Mission Meteorologist

Huntsville, Alabama
RedTown Technical Services, LLC

RedTown Technical Services, LLC

Description:

This full-time position will be based at RSTLLC’s Huntsville, AL office. The primary duties include a mix of remotely providing forecast services for the U.S. Army Garrison – Kwajalein Atoll , mission weather support, performing scientific analyses of radar and satellite data along with data from other platforms based on customer requirements, software development, and some travel to remote locations to provide forecast services and perform instrumentation setup/maintenance

Salary will be commensurate with experience and skills. Benefits include company-paid medical, dental, and vision for the employee, family coverage is available at the employee’s expense. The company also pays for Short-Term Disability and a Group Term Life and AD&D policy ($50k) for the employee. Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays are provided.

Job Overview:

• Perform forecasting and weather watch duties for Kwajalein Atoll from the Huntsville, AL office including services for the general public and range customers.
• Provide occasional on-console weather forecasting and monitoring support for various missions.
• Make scientific presentations and publish reports and articles as applicable.
• Develop an understanding of Kwajalein Atoll climatology.
• Effectively communicating with customers, supervisors, peers, or subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Meteorological analysis and report writing in support of mission campaigns.
• Software development to improve existing meteorological analysis and create new analysis methods/techniques.
• Assists with technical writing for business development opportunities.
• Temporary Duty Travel (TDY) to CONUS and OCONUS locations to provide interim weather station staffing and/or weather and instrumentation support for mission campaigns.
• Perform some system administration functions on computers and network equipment associated with the Huntsville office.

Minimum Qualifications:

• M.S. degree in meteorology, atmospheric science, or related engineering or scientific field.
• A minimum of 5 years work experience within the field of study.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret-level DoD security clearance.
• Excellent understanding of operational meteorology and the use of observations such as radar, satellite, surface, lightning, and NWP in the monitoring and forecast process.
• Physically able to perform and tolerate remote work deployments.
• Programming experience including C, Python, and scripting languages.
• Proficient in the Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Word and PPT.
• Must be U.S. citizen.

Desired Qualifications:

• Prior work experience in tropical meteorology, aviation forecasting, and/or range meteorology.
• Technical writing experience.
• Experience working with dual-polarized weather radar data.
• Experience working with geostationary and polar orbiting satellite data.
• Experience with configuring and administrating meteorological instrumentation.
• Able to obtain IT certifications such as Network+ and Security+

Work Environment:

• Majority of work will be performed at the Huntsville, AL office.

Temporary duty travel (up to 10%) to remote tropical climate locations with wet and dry seasons and little temperature variation between. Work performed is both inside and outside and may include forecast operations, and instrumentation set-up.

Additional Notes:

RedTown Technical Services, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

In accordance with applicable law, it is also the policy of RedTown Technical Services, LLC to give preference to qualified Alabama-Quassarte tribal members in all phases of employment and training, including, but not limited to, hiring, promotions, transfers, and training opportunities.

Reasonable Accommodations

The ADA defines reasonable accommodation as a change or adjustment to a job or work environment that allows a qualified individual with a disability to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of a particular job and does not cause undue hardship for the employer. Examples of reasonable accommodations may include: Additional modifying equipment or devices; Modified work schedules; Providing an interpreter; or Making the work environment readily accessible to individuals with disabilities.

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3. Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision –

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