INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICAL SCIENTIST/OCEANOGRAPHER/DATA SCIENTIST

About the role

You will serve as a INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICAL SCIENTIST/OCEANOGRAPHER/DATA SCIENTIST in the OCEANOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT, NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE of NAVOCEANO BAY ST LOUIS.

Current or eligible

Current or former DCIPS Interchange Agreement eligibles, Interchange eligibles, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) eligibles, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Preference eligibles and DoD Retained Grade Preference eligibles, and VEOA eligibles.

Responsibilities

• You will serve as a senior scientist in the analysis and databasing of oceanographic data in support of operational requirements.
• You will implement and document new or improvement of existing oceanographic processing, data analysis, and visualization techniques, testing and validating upgrades in collaboration with other scientists.
• You will participate in at-sea oceanographic operations serving as a senior Oceanographer ensuring that all physical oceanographic data is collected properly.

Qualifications

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Experience comparing and modifying oceanographic data (such as temperature, salinity, sound speed, currents, and optics) using scientific programming software to generate environmental products and reports.
• Congducting at-sea field operations, including the collection and quality control of physical oceanographic data using a variety of scientific instruments including but not limited to Conductivity, Temperature, and Depth profilers (CTDs), Expendable Bathythermographs (XBTs), Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs), and Moving Vessel Profilers (MVPs).
• Experience preparing and presenting reports or briefings that convey technical oceanographic information to both scientific and non-scientific audiences.

Education

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT FOR EACH SERIES:

• General Physical Science Series, 1301: Degree in physical science, engineering, or mathematics that included 24 semester hours in physical science and/or related engineering science such as mechanics, dynamics, properties of materials, and electronics.
• Oceanography Series 1360: Major study of at least 24 semester hours in oceanography or a related discipline such as physics, meteorology, geophysics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering, geology, or biology, plus 20 additional semester hours in any combination of oceanography, physics, geophysics, chemistry, mathematics, meteorology, computer science, and engineering sciences.