POSITION TITLE:  Senior QA Specialist

POSITION SUMMARY:  Quality Assurance Specialist supporting  a member of a large multidisciplinary team supporting software development and data management for the Office of Science and Technology in NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Work is performed on site at the Government facility in at 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide quality assurance support within the Office of Science and Technology (OST) in accordance with its Mission. Responsibilities may include, but not be limited to, support of the following:

• Design, establishment and support of a Division level quality assurance policy, including associated processes, documentation and quality controls
• Work with scientific and technical personnel and provide direction as related to quality assurance policy
• Work with Division leadership to establish and enforce quality assurance standards and best practices
• Work with Division leadership and technical staff to integrate quality assurance measures into the system development life cycle
• Creating and maintain articulate, structured technical documentation
• Research, test and recommend quality assurance tools and applications
• Work with project teams to develop project specific test scripts
• Work with project teams to develop automated test scripts
• Serve as primary QA/QC resource on projects, running automated test scripts, performing manual testing, and ensuring requirements traceability

REPORTING/INTERFACE RELATIONSHIPS:

• Reports to Caelum Team Lead.
• Works closely with the NMFS Federal Branch Chief and senior OST management.
• Matrixed support of and coordination with a variety of domain specialists and Stakeholders both within and external to the OST.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum B.S. in a technical field or comparable experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ QA experience..
• Must have thorough understanding of all aspects of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Must have extensive experience supporting quality assurance throughout the full SDLC for web-based, database-driven, custom application development projects
• Must be able to translate business requirements from business users and functional requirements into organized, traceable, repeatable test scripts
• Must have ability to perform and experience in performing data analyses
• Must have strong written and oral communication skills
• Must have strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Must be creative and have the ability to understand and work with complex and abstract concepts
• Must have experience working on client-facing projects and working with end users
• Must have experience working on fast-paced projects with matrix teams
• Experience working on projects involving Oracle and Oracle ApEx technology is a plus
• Experience working on projects involving Java and JavaScript is a plus
• Must have experience with quality assurance automation

COMPENSATION AND OTHER FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS AT HIRE:

*          Base salary open, depending upon background and experience of successful candidate.

POSITION TITLE:  Junior QA Specialist

POSITION SUMMARY:  Quality Assurance Specialist supporting a member of a large multidisciplinary team supporting software development and data management for the Office of Science and Technology in NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Work is performed on site at the Government facility in at 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide quality assurance support within the Office of Science and Technology (OST) in accordance with its Mission. Responsibilities may include, but not be limited to, support of the following:

• Support of a Division level quality assurance policy, including associated processes, documentation and quality controls
• Work with scientific and technical personnel and provide direction as related to quality assurance policy
• Work with Division leadership to establish and enforce quality assurance standards and best practices
• Work with Division leadership and technical staff to integrate quality assurance measures into the system development life cycle
• Creating and maintain articulate, structured technical documentation
• Research, test and recommend quality assurance tools and applications
• Work with project teams to develop project specific test scripts
• Work with project teams to develop automated test scripts
• Serve as primary QA/QC resource on projects, running automated test scripts, performing manual testing, and ensuring requirements traceability

REPORTING/INTERFACE RELATIONSHIPS:

• Reports to Caelum Team Lead.
• Works closely with the NMFS Federal Branch Chief and senior OST management.
• Matrixed support of and coordination with a variety of domain specialists and Stakeholders both within and external to the OST.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum B.S. in a technical field or comparable experience
• Minimum of 2 years’ QA experience or comparable specialized education and training..
• Must have thorough understanding of all aspects of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Must have extensive experience supporting quality assurance throughout the full SDLC for web-based, database-driven, custom application development projects
• Must be able to translate business requirements from business users and functional requirements into organized, traceable, repeatable test scripts
• Must have ability to perform and experience in performing data analyses
• Must have strong written and oral communication skills
• Must have strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Must be creative and have the ability to understand and work with complex and abstract concepts
• Must have experience working on client-facing projects and working with end users
• Must have experience working on fast-paced projects with matrix teams
• Experience working on projects involving Oracle and Oracle ApEx technology is a plus
• Experience working on projects involving Java and JavaScript is a plus

COMPENSATION AND OTHER FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS AT HIRE:

*          Base salary open, depending upon background and experience of successful candidate.

