OPS F/W BIO SCI IV (DATA ENGINEER) - 77907594

The State of Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Research Institute seeks a Data Engineer for the State of Florida Shorebird Program. This position will support all shorebird program staff with data management related tasks, including database creation, documentation, management, quality control, data archiving, and distribution.  This position will spend ~80% of their time managing data and databases and automating redundant data queries.  This position will work closely with the Systems Programmer to provide programming and database support to ensure compatibility among application and database products. All programming code with be optimized and documented to support function and longevity and all programming edits will be tracked using Team Foundations Server. This position will be the curator of the Florida Shorebird Data Warehouse and will be responsible for integrating new and historical shorebird datasets based on programmatic priorities. All datasets will be reviewed, documented, and standardized to facilitate data integration. This position will be responsible for identifying and automating redundant data summarization and data analysis tasks, as such they will work closely with the Shorebird Data Analyst, Research Scientists and Program Administrators to identify needs and implement prioritized solutions. This position will serve as an active member of the shorebird data warehouse team, and other programmatic teams as needed. As directed, this position will research complementary technologies to support the program mission. For all stated duties, the scientific integrity of data and focus on the program mission are to be of foremost consideration. The position will be based out of Gainesville, Florida and there is no option to work remotely.