[LTER-im] Fwd: Outreach for Data Manager with Pacific Northwest Research Station, USFS

[Marty Downs]

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From: Johnson, Sherri -FS <sherri.johnson2 at usda.gov>
Date: Tue, May 12, 2020 at 4:20 PM
Subject: Outreach for Data Manager with Pacific Northwest Research Station,
USFS
To: downs at nceas.ucsb.edu <downs at nceas.ucsb.edu>, ltershort at fsl.orst.edu <
ltershort at fsl.orst.edu>



The USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station is
conducting outreach for a GS9 or GS11 Interdisciplinary Data Manager in
Corvallis, Oregon, USA.

The outreach notice is attached and online:
https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com?id=BF7DF101EA354ED0BC87A83FA5156878
<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffsoutreach.gdcii.com%2F%3Fid%3DBF7DF101EA354ED0BC87A83FA5156878&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9598ec00bd3d45e2906e08d7f28fcff0%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637244571787934732&sdata=1hrJ%2F6bXl5s%2Fq0FBriroUqGQ5RS7wveER1L3A0Mepzc%3D&reserved=0>
Please send an email and requested materials to let us know if you are
interested.


Briefly, this outreach is for a Data Manager whose job will be to :

• provide program support for the collection, compilation, storage,
analysis, reporting, and distribution of strategic natural resources
research and monitoring data for a PNW Forest Service Research group and a
number of PNW's Experimental Forests.

• work with researchers, collaborators, and technical staff to improve
annotation of databases with descriptive metadata and to archive data and
metadata to online depositories.

• participate in the design, development, and maintenance (including
normalization) of existing standalone and internet-enabled databases and
follows data governance guidelines for cataloging data, contributing to
metadata management, data lineage, and data quality.

• perform a wide variety of tasks and analyses that apply and integrate
techniques including data management and statistical analysis for: database
operations, data science, long-term forest and stream studies and high
frequency, real-time environmental sensor data.

• apply research methodologies to evaluate data and ensure statistical
consistency and accuracy.

• write scripts using Structured Query Language (SQL), R, Python, MatLab
and other relevant software environments to organize, evaluate, and conduct
quality control analyses of data.

• test programs to ensure accurate and statistically consistent operation,
identify problems and bottlenecks in the information management system and
make corrections and improvements.

• enjoy communicating and facilitating collaboration on research and
monitoring projects, including advising on database design and teaching
best practices for data archiving.


Please help us spread the word about this position that will be advertised
on USAjobs in the near future!

Best regards,
Sherri Johnson








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