POSITION TITLE:  Software Engineer V

POSITION SUMMARY:  Software Engineer/Developer as a member of a large multidisciplinary team supporting software development and data management for the Office of Science and Technology in NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Work is performed on site at the Government facility in at 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as development lead on multiple, concurrent web- based, database-driven, custom application development projects
• Perform system requirements analysis, application design, development, testing and implementation
• Develop applications based on user requirements including user interface, database development, and middle-tier application components
• Work on systems integration projects that may require knowledge of .xml file construction and parsing as well as other extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) processes and tools
• Provide support and guidance to the development teams during the design, development, and testing processes
• Write database triggers and PL/SQL stored procedures and packages according to business requirements
• Troubleshoot application defects and performance issues
• Design, develop and/or generate reports based on business requirements
• Assist in application performance monitoring, reporting, and tuning
• Work with complex relational databases and data models

REPORTING/INTERFACE RELATIONSHIPS:

•  Reports to Caelum Team Lead.
• Works closely with the NMFS Federal Branch Chief and senior OST management.
• Matrixed support of and coordination with a variety of domain specialists and Stakeholders both within and external to the OST.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum B.S. in a technical field or comparable experience
• 8 or more years’ experience in software engineering and development
• Must have thorough understanding of all aspects of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Must be able to elicit business requirements from business users, develop functional requirements based on the business requirements and produce detailed requirements documentation
• Must have experience working on client-facing projects and working with end users
• Must have experience working on fast-paced projects with matrix teams
• Must have demonstrated proficiency in Java, JavaScript, Oracle PL/SQL, or Oracle ApEx development
• Must have experience in creating and maintaining articulate, structured technical documentation
• Experience working with Oracle (12c or 18c Preferred) is a plus

COMPENSATION AND OTHER FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS AT HIRE:

*          Base salary open, depending upon background and experience of successful candidate.

POSITION TITLE:  Software Engineer II

POSITION SUMMARY:  Software Engineer/Developer as a member of a large multidisciplinary team supporting software development and data management for the Office of Science and Technology in NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Work is performed on site at the Government facility in at 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a development team member on multiple, concurrent web- based, database-driven, custom application development projects
• Perform system requirements analysis, application design, development, testing and implementation
• Develop applications based on user requirements including user interface, database development, and middle-tier application components
• Work on systems integration projects that may require knowledge of .xml file construction and parsing as well as other extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) processes and tools
• Provide support and guidance to the development teams during the design, development, and testing processes
• Write database triggers and PL/SQL stored procedures and packages according to business requirements
• Troubleshoot application defects and performance issues
• Design, develop and/or generate reports based on business requirements
• Assist in application performance monitoring, reporting, and tuning
• Work with complex relational databases and data models

REPORTING/INTERFACE RELATIONSHIPS:

• Reports to Caelum Team Lead.
• Works closely with the NMFS Federal Branch Chief and senior OST management.
• Matrixed support of and coordination with a variety of domain specialists and Stakeholders both within and external to the OST.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum B.S. in a technical field or comparable experience
• 2 or more years’ experience in software engineering and development.
• Must have thorough understanding of all aspects of the software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Must be able to elicit business requirements from business users, develop functional requirements based on the business requirements and produce detailed requirements documentation
• Must have experience working on client-facing projects and working with end users
• Must have experience working on fast-paced projects with matrix teams
• Must have demonstrated proficiency in Java, JavaScript, Oracle PL/SQL, or Oracle ApEx development
• Must have experience in creating and maintaining articulate, structured technical documentation
• Experience working with Oracle (12c or 18c Preferred) is a plus

COMPENSATION AND OTHER FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS AT HIRE:

*          Base salary open, depending upon background and experience of successful candidate.

