University at Albany-posted 11 months ago
$65,000 - $65,000/Yr
Entry Level
Albany, NY
Educational Services

This position within the New York (NY) State Weather Risk Communication Center (SWRCC) will serve as a focal point for creating products and tools for both the meteorologists on staff as well as external partners. This position will also help fulfill external requests that require a significant amount of data manipulation or static graphic design. This position may also assist with reporting where summary graphics are required. On occasion, this position will use their meteorological expertise to assist with SWRCC briefings when needed. Overall, their expertise is expected to improve the meteorological services the SWRCC provides to critical state and other public sector stakeholders. Most NY agencies and authorities do not possess hired meteorologists, which makes the process of preparing for, responding to, and examining impactful weather events challenging. This position will work to fill this gap alongside operational weather forecasters and other domain experts and will contribute to the greater educational and research environment at UAlbany where appropriate. This position may also propose and contribute to externally funded research endeavors, where those endeavors align with the general SWRCC mission. SWRCC appointments are for 10 months per year recurring annually, with the remaining two months being eligible to be filled via research-funded effort.

  • Create NY-centric weather products primarily using the Python programming language.
  • Use National Weather Service products and models to create forecast graphics and products.
  • Use observational data like the NYS Mesonet or ASOS data to extract important information.
  • Use the MRMS product suite to create products specific to NY.
  • Create statistics relating to either weather data or NY infrastructure impacted by weather.
  • Respond to requests by meteorologists employed by the SWRCC as to external stakeholder requests or needs.
  • Contribute to real-time weather briefing products during times of highly impactful weather or unexpected staffing shortages.
  • Coordinate with the SWRCC lead meteorologist, risk communication scientist, and software engineer positions on completing tasks as needed.
  • Present to both external and internal stakeholders on the functionality of the products created.
  • Seek external funding to conduct research or develop products that align with the SWRCC and/or UAlbany mission.
  • MS degree in meteorology, atmospheric science, or a substantially similar field received by the candidate's start date.
  • Demonstrated Python programming ability and skill with relevant Python packages such as Numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Cartopy, Geopandas, MetPy, and/or other similar packages.
  • Experience with Numerical Weather Prediction model output created by the National Weather Service.
  • Experience using shell scripting in a Linux environment.
  • Ability to work with both external stakeholders as well as internal stakeholders on product development.
  • Foundational background in weather forecasting principles including operational meteorology.
  • Experience with National Weather Service products and knowledge of their weather forecasting principles.
  • Good teamworking ability.
  • Able to work competently on independent projects without significant supervision.
  • Demonstrated ability to develop inclusive and equitable relationships within a diverse campus community.
  • Demonstrated ability to support diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and belonging relative to their role.
  • PhD in meteorology, atmospheric science, or a substantially similar field.
  • Experience with using modern version control systems such as Git.
  • Knowledge of GIS concepts such as map projections, raster datasets, and vector datasets.
  • Experience in creating or accessing APIs.
  • Experience with other weather programming languages or tools such as NCL, Jupyter lab, etc.
  • Familiarity with NYS Mesonet data or other similar surface observing networks.
  • Experience with machine learning.
  • Basic web development experience.
  • Experience contributing to (or leading) proposals leading to externally funded research endeavors.
  • Professional Rank and Salary Range: R-3, $65,000 - This is a 10-month appointment that allows for supplementary summer salary from research funding.
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