Scientific/Engineering Programmer
State of Florida
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: St. Petersburg • Florida • United States
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Salary
💰 $25 per hour
About the role
- This position is for a database engineer with the Marine Mammal Section of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) to support Florida marine mammal population research and monitoring.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for providing timely data management support to FWRI’s Marine Mammal research staff.
- These services include assistance in the design and implementation of relational databases to ensure data access, quality, and viability.
- This assistance may be in the form of building backend functionality for frontend applications; writing and maintaining documentation and data manuals; recommending and implementing appropriate tools, methods, and software as necessary; or discussing database workflow issues, priority needs, and potential solutions.
- Ensure appropriate agency policies and procedures are followed for data storage, project workflow documentation, software selection, metadata generation, and security.
Requirements
- Six years of experience in computer systems analysis and/or computer programming, two years of which must have been in database design
- A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in computer sciences or management information systems and four years of experience in computer systems analysis and/or computer programming, one year of which must have been in database design
- A master's degree from an accredited college or university in one of the computer sciences or management information systems and three years of experience in computer systems analysis and/or computer programming, one year of which must have been in database design
- A doctorate from an accredited college or university in one of the computer sciences or management information systems and one year of experience in database design
- Completion of a one-year program of study from a vocational/technical school in an area of data processing (excluding data entry) can substitute for one year of the required computer systems analysis and/or computer programming experience
- Preference may be given to candidates with demonstrated experience with biological datasets.
Benefits
- Health Premiums $25.00- Single / $90.00- Family Biweekly
- Low Cost $25,000 Life Insurance
- OPS FICA Alternative Retirement Plan
- On the Job Trainings
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
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Hard Skills & Tools
database designdata managementrelational databasesbackend functionalitydata documentationmetadata generationdata storageproject workflow documentationcomputer systems analysiscomputer programming