DOC NOAA NESDIS Seeks Director, Office of Satellite Ground Services

The Director will have the full responsibility of the following:

• Directs and coordinates the technical support activities or the common ground services (enterprise management and data/product distribution and access of satellite system services) across all NESDIS satellite and data acquisition programs.
• Serves as key senior official in NESDlS with responsibility for planning and execution of all common ground services across all satellite and data acquisition programs. The incumbent is accountable to the DAA NESDIS and to NESDIS senior management for the common ground services portfolio.
• Administers a comprehensive requirements identification and analysis process:
• establishes common ground services objectives. performance, engineering and cost criteria and provides engineering and technical consultation regarding service capability, development, implementation and deployment for common ground services.
• Develops and manages the program acquisition for development and execution of common ground services.
• Defines and direct satellite and common ground services research, development and engineering activities that support the mission of OSGS and determine the potential impact upon overall program resources of accommodating new technologies.
• Coordinates the integration and end-to-end testing of all NESDIS common ground services with program specific requirements related to NESDIS satellite and satellite acquisition programs.
• Ensures that the overall strategic direction and priorities of satellite and common ground services are aligned with those of NESDIS, NOAA, DOC, and that program decisions and activities that support and promote the NOAA long-range-goals and strategies.

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