Software Systems Operations Administrator

Science Systems and Applications, Inc (SSAI)

Software Systems Operations Administrator for Ocean Ecology Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Responsible for daily operations, configuration, and stability of Ocean Data Processing System.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeLanham • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $90,000 - $110,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudLinuxPythonRDBMSSQLSubversionUnix

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Monitor daily production and distribution activity in ODPS including diagnosing errors in log files and identifying missing or incorrect products.
Collaborate with OEL science-team members to integrate complex standalone scientific processes within the ODPS framework to produce new processing workflows.
Collaborate with the OEL web team to resolve issues related to ODPS.
Collaborate with the OEL AWS-cloud team to coordinate and manage data flows from ODPS to designated AWS-based S3 buckets.
Support a variety of processing tests for the OBPG science team within the ODPS framework without impacting near-real-time (NRT) processing activity.
Perform administrative configuration in ODPS to support new processing and storage hardware, missions, data types, data-ingest workflows.
Respond to user posts in the OB-DAAC forum.
Collaborate with the OBPG system engineers to resolve hardware and network issues that affect ODPS, i.e. services unresponsive, disk errors, permission issues.
Compose technical documentation for the ODPS software components and operational procedures.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) and a minimum of 5 years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Proficiency operating and developing in a Unix/Linux environment (including Bash scripting, SSH, and file system management).
Strong proficiency in SQL for RDBMS (SAP ASE or similar highly preferred).
Experience maintaining code using version control systems (e.g., Git, Subversion/SVN).
AWS experience or AWS certification.
Python proficiency.
Scientific-based background or knowledge of handling large scientific datasets.
Experience working in an Agile environment.
Familiarity with web development concepts as they relate to application support.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Monitor daily production and distribution activity in ODPS including diagnosing errors in log files and identifying missing or incorrect products.
Collaborate with OEL science-team members to integrate complex standalone scientific processes within the ODPS framework to produce new processing workflows.
Collaborate with the OEL web team to resolve issues related to ODPS.
Collaborate with the OEL AWS-cloud team to coordinate and manage data flows from ODPS to designated AWS-based S3 buckets.
Support a variety of processing tests for the OBPG science team within the ODPS framework without impacting near-real-time (NRT) processing activity.
Perform administrative configuration in ODPS to support new processing and storage hardware, missions, data types, data-ingest workflows.
Respond to user posts in the OB-DAAC forum.
Collaborate with the OBPG system engineers to resolve hardware and network issues that affect ODPS, i.e. services unresponsive, disk errors, permission issues.
Compose technical documentation for the ODPS software components and operational procedures. 🎯 Requirements
Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) and a minimum of 5 years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Proficiency operating and developing in a Unix/Linux environment (including Bash scripting, SSH, and file system management).
Strong proficiency in SQL for RDBMS (SAP ASE or similar highly preferred).
Experience maintaining code using version control systems (e.g., Git, Subversion/SVN).
AWS experience or AWS certification.
Python proficiency.
Scientific-based background or knowledge of handling large scientific datasets.
Experience working in an Agile environment.
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Hard Skills & Tools

Bash ScriptingFile System ManagementVersion Control SystemsTechnical DocumentationData-Ingest Workflows

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem-SolvingCommunication

Certifications

AWS Certification