Metadata Specialist

CASE is an SBA-certified Women-Owned (WOSB) and HUBZone Small Business headquartered in Asheville, NC at The Collider, with operations spanning six US time zones (East Coast to Hawaii). We focus on creating impactful, innovative, credible, and globally recognized climate, ecological, social, and environmental science and technology expertise that enables public and private sector organizations to make environmentally intelligent decisions, adapt to changing conditions, anticipate and solve problems, and create lasting economic, social, and ecosystem resilience.

CASE Consultants International, LLC is an SBA-certified Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) founded in 2012 and headquartered in Asheville, NC. CASE’s reputation for high quality and reliable climate science, management integrity, and corporate responsibility drive referrals and are the cornerstone for the company’s steady, organic expansion.

CASE stands for Climate Arts and Sciences Expertise, which summarizes the core mission of the company – to provide leading climate- and environmental strategic planning, policy, data analysis, information management, and other scientific and technical services to government, non-profit, and industry, both US and abroad. CASE’s three primary business lines are US Government Contracting, Event Planning with Outreach and Engagement, and Climate and Environmental Consulting.

For more information about CASE, visit http://www.caseconsultantsinternational.com/. 

Summary of Position:

This position is located at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), working in the Data Stewardship Division (DSD) in the Data Archive Branch. This position is significant to the NCEI mission because it requires unique skills and experience with data archive and metadata generation and management.

The position can be onsite at any of the four NCEI locations (Asheville NC, Stennis MS, Boulder CO, Silver Spring MD) with up to 80% telework.

The developer’s role includes development of prototype systems, moving prototype systems to operations, maintaining system operations, and GWS services development that can be integrated into other oceanic and geophysical projects and activities, with an emphasis on coastal data.

Responsibilities include:

• Work remotely on a geographically dispersed team and collaborate with multiple teams and partners in remote settings.
• Follow established processes to plan and manage data stewardship projects.
• Collaborate with representatives and stakeholders to develop documentation for use cases, workflows, requirements, data specifications and architecture descriptions.
• Create and maintain associated SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures).
• Negotiate technical agreements with stakeholders to transfer and steward data.
• Represents technical viewpoints in meetings and forums.
• Travel to related conferences and meetings as appropriate.

Required Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Skilled at writing and managing documentation for environmental data.
• Understanding of metadata standards, such as ISO 19115, ISO 19139, and/or FGDC CSDGM.
• Experience with metadata generation and management.
• Familiarity with an Agile/Scrum framework.
• Familiarity with applying version control with tools such as Git in a team environment.
• Understanding of data curation processes including DOIs and data citation principles.
• Understanding of data and information management.
• Skilled at using Windows OS and Google Workspace.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Atlassian Jira, and Confluence.
• Experience with file transfer protocols.
• Familiarity with traditional scientific data file formats such as GRIB, netCDF, and HDF5, as well as cloud-optimized data file formats such as Zarr, Parquet, etc.
• Experience with standard application programming interfaces (APIs) and protocols such as REST.
• Programming experience with XML/XSLT, Linux Shell, and/or Python scripting.
• Familiarity with the NOAA observing systems, programs, and data.
• Familiarity with basic scientific concepts in meteorology, climatology, geophysics and/or oceanography.
• Understanding of the OAIS-RM framework.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Mathematics, Atmospheric Science, Computer Science, Library or Information Science, or a related discipline.

Compensation: Competitive salaries and benefits, with flexible work schedules.

CASE Consultants International is an EEO employer.

CASE offers a competitive pay and benefits, including company-sponsored healthcare (medical, dental, and vision); paid leave; retirement plan; training and professional development; remote and flexible work; performance-based raises and bonuses; and others.

CASE is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer focused on attracting, retaining, and cultivating talented professionals with diverse backgrounds and perspectives and a diverse, inclusive workplace in which our employees thrive. We equitably consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information as per https://www.eeoc.gov/poster.

If you require assistance in completing this application, please contact us at admin@case-ci.com or 828-CLI-MATE (254-6283).