Geospatial Fisheries Analyst – Salmon Habitat and Cycle Modeling

Responsibilities

• Integrate spatial and remotely sensed datasets across freshwater, estuarine, and nearshore marine habitats using advanced GIS analysis
• Compute spatial indices from large datasets, including prey availability, predator abundance, and habitat conditions, for use in assessment tools
• Contribute to incorporation of spatial datasets and indices into fish life cycle models used to evaluate management scenarios
• Lead data processing and visualization
• Share compiled data, comprehensive workflow protocols, and research products so others can easily interact with them and understand what was done
• Collect fish and environmental data in freshwater, estuarine, and nearshore marine environments of the West Coast region
• Conduct field work outdoors in or around water, including in sometimes harsh conditions
• Write reports, contribute to journal manuscripts, and present results at regional meetings and scientific conferences, as needed
• Store datasets produced by geospatial analysis in an accessible and organized way
• Support interactive data dashboards backed by code repositories, where appropriate
• Document reproducible workflows in written reports and code repositories

• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university with a major in a field of study related to the requirements of the task order, with emphasis in fisheries, ecology, natural sciences, mathematics, statistics, oceanography, or hydrology
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience writing reports and publishing peer‑reviewed articles
• Familiarity with common workplace software such as Google Suite and Microsoft Office
• Strong quantitative skills, including familiarity with modeling and data analysis
• Familiarity with software such as R and Git Hub, or GIS, and with open science concepts
• Strong background using GIS, including Arc Pro, QGIS, etc., to collate and analyze large spatial datasets
• Ability to manage workload, stay organized, and produce high‑quality work products efficiently
• Ability to work both independently and on interdisciplinary teams
• Valid driver’s license, maintained during the period of performance
• Three years of experience related to the task order, including familiarity with the species and habitats managed by NOAA Fisheries in the West Coast region (Preferred)
• Advanced degree, MS or PhD, in a related field may be substituted for two years of experience (Preferred)