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Job Title: Metadata Specialist Clearance Required: Public Trust Work Location: Remote or near one of the following locations: Silver Spring, MD; Stennis, MS; Boulder, CO; Asheville, NC Alpha Omega is recruiting to staff the recent award for the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Data Stewardship Division (DSD), which works with NOAA and the broader community to provide and maintain the core tools, systems, services, policies, and procedures that enable long-term information preservation, dissemination, and service delivery in a cost-effective, efficient, and reliable manner. Its four branches, Data Operations, Archive, Software Engineering, and Data Access, ensure conformance with the principles, activities, and responsibilities of an Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model Archive (Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems, 2012; ISO 14721); follow established NOAA, Department of Commerce, and Executive Office policies; and maintain a reliable and effective infrastructure of hardware, software, processes, and procedures to ensure the long-term preservat The Metadata Specialist will work with a team of test engineers, software developers, and data analysts to maintain the availability and integrity of meteorological, climatological, and environmental, geospatially-referenced data in several electronic formats for use by customers worldwide. Key Responsibilities: Archive Documentation: Utilize standard templates to document new or revised archive projects. Provide weekly status reports on the progress of archive projects. Coordination and Communication: Coordinate Archive Implementation and Maintenance requirements with geographically diverse internal and external stakeholders. Translate and communicate project requirements to subject matter experts and operators. Support Data Set Readiness Reviews (DSRR) to ensure NCEI is prepared to ingest, archive, and provide access to new and updated archive requests. Assist in assessing the completeness and appropriateness of new data archive requests in alignment with NOAA mission priorities. Project Management: Operate project management tools (Jira, Google Docs and Sheets) for task status, issue tracking, and scheduling. Follow established processes to plan and execute various projects. Advanced Planning and Support: Ensure provider metadata adherence to accepted Federal and international standards for data storage, accessibility, metadata, interoperability, and long-term preservation. Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) and Metadata: Mint and maintain Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) using automated and manual methods. Develop, create, and maintain metadata for data granules and collection metadata records. Data Stewardship and Best Practices: Develop, create, and maintain Data Stewardship Maturity Model assessments, related metadata, and Data Stewardship Maturity Reports (DSMR). Identify and document best practices and implementation strategies for standards related to collection and granule metadata. Guidance and Support: Support data providers and managers by providing guidance on archive-related tools, templates, checklists, standards, and processes. Operational Archive Records: Assist NCEI data managers with requests to update operational archive records. Required Qualifications: Education: Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) in a related field or equivalent practical experience. Experience/Skills: 2 to 4 years of experience in a related area. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Knowledge of data formats e.g., XML, JSON, NetCDF. Experience using Microsoft Windows and Google's G-Suite applications. Preferred Qualifications: Experience working with metadata, specifically metadata standards such as ISO 19115. Knowledge of Agile development methodologies. Experience using Amazon Web Service (AWS). Experience with Atlassian Jira and Confluence. Expe ience in scripting languages (e.g. Python or command line scripting) for metadata processing. Experience in cloud migration projects, with expertise in metadata translation and mapping to cloud-based metadata schemas. Benefit Information: Joining the Alpha Omega team entitles you to participate in all retirement benefits, plans of deferred compensation, health and insurance benefits, and other such benefits as set forth in the company's policy and benefits manuals. See below, to name a few: PTO including paid parental, military, and bereavement leave Eleven (11) paid Federal holidays, five of which are floating holidays (as designated by the company's holiday schedule each year) Health and Dental Insurance (including 100% employer paid premiums for employee coverage under the HDHP health plan) Life Insurance, STD/LTD term... For full info follow application link.

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