Earth system science data manager (f/m/x)
Helmholtz-Zentrum f眉r Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ

Leipzig

Temporary

Full Time, Part Time

Apply by: 2025-06-19

Published: 2025-05-21

The UFZ has a strong commitment to diversity and actively supports equal opportunities for all employees regardless of their origin, religion, ideology, disability, age or sexual identity.
We look forward to applications from people who are open-minded and enjoy working in diverse teams.

Place of work:
Leipzig, mobile working possible up to 3 days/week

Working time:
100% (39 hours/week)

The job position is available for full-time or part-time employment

Contract limitations:
limited contract / 36 months

Salary:
Remuneration according to the TV枚D public sector up to pay grade 13 including attractive public sector social security benefits

Application deadline:
19.06.2025

Your contact for any questions you may have about the job:

jakob.zscheischler@ufz.de
jian.peng@ufz.de

Please submit your application via our with your cover letter, CV (please omit your photo, age, or marital status) and relevant attachments.

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Helmholtz-Zentrum f眉r
Umweltforschung GmbH 鈥� UFZ
Permoserstra脽e 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany

The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) with its 1,100 employees has gained an excellent reputation as an international competence centre for environmental sciences. We are part of the largest scientific organisation in Germany, the Helmholtz Association. Our mission: Our research seeks to find a balance between social development and the long-term protection of our natural resources.

Earth system science data manager (f/m/x)

The job

Within the research unit Smart Models/鈥婱onitoring we are looking for a data manager/鈥媠cientific programmer (f/m/x) to support the departments CER, RS and CHS in their day-to-day scientific activities related to the handling of large spatio-temporal datasets from observations, remote sensing and model simulations. The position is originally for 3 years but can be extended.

Your tasks

Support the departments CER, RS, and CHS by building a flexible data archive and management system for spatio-temporal datasets such as remotely sensed data, climate and impact model simultations, reanalysis and gridded observation-based data
Downloading, regridding, reprojecting and regularly updating relevant datasets
Possible gap filling of datasets
Interactive visualization of metadata and available datasets for easy access for researchers

We offer

The freedom to master even the most demanding challenges between basic research and practical application
The chance to work in interdisciplinary, international teams and benefit from a variety of perspectives
First class integration into national and international research networks to work together on global challenges
Excellent research infrastructure and research data management to optimally support your work
Flexible working hours and a wide range of options for balancing work and care responsibilities through our family office
Competent support and advice for international colleagues arriving at the UFZ from the 'International Office'
Special annual payment, capital-forming benefits and subsidised Germany Job Ticket
A workplace in a vibrant region with a high quality of life and social and cultural diversity

Your profile

MSc or PhD in Earth system science, remote sensing, environmental modelling or related fields
Excellent data handling skills with large spatiotemporal data
Experience with high performance computing (HPC)
Excellent programming skills (e.g. Python, R, Julia, bash, cdo, etc.)
Experience with different data formats such as netCDF, geoTIFF, hdf, zarr
Open-minded, proactive
Experience with a scientific work environment

Job location

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About the employer

Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft

Bonn

> 10000 employees

German + 1

Established 1995

2 Jobs

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