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                       VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
                Computer Systems Analyst/Programmer

      National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
                       Office of Hydrology
                     National Weather Service
         National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
                   U.S. Department of Commerce
                      Chanhassen, Minnesota

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The National Weather Service (NWS) is recruiting a Computer Systems
Analyst/ Programmer to fill a position at the National Operational
Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC) in Chanhassen, Minnesota
(20 miles west of Minneapolis).  This is a Civil Service position
classified at the GS-12/13 level ($47,089-$72,794) depending on
qualifications.  The Center is responsible for generating
operational snow cover products from ground-based, airborne, and
satellite snow cover data sets used in water resources forecasting.
The major duties of the incumbent are: (1) to maintain PC software
(written in C) required to support real-time airborne gamma
radiation detection, (2) to serve as PC and UNIX (HP-UX) systems
administrator and maintain PC and UNIX (HP-UX) computer networks,
(3) to develop applications software using C in a PC/UNIX
environment to support geographic information systems, digital
image processing systems, and hydrologic modeling systems, and (4)
to serve as the Informix relational database management system
administrator in UNIX (HP-UX) environment.

The incumbent must have a mastery of the following specialized
areas: (1) PC- DOS/Microsoft Windows hardware systems and
programming languages, (2) UNIX operating system and X-Windows in
workstation environments, (3) applications programming experience
using C in a UNIX/X-Windows environment, (4) experience as PC/UNIX
computer system and network administrator, (5) experience as UNIX
relational database management system administrator, and (6)
applications programming experience in a PC and UNIX environment to
support geographic information systems, relational database
management systems, digital image processing systems, and
conceptual simulation modeling systems.

Please send or email cover letter and resume to Dr. Tom Carroll,
National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center, National
Weather Service, 1735 Lake Drive West, Chanhassen, Minnesota,
55317-8582 (facsimile 612/361-6634; email [log in to unmask]).  The
position will be open until November 15.  Please include
citizenship status.

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