Research Associate 2

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The Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) of the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Research Associate II.

The successful applicant will be a member of the NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NFMS) Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) Marine Mammal Branch.   Research focuses on management of data collected from passive acoustic studies of the distribution, occurrence, movements, and density of marine mammals and anthropogenic noise sources in waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the North Atlantic, and the Caribbean. This position will provide data management and quality control for managing and migrating large acoustic recording data collections to the cloud and preparing metadata and summary outputs to support a national passive acoustic decision support tool for marine mammal management. 

Candidates for this position must have (1) a Bachelor’s degree in physical or life sciences, computer science, data sciences, statistics, or other related field with at least 2 years of relevant experience, (2) demonstrated experience with data management, data archiving, and database management, preferred in an academic or ocean science environment (3) the ability and desire to work as part of a collaborative team; (4) excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, good problem solving and critical thinking skills, and the ability to plan daily duties; and (5) demonstrated ability to work independently to complete complex tasks.  Experience with cloud-based data storage platforms and computing technologies or troubleshooting and maintaining oceanographic equipment is a plus.

The position will be located at the NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center Marine Mammal and Turtle Division located in Miami, FL.

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