Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Oak Ridge, TN
posted about 2 months ago
As a Geospatial Data Engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), you will play a pivotal role in geospatial data analysis research, focusing on deriving insights from geospatial data for critical applications such as emergency response, population modeling, and risk and resiliency modeling. This position is situated within the Geospatial Data Modelling (GDM) Group in the Human Dynamics (HD) Section of the Geospatial Science and Human Security (GSHS) Division, part of the National Security Sciences Directorate (NSSD). In this role, you will collaborate with a team of innovative researchers, engineers, and technologists to develop cutting-edge technological solutions that significantly impact national security missions. Your work will encompass a wide range of projects aimed at developing geospatial data, models, methods, and computational approaches. You will utilize earth observation, measurement, statistics, surveys, and digital traces to provide insights into human activities and their interactions with the environment, spanning local to global scales. Additionally, you will enhance our capabilities by researching and implementing methods to create foundational data at scale, employing novel data mining and machine learning techniques. The Geospatial Data Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing new tools, methods, and algorithms that enhance our ability to collect source data from publicly available resources. You will support the development of authoritative datasets of critical infrastructures, evaluate database schemas, and apply them to scientific outputs. Furthermore, you will automate work tasks, including authoring, managing, and maintaining metadata in various accepted standard formats. Collaboration with cross-functional teams will be essential to understand data requirements and deliver geospatial data in the prescribed formats. All team members are expected to align their behaviors, priorities, and interactions with ORNL's core values of Impact, Integrity, Teamwork, Safety, and Service, while promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace.