Junior scientific programmer at ICOS Carbon Portal @ Lund University - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply
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Lund University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Geograhy and Ecosystem Science
Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more than 8 800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.
Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.
Introduction
ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System, https://www.icos-ri.eu) is a European research infrastructure providing scientific data on carbon cycle and greenhouse gas budget. ICOS Carbon Portal (https://www.icos-cp.eu), the data centre of ICOS, consists of a small group designing and building web services for archival and dissemination of these data, including upload, storage, long-term preservation, search, visualization, and download. The Carbon Portal is hosted by Lund University, at the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science (http://www.nateko.lu.se/).
At the Carbon Portal we use the following technologies:
Front end development: ES6 Javascript, React/Redux, Leaflet, OpenLayers, Bootstrap. Back end development: Scala/Java, Akka. Metadata management: RDF, OWL, SPARQL, PostgreSQL/PostGIS. Deployment environments: CentOS Linux, Docker, JVM, EGI Cloud. Data storage: Linux file system, EUDAT services. CMS for ICOS websites: Drupal. Document management system: Alfresco.
Job assignment
ICOS Carbon Portal at Lund University is looking for a junior scientific programmer who can adapt and integrate existing scientific software into the web service framework of ICOS Carbon Portal. The original codes are mainly written in Fortran, Python and R, and the interfacing will require making use of scripts, Python and/or Scala and Java. You will work on the automation of the processing workflow and be responsible for the retrieval and pre-processing of for example operational meteorological data that are used in our scientific models and services.
You will be part of our team of currently 5 other developers and 4 (data) scientists, working on the joint ICOS Carbon Portal open source codebase.
Qualifications
You have a relevant professional or academic degree at the bachelor level or equivalent and preferably 1-2 years of programming experience. Documented experience in several of the following list of relevant technologies, skills and tools is needed: Bash scripting, Linux administration, maps and GIS, Python, R, SQL, working with scientific data, binary data formats. Proficient mastery of the English language is required.
Merits are:
Experience with Fortran and C++ is highly recommended. Experience with netcdf data and manipulation with the CDO software suite is also recommended. Affinity with environmental and climate research, and exploration and analysis of complex datasets through visualisations is recommended.
The initial offer of the position is fixed-term for two years.
| Type of employment | Temporary position |
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| Contract type | Full time |
| First day of employment | According to agreement, duration two years |
| Salary | Fixed monthly salary |
| Number of positions | 1 |
| Full-time equivalent | 100 |
| City | Lund |
| County | Skåne län |
| Country | Sweden |
| Reference number | PA2018/1227 |
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| Published | 20.Apr.2018 |
| Last application date | 11.May.2018 11:59 PM CEST |