Job#: 3056827 Job Description: Data Scientist, Meteorological Analytics
Location: Fully RemotePosition Overview
We are seeking a Data Scientist with experience working with large-scale meteorological and geospatial datasets. This role will focus on transforming complex weather data into reliable, scalable analytical products and visualizations that support operational and business decision-making.
The ideal candidate combines strong data analytics and programming skills with an understanding of meteorological data, cloud-based processing, and data visualization. This individual should be comfortable working independently while partnering closely with data engineers and subject matter experts.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze and process large, complex meteorological datasets, including numerical weather prediction output, satellite imagery, and weather station data.
- Develop and optimize scalable data processing workflows with a focus on processing time, memory usage, and overall performance.
- Create clear and effective visualizations that translate complex meteorological information for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Troubleshoot data quality, ingestion, pipeline, and processing issues.
- Build and maintain reusable, well-documented SQL queries and analytical datasets.
- Work with meteorological variables from traditional numerical weather prediction and AI-based models to identify relationships relevant to operational use cases.
- Optimize processing and visualization of large raster and geospatial datasets using techniques such as spatial indexing, binning, downsampling, and efficient memory management.
- Collaborate with data engineers and internal subject matter experts to move analytical products from development into production.
- Translate business questions into reliable and efficient analytical solutions while maintaining a strong focus on data accuracy and quality.
Required Qualifications
- 3-5 years of professional experience in data analytics or data science using meteorological data sources.
- Experience working with large, complex datasets in cloud-based environments.
- Demonstrated experience moving a product or analytical solution from development into operations.
- Experience troubleshooting data quality, pipeline, and ingestion issues.
- Strong SQL skills, including joins, CTEs, window functions, and query performance optimization.
- Experience processing large datasets efficiently and optimizing for memory and performance.
- Strong understanding of how data structure impacts visualization performance and usability.
- Experience communicating technical findings and data issues clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize work across multiple projects.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in Atmospheric Science, Meteorology, Earth Science, or a related discipline.
- Experience using Python for data analysis and transformation.
- Experience with meteorological or raster data formats such as GRIB, GeoTIFF, NetCDF, and Zarr.
- Experience working with geospatial data and optimization techniques such as spatial indexing.
- Experience developing static visualizations with Python and/or interactive visualizations using JavaScript.
- Knowledge of statistical concepts including correlation, trend analysis, and least-squares fitting.
- Familiarity with multithreading and/or multiprocessing techniques for large-scale data processing.
- Experience using Git or a similar version-control platform.
- Understanding of data governance, lineage, and metadata management.
- Experience in utilities, energy, infrastructure, or another regulated industry.
- Familiarity with operational, asset, and time-series data, including experience working with imperfect operational source systems.
Professional Attributes
- Detail-oriented with a strong commitment to data accuracy and reliability.
- Able to work independently while collaborating effectively across technical and business teams.
- Skilled at translating complex data into actionable and understandable insights.
- Comfortable working in an environment with multiple priorities and evolving business needs.
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