Data Manager (NASA)

Title:
Data Manager (NASA)

We are seeking a Data Manager to support the Solar Data Analysis Center (SDAC) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD in the acquisition and maintenance of solar physics science data. The SDAC supports the scientific analysis of Sun and is the designated archive for NASA's solar physics science data. Science data from spacecraft are copied into the SDAC and made available to the community. In order to support the scientific community, it is vital that data flows reliably and understandably from external partner institutions into the SDAC.

Duties:

• Analyze current data acquisition pipelines.
• Develop new data acquisition and verification capabilities.
• Implement monitoring and notification tools to understand pipeline performance.
• Interact with NASA solar physics mission teams and develop data transfer plans and capabilities with those teams.

Required Experience:

• 1-2 years software (IDL and/or Python) development with experience in data processing pipelines.
• 1-2 years implementing and using free and open source log analysis tools and process monitoring/management tools such as Nagios, Zabbix, and MMonit, on multiple hosts.

Desired Experience:

• Software version control systems (e.g., Git/GitHub).
• Linux-based operating systems.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

US Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required

In compliance with the U.S. federal government's vaccine mandate, only candidates who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or have a reasonable accommodation or approved medical exception will be considered for this position.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.