the broader maritime community.
• Assist with developing and/or apply existing open source software to continuously monitor the end-to-end generation of S-104 and S-111 products and provide alerts when problems occur.
• Assist with writing documentation to support the maintenance and operations of S-104/S-111 generation including metadata.
• Provide support with S-104/S-111 developers in hydrographic offices of other countries in the development of S-104/S-111 software.

Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, geospatial science, physical science, or physical oceanography (education equivalency: 4 years of work experience)
• Experience: 4-7 years in the field of software development, software engineering, GIS, and/or technical scientific field
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• • Software development including Python, Integrated Development Environments, debugging principles, continuous integration testing and automated documentation.
  • Knowledge and experience with version control best practices and experience with version control software.
  • Strong understanding of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concepts, including spatial data models (vector, raster), projections, coordinate systems, and geospatial analysis.
  • Proficiency with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL and PostGIS, including schema design and optimization.
  • Ability to work within Linux-based computer systems.
  • Experience in developing, maintaining, or extending metadata schemas.
  • Experience working in a technical/scientific field including code documentation.
  • Experience with XML Schema (XSD), DTDs, and transformations (XSLT).
  • Experience with Django REST Framework and deploying Django apps to production.
  • Experience with APIs and data exchange standards, with the ability to design endpoints that expose metadata schemas to support dataset discovery and interoperability.
  • Experience designing and validating XML documents using XSD and DTDs, and performing data transformations with XSLT.
  • Experience integrating visualizations with backend APIs to render dynamic data.
• Desired skills, but not required:
• • Familiarity with NOAA's scientific raster and vector data sets (e.g., ocean model forecast guidance, bathymetry, and in-situ weather and ocean observations) and scientific data formats (e.g., netCDF, HDF5, shapefiles, geopackages).
  • Familiarity with AWS services and resources (e.g., Lambda, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)).
  • Familiarity monitoring system performance, resource utilization, and application logs to ensure high availability, reliability, and efficiency of data workflows
  • Familiarity with API documentation and standards (OpenAPI/Swagger, Postman).
  • Familiarity with container-based software development and deployment (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Familiarity with developing interactive web-based visualizations using JavaScript libraries such as D3.js and OpenLayers, including mapping and dashboard applications.

Axiom offers competitive compensation packages including comprehensive medical/dental/life insurance and matching 401(k) contribution.

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