POSITION TITLE:  Linux Admin/IT support for NOAA’s Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)

POSITION SCOPE:

This position serves as a member of the IT Team that supports the complex infrastructure of NOAA’s Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) at NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate Predictions in College Park, Maryland. The team supports an environment that includes over 400 servers, both virtualized and bare metal primarily running CentOS, in conjunction with over 10 Petabytes of both SAN and clustered storage. End users include over 200 Science Researchers and Analysts who develop and validate products used to measure, analyze and monitor the oceans and atmosphere using NOAA data from environmental satellite. The environment also includes Apache web servers.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide systems administration and general support for the STAR infrastructure
• Serve as a senior member of a small team of IT Service Providers who support the Researchers and Analysts who execute the STAR mission
• Administer, monitor and maintain Linux/CentOS servers including unboxing, provisioning, baseline configuration, ongoing configuration management, patching, and decommissioning
• Perform Tier 1-2 helpdesk support to the STAR systems – entering and executing tickets in the STAR ticketing system
• Monitor system performance and resource utilization
• Assist with patching and developing and implementing firewall rules and security controls
• Follow and support STAR Configuration Management practices
• Setup and manage hardware and software for STAR storage systems
• Maintain documentation regarding system configurations and processes

REPORTING/INTERFACE RELATIONSHIPS:

• Reports to Caelum’s Lead IT Systems Admin
• Receives technical guidance and priorities from the Government Task Manager (the IT Team Lead)
• Works across Caelum’s STAR IT Team for collaboration and cross support
• Interacts and collaborates regularly with Federal and contract employees within STAR

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum B.S./B.A. in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• Demonstrated proficiency, with a minimum of 6 years’ relevant experience as a Linux Systems Administrator
• Experience and demonstrable expertise with the following technologies:
  • CentOS/RedHat or comparable Linux distributions
  • Ability to compile software packages from source
  • TCP/IP, UDP/IP, SSH, DNS, NFS, and Firewalls
  • Syslog, SELinux, DMZ implementation principles
  • Change management
  • git revision control
  • Scripting: Bash, perl, python, and/or ruby, etc.
• Experience with the following is valuable:
  • Puppet and/or Ansible
  • Apache/nginx web servers
  • Programming basics: Compiling, linking, debugging, etc.
• Experience working on a science/research based technical team
• Experience in a NOAA or other U.S. Government agency environment, particularly in support of a science mission, is desirable
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

COMPENSATION AND OTHER FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS AT HIRE:

Base salary open, depending upon background and experience of successful candidate

Responsibilities:

Shall be responsible for quality assurance and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements; conducts audits and reviews/analyzes data and documentation; performs quality control on new software to ensure that it meets defined functional and performance requirements. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

The Quality Assurance Specialist tasks may include but are not limited to the following:

• Performs software quality control testing to ensure that software developed meets defined specifications, is bug free, and provides a successful user experience;
• Reviews technical documentation to ensure that it is intuitive, logical, and easy to use for users of the material;
• Reviews and provides recommendations for improving overall FRAM data and software engineering activities to include software development, testing, and release processes, overall project management techniques and approaches, and stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering, and requirements management techniques.

Requirements:

A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. A BS/BA degree (or equivalent) in area of specialty and 6 to 8 years of experience in the field or in a related area. May require an advanced degree. Must be familiar with a variety of the field’s concepts, practices, and procedures.

Responsibilities:

Shall be responsible for all aspects of field and/or task-level project performance. Supervises and/or guides personnel involved in all aspects of project activity, organizes and assigns responsibilities to subordinates, oversees the successful completion of all assigned tasks, and maintains customer contacts to ensure conformity to all project obligations. Exercises independent judgment, as well as a high-level of analytical skill, in solving non-routine technical, administrative, and managerial problems.

The Project Manager tasks may include but are not limited to the following:

• Facilitate West Coast fisheries stakeholder engagement meetings, to include developing goals and agendas, guiding the meetings and discussion, and ensuring that all meeting goals are successfully met;
• Oversee development of detailed listings of fisheries data streams to include data stream, elements, reporting requirements (frequency, accuracy), owner, organization, associated business processes, Pacific Fishery Management Council and state-level procedures for making changes to the data stream, relevant fisheries, any existing data web services for the data streams, and other technical, business, or policy elements required to successfully achieve the goal of streamlining reporting requirements for fishermen;
• Develop a comprehensive year-by-year project plan for West Coast fisheries data modernization/integration to include categories of tasks, key deliverables, schedules, and task leads/points of contact;
• Work and help guide technical engineers and technical writers to draft data/web service specifications for West Coast fisheries data.

Requirements:

Significant experience and expertise leading technical working groups to include (i) identifying desired goals and outcomes of meetings (ii) setting and driving meeting agendas (iii) skill in being able to effectively engage and encourage participation from team meeting members (iv), and ability to ensure that the desired goals and outcomes are met at the conclusion of the meeting.

