Marine Data Systems Engineer (Web, GIS & Telemetry)

KAUST; Makkah Region; On-site; SAR 60,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia seeks a Software Engineer for Marine Sciences to oversee the software and database systems for the Red Sea Research Center and the IOP Ocean Observing System. You will develop web applications, manage telemetered data streams, and build data workflows, with supervision of staff to support the user interface and data sharing.

You will collaborate with scientists, IT Operations, GIS and visualization experts to integrate data with

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in computer science, engineering or related discipline.
• Experience with building scalable software and meeting user requirements.
• 2-5 years of experience in a related effort.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve the group’s web application and database system for archiving historical, present and future data sets from marine and oceanographic research.
• Develop workflows for data streams from oceanographic autonomous vehicles, remote sensor sites, and various other instrumentation into the database.
• Develop interfaces to distribute scientific data sets to adjoining systems, i.e. ArcGIS Server & Red Sea model.
• Coordinate developments with scientists, IT Operations, GIS and visualization specialists.
• Responsible for entire software development life cycle from design to deployment. ‘You Build It, You Run It’.
• Work with scientists and engineers to develop new capabilities for data measurement, telemetry, assimilation into operational models and archiving.
• Work with external collaborators to facilitate exchange between, or linkage with, external databases.

Skills

Software development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia seeks a Software Engineer for Marine Sciences to oversee the software and database systems for the Red Sea Research Center and the IOP Ocean Observing System. You will develop web applications, manage telemetered data streams, and build data workflows, with supervision of staff to support the user interface and data sharing.

You will collaborate with scientists, IT Operations, GIS and visualization experts to integrate data with