Data Coordinator (Scientific Data)

Location: Hybrid in Anchorage, Alaska, or remote within Alaskan, Hawaii-Aleutian, or Pacific regional time zones in the United States. Travel of up to 5% annually may be required.

Company

hirify.global provides science-based consulting, engineering, environmental, water, energy, and sustainable infrastructure solutions.

What you will do

• Organize, document, curate, and preserve oceanographic and environmental datasets.
• Apply standardized data and metadata formats to make datasets analysis-ready and suitable for long-term preservation.
• Develop and maintain data and metadata delivery schedules across multiple research projects and partners.
• Support the recovery, manipulation, and documentation of historical datasets.
• Provide support for data portals and data management tools, and participate in data product development.
• Train researchers, funders, and program staff on data management practices through meetings, workshops, and demonstrations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Library and Information Science, Marine Sciences, Wildlife Biology, Environmental Science, or a related scientific discipline.
• Entry-level candidates may be considered with relevant coursework and internship experience.
• Knowledge of responsible data management practices and formats such as CSV and NetCDF.
• Knowledge of scientific metadata standards including ISO, EML, Darwin Core, CF Conventions, and ACDD.
• Ability to synthesize technical information, communicate clearly with varied audiences, work independently, and manage multiple priorities.
• Familiarity with data management, visualization, metadata authoring, Python or R, and software development or agile environments.

Nice to have

• Experience collecting data for scientific research projects or programs.
• Experience publishing open data products.
• Experience with platforms and tools such as DataONE, NCEI, EDI, Dataverse, Dryad, or Zenodo.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time schedule of approximately 40 hours per week, generally Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• Hybrid and remote work flexibility within the stated United States time zones.
• Comprehensive, market-competitive benefits and merit-based financial rewards.
• Company-wide commitment to work-life balance and a collaborative team environment.
• Learning and development opportunities for ongoing professional growth.