Project Management skills to include the development of overall project plans, key goals and objectives, tasks, deliverables, and schedules. BS/BA degree in related field (or equivalent) plus 10+ years of related experience.

Responsibilities:

Shall understand currently used scientific algorithms and design and implement novel algorithms to  meet FRAM data management mission needs. The Scientific Programmer Level IV converts scientific, engineering, and other technical problem formulations to formats that can be processed by computer, resolves symbolic formulations, prepares flowcharts and block diagrams, and encodes resultant equations  for processing by applying extensive knowledge of branch of science, engineering, or advanced  mathematics, such as differential equations or numerical analysis, and understanding of capabilities and limitations of computer.

The Software Engineer tasks may include but are not limited to the following:

• Identify, analyze, and understand current scientific algorithms in use by the FRAM programs to look for inefficiencies and areas for improvement;
• Use knowledge of scientific computing to propose enhancements to existing algorithms via advanced technologies and concepts such as pattern classification, machine learning, high performance computing, cloud/GPU computing, and other advanced techniques;
• Work closely with FRAM scientists to implement and deploy novel algorithms in standard coding languages such as R, SQL, PL/SQL, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript/HTML/CSS, and other relevant languages and platforms;
• Maintain modified and newly developed software and scripts using Git or other software source code version control systems;
• Maintain all progress such as bug/feature and project tracking using Jira, Google Sites, and Google Drive;
• The Project lead and COR may elect to exercise options to add additional labor hours for the scientific programmer labor category.

Requirements:

The Scientific Programmer Level IV shall have a BS/BA degree (or equivalent) and 6 to 8 years of experience in related area.

Responsibilities:

Shall maintain and continue developing and coding model algorithms (in C/C++) and the user’s interface (using Qt software).

A Programmer Analyst reviews, analyzes, and modifies programming systems including encoding, testing, debugging and installing to support an organization’s application systems, consults with users to identify current operating procedures and to clarify program objectives; may be expected to write documentation to describe program development, logic, and coding.

The Programmer Analyst tasks shall include, but not be limited to:

• Modify existing simulation model;
• Optimize code to remove any unused components and convert to C++
• Update graphical user interface;
• Implement new algorithms, as instructed;
• Document changes to model;
• Maintain documentation in a central location;
• The Project lead and COR may elect to exercise options to add additional labor hours for the programmer analyst labor category.

Requirements:

The programmer must have 3 years’ experience working in both Linux and Windows environments. The Programmer Analyst Level III should have a BS/BA degree in a related area (or equivalent), and 4 to 6 years of related experience. Must have expertise in C/C++, experience in managing a large software program, and experience in developing user’s interfaces.

Responsibilities:

Shall perform database design and transformation work within the FRAM data engineering team in accordance with its mission. The Database Specialist Level IV designs and builds relational databases for data storage or processing, develops strategies for warehouse implementation, data acquisition, and archive recovery, cleans and maintains the database by removing and deleting old data, and may evaluate new data sources for adherence to the organization’s quality standards and ease of integration.

The Database Specialist tasks may include but are not limited to the following:

• Definition of data system architecture and system design for IT projects;
• Define overall data system functional and performance requirements as well as high-level design requirements, in-depth understanding of the entire operation of the system and communicate it in both verbal and written format to the design team senior management and customers;
• Create system level white papers and requirements specifications;
• Develop database design and modeling, data loads, establishing and maintaining user accounts;
• Manage database Entity-Relationship Diagrams, Function Hierarchy, CRUD Matrix, Process Flows, DML/DDL/DCL generation, and Data Flow
• Develop database source code in Pentaho Data Integration, SQL, PL/SQL, Python, R, and TypeScript/JavaScript;
• Manage version control managed software and related source code to specific applications;
• Develop system and user documentation according to NMFS CIO document management life cycle recommendations;
• Maintain all progress status using com, Jira, Google Sites, and Google Drive;
• The Project lead and COR may elect to exercise options to add additional labor hours for the database specialist labor category.

Requirements:

The Database Specialist is expected to have a BS/BA degree in a related area (or equivalent), and 6 to 8 years of experience in the field or in a related area. A Database Specialist Level IV is preferred, although the level may be adjusted based on the contractor’s proposed staffing approach.