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Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education · 9 hours ago

USDA-ARS Improving Information Delivery Systems for On-Farm Management

Beltsville, MD

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad

$64K/yr - $110K/yr

3+ years exp

The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education is offering a research opportunity with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. The role involves developing a web-based information delivery system for on-farm management, integrating various data streams and models to support agricultural decision-making.

Government Administration

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Continue development of an existing web-based portable information delivery system (ID) that integrates on-farm data streams, ACSL crop and soil models, and weather forecasts

Provide in-season decision support, helping end users optimize site-specific farm management

Support deployment of the IDS platform with end-users under the guidance of laboratory mentors

Computer programming related to database development

Extension of the IDS graphical user interface

Integration of crop and soil models

Capturing model-based scenario input and output data that can be queried in real time

Collaborate with on-site scientific staff to transition components of an existing Windows-based graphical interface into the new web-based IDS framework

Explore portable versions of models and apply artificial intelligence methods to enable interaction through mobile platforms

Qualification

Software EngineeringAPI DevelopmentPythonHTMLCSSJavaScriptSQLGitDockerDebuggingWindows OSLinux OSSelf-starter

Required

The qualified candidate should have received or be currently pursuing an associate's, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral in the one of the relevant fields

Citizenship: U.S. Citizen Only

Degree: Associate's Degree, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, or Doctoral Degree received within the last 60 months or currently pursuing

Preferred

Demonstrated self-starter with postgraduate level experience (BS or MS with 3 + years) in computer science / data science or related field with demonstrated experience in software engineering

Selection factors include coding proficiency / experience in: API and front-end development (eg. HTML, CSS, JavaScript); programming languages (e.g. PYTHON); relational databases and query languages (e.g. SQL); testing/troubleshooting software programming using debugging tools; source control management (e.g. Git, TeamFoundation)

Familiarity with Docker containers and both Windows and Linux operating systems will be extremely helpful