[SGVLUG] jobs with USGS in Pasadena

[Claude Felizardo via SGVLUG]

Looks like the USGS in Pasadena has two job openings.  One for a networking engineer, the other for a scientific programmer within the Earthquake Science Center.

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IT specialist (Network) Closing date 12/17/2018
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/517461500

United States Geological Survey (USGS) is seeking motivated candidates for a Network Engineer for the Southern California Seismic Network (SCSN).  

SCSN, one of the largest regional seismic networks in the world, has over 400 stations that measure ground shaking from earthquakes. SCSN provides reliable, accurate, authoritative earthquake information to emergency personnel, businesses, scientists, and the public.  

The incumbent in this operational position will design, install, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot the SCSN wide area network to achieve rapid, reliable, secure communications between field stations and central processing computers, using a variety of technologies: microwave, cellular, wireless, satellite, radio, T1, MPLS, and more.

This position is being offered in Pasadena, CA.  Openings for this full-time, permanent position are being advertised as an IT Specialist (Network) (2210) at the GS-11/12/13 level.  US citizenship is required.  Only online applications will be accepted.  The federal government is an equal opportunity employer.

Please be sure to submit all the requested materials, including transcripts by December 17, 2018 – and please do not wait until the last minute to apply.  If you have questions about the application process, please contact Earl Emerson at pacsac1 at usgs.gov.

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Geophysicist or Computer Scientist
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/519078200

United States Geological Survey (USGS) is seeking motivated candidates for a Computer Scientist / Geophysicist for the Earthquake Early Warning effort.  

Who should apply? IT Specialists interested in “ShakeAlert”, an Earthquake Early Warning System

Job location:  United States Geological Survey (USGS), Department of Interior, Earthquake Science Center, Pasadena, CA

US Geological Survey is seeking IT professionals to join the team developing and operating the ShakeAlert earthquake early warning (EEW) system https://www.shakealert.org/. It is a mission-critical, distributed system that rapidly detects earthquakes and generates and issues alerts 24/7 to institutional users and the public before the severe shaking in an impending damaging earthquake happens on the West Coast of the U.S. The mission is to have far reaching impacts including reducing injuries and property damage.  Examples of ShakeAlert customers are emergency planners and respondents, scientists, utility and transportation organizations, private companies, and the public.

These positions are at the main testing and monitoring center in Pasadena, CA which operates a comprehensive code management, testing and certification platform in a Linux environment. Applicants who have experience in scientific development and operations projects in a real-time Linux environment will receive consideration for this opportunity. Development environment includes Java, C, C++, Python, Puppet, ActiveMQ, Git, and Perl. Please, apply only if you have experience that is relevant to this opportunity.

* Appointment is Permanent, Full-Time
* Applicants must be U.S. Citizens.
* Suitable for Federal employment, as determined by background investigation.
* Selectee may be subject to serving a one-year probationary period.
* More requirements are listed under Qualifications and Other Information.