Earth Science Data Scientist II - Metadata Lead

UAH College of Business; Alabama; On-site; USD 67,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

UAH College of Business seeks a Research Scientist II to lead data-processing tasks in Earth Science NASA data projects. You will analyze data, extract and validate metadata, and catalog vital information across large datasets.

The role requires a Master’s degree in a relevant field, Python proficiency, and experience with NetCDF/HDF5. Collaboration with science and engineering teams and familiarity with MS Office are essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant scientific field or equivalent combination of education and years of work experience.
• 1–2 years of full-time verifiable work experience (preferably in science, engineering, business, or equivalent).
• Proficiency in Python or other programming languages.
• Familiarity with NetCDF or HDF5 data formats.
• Ability to document workflows clearly and communicate technical concepts to both scientific and engineering team members.
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Serve as task lead over various processes.
• Perform data analysis, extraction, validation, and cataloguing of metadata from large Earth Science NASA data collections.
• Collaborate with scientific and engineering teams to communicate technical concepts.

Skills

Python programming

Documentation

MS Office

Data analysis

Education

Master's degree in a relevant field

Tools

AWS

ArcGIS / QCIS

GDAL/OGR

Rasterio

Geopandas

Git/GitHub

Job description

UAH College of Business seeks a Research Scientist II to lead data-processing tasks in Earth Science NASA data projects. You will analyze data, extract and validate metadata, and catalog vital information across large datasets.

The role requires a Master’s degree in a relevant field, Python proficiency, and experience with NetCDF/HDF5. Collaboration with science and engineering teams and familiarity with MS Office are essential.