Full Stack Web Developer (HP087), Telophase Corporation, Greenbelt, MD
Telophase Corporation -
Greenbelt, MD,
US
Full Stack Web Developer (HP087)
Date Posted: 2024-05-10
Job description
Full Stack Web DeveloperTelophase Corporation is seeking a highly skilled full stack website developer to support the Solar Data Analysis Center (SDAC) at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD in the design, development, and implementation of a web application to search for and download solar physics science data. This web application will be the web front-end for the Virtual Solar Observatory (VSO), a project that enables the search and download of data held online all over the world, including the SDAC.The SDAC supports the scientific analysis of the Sun and is the designated archive for NASAs solar physics science data. A modern, flexible, and easy-to-navigate web-based interface to the capabilities of the VSO is required to improve scientific data discovery, integrate with other new services being developed in parallel to support the heliophysics science community.US Citizenship or Permanent Residency required.Duties:* Adapting modern 3rd party components, frameworks, and markups to create useful Web applications.* Understand high-level requirements and be able to form an implementation plan.* Designing, prototyping, and implementing useful user interface elements* Developing application programming interfaces to new and existing Virtual Solar Observatory capabilities* Understand and develop the Virtual Solar Observatory API.* Ensuring minimum downtime of VSO web client services.* Implement monitoring and notification tools to understand performance.* Maintenance of services as underlying packages change.* Work with VSO, SDAC and NASA and non-NASA teams on solving data search and download issues as they arise.Additional tasks include:* Maintaining software using the Git version control system* Troubleshooting, tracking, and resolving technical issues* Working with users and management to improve existing features and develop new applications.Required at least one year of demonstrated experience in each of the following areas:* Object Oriented Programming: PHP, Python, JavaScript* Databases/SQL* JavaScript/jQuery/React/modern web frameworks* Comfort and familiarity using utilities from Linux command line.* Git version control system* Failure analysisDesired experience:* Software lifecycle methodologies* Deploying applications to cloud architectures such as Amazon Web Services* ContainerizationEducation:Bachelors in Computer Science, or Information Technology (or equivalent degree/diploma)Work Type:Hybrid - requires some on-site work at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.A note for staffing agencies: We are not accepting unsolicited resumes for this position. All inquires must go through the Telophase team.