Ocean Career: Director, Center Satellite and Research at NOAA

NESDIS Director

NESDIS is responsible for analyzing and disseminating environmental data from satellites and other sources for use by government agencies, commercial organizations, and the general public.

The physical worksite for this position is located in College Park, MD. However, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is currently under a maximum telework posture due to the COVID-19 pandemic; therefore, this position is currently under a 100 percent telework schedule. The position's telework schedule will likely change in the future when NOAA moves away from its maximum telework posture.

At that time, the incumbent will be expected to report to the physical work site in accordance with the updated status requirements of their supervisor. The nature and scope of future telework opportunities will be subject to the unit's telework policy, any applicable bargaining unit agreements, and supervisory approval. Payment of relocation expenses, as applicable, will be paid in accordance with this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Non-compliance with the supervisor's telework-schedule requirement could result in adverse action, including separation.

The Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) provides NOAA with scientific research and development that accelerates the transition of state-of-the-art satellite data, systems, products, and services to operational use by the land, atmosphere, ocean, and climate user communities. The STAR Director is responsible for scientific research and development that accomplishes the transition of state-of-the-art satellite data, systems, products, and services to operational use by the land, atmosphere, ocean, and climate user communities consistent with the NESDIS and NOAA mission.

As Director the incumbent has full responsibility for:

• Provide supporting science for space-based instrumentation, raw observations, derived data, products, and applications that are critical for NOAA's national and international programs, including calibration/validation methodologies and algorithm development.
• Provide expert service to other NESDIS offices regarding current and future sensor and mission planning and development, instrument problems, or systems hardware components.
• Represent NESDIS in coordinating with appropriate NOAA elements or other U.S. Government agencies in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of NOAA and non-NOAA operational and research satellite observations, data, and products that result from research activities.
• Managing the interactions with the NESDIS direct reporting Cooperative Institutes, and the overall interactions with the academic community through NOAA/university cooperative institutes and science centers to provide mechanisms for research collaboration in scientific areas of mutual interest.
• Coordinate with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Defense, and other Federal agencies and significant international agencies partners, as appropriate, on the development of operational product applications from NOAA and NOAA partner environmental satellites.
• Ensure accurate and rapid transition of science to operations and support observing system performance through close cooperation between STAR and operations, and coordination with operational partners both inside NOAA and external, as appropriate.
• Accelerate and improve the quantitative use and assimilation of research and operational satellite data in weather, ocean, climate, and environmental analysis and prediction systems; support the activities of the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation.
• Leverage applied science research across satellite programs (domestic, research or international) to provide integrated applications that consistently improve the use of new domain knowledge, reduce application maintenance, and increase the economic value of merged, blended, assimilated or other product or calibration/validation activities.

Conditions of Employment:

• Incumbent may be subject to geographic mobility.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
• Newly appointed SES members must…