Lynker

• Serve as the contract liaison for Puerto Rico’s Coral Reef Conservation Program: Provide management assistance to Puerto Rico’s coral reef management program to maintain programs and meet all program requirements • Provide technical assistance in the areas of coral reef conservation, planning, and management; coral disease and disturbance prevention, preparedness and response; restoration ecology; and coral reef fisheries and watershed management. • Coordinate with jurisdiction coral reef points of contact and other appropriate agencies on NOAA Coral Program activities in the region. • Coordinate with federal partners in the development and implementation of initiatives in priority areas that are consistent with Coral Program goals and objectives. • Support annual Coral Program planning process, including: fielding questions from, and coordinating calls with, potential principal investigators and local partners; conducting technical reviews of proposals; and providing implementation support to awarded projects. • Support development and implementation of coral reef action plans and other local action strategies and initiatives in Puerto Rico. • Provide support for efforts to develop and manage coral reef marine protected areas and build management capacity, when appropriate. • Conduct site visits or fieldwork to assist or assess Coral Program activities. • Coordinate with Puerto Rico and NOAA’s federal program officer to negotiate, process, amend, and monitor the existing cooperative funding agreements and new non-competitive block grants; and provide technical reviews of other Coral Program funding grants and agreements. • Provide guidance to Puerto Rico on their responsibility to ensure documentation on all coral reef projects, including permits; completion of financial requirements and environmental compliance; and adequate monitoring of ongoing coral reef management and restoration projects. • Provide an interface between Puerto Rico’s work to address coral reef conservation and coastal management challenges. • Provide information to outreach and communications staff for the development of locally-tailored coral reef outreach and education materials. • Support implementation of the reauthorized Coral Reef Conservation Act in Puerto Rico including: the management of block grants and cooperative agreements to Puerto Rico, technical review and support for other grant programs such as the Ruth D. Gates Coral Reef Conservation Grant and the NFWF Coral Reef Stewardship and Emergency Response Funds, the development and implementation of Coral Reef Action Plans, the implementation of the National Coral Resilience Strategy in Puerto Rico, the development and implementation of Coral Reef Stewardship partnerships in Puerto Rico, the participation of Puerto Rico in the US Coral Reef Task Force and its working groups, and the implementation of the Susan L. Williams National Coral Reef Management Fellowship. • Serve as the contract liaison for Puerto Rico’s Coastal Zone Management Program: Provide support and assistance to Puerto Rico’s implementation of its coastal zone management program approved under the Coastal Zone Management Act. Coordinate with Puerto Rico and NOAA’s federal program officer to negotiate, process, amend, and monitor cooperative agreements and grants; and provide technical reviews for other proposals as necessary. Support Puerto Rico in the implementation of Coastal Zone Management Program activities, including: review and analysis of proposed program policy changes; program evaluations required under the CZMA; and the development, review, and approval of five-year assessments and strategies. Provide subject matter expertise and regional coordination support on coastal management issues. Identify Puerto Rico’s coastal management program highlights and other opportunities to communicate partner success stories. Identify and facilitate programmatic synergies across the Coral and Coastal Zone Management programs to enhance execution and results, and/or identify joint projects.

• Lead day-to-day delivery of development and sustainment work, owning scope, schedule, and execution against the contract Performance Work Statement. • Serve as Scrum Master / Agile lead — facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, and keep the team's velocity and burndown healthy. • Act as a technical lead and trusted point of contact for the development team, contributing to architecture and design discussions, unblocking engineers, and making sound trade-off calls on sprint scope. • Produce clear, reliable documentation including meeting minutes, decision logs, action-item tracking, status reports, and risk/issue registers and follow each item to closure. • Manage stakeholder communication with the federal customer (Product Owner, COR, and end-user representatives), translating between technical teams and program leadership. • Maintain and groom the product backlog, write and refine user stories and acceptance criteria, and ensure work is properly prioritized and ready for development. • Track and report on cost, schedule, and performance; surface risks early and drive mitigation. • Coordinate releases and deployments, and support QