The Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML) at CSU is seeking applicants to work with the National Park Service (NPS), Inventory and Monitoring Division as assistant data managers/data scientists to coordinate and participate in a team focused on many aspects of the data life cycle. The position will assist with data management activities across 2-3 network offices and will work a full time 40 hour/week schedule.
Duration of the position is expected to last approximately two years. Actual length of service will depend on specific technical needs of the office, funding, and applicant performance. Official administration of the position will be from CEMML. Work may include travel to network offices across the country.
This position will assist Inventory & Monitoring Division staff in creating and maintaining the tools that are used to collect, manage, visualize, and publish data collected by the program, with a special emphasis on the data publication process. These data relate to a diverse list of topics and may include hydrology, vegetation, large mammals, climate, birds, and more. Data collection assistance could involve designing and entering data in data collection apps such as ESRI Survey 123 and Field Maps. Data management tasks include writing scripts to look for data quality issues, automating tasks, and preparing metadata. Visualizing data includes creating graphs and other visualizations in R, Power BI, AGOL dashboards and other approved platforms. Data publication tasks include creating scripts to generate EML metadata, machine readable datasets, and reports using tools such as R, R Markdown and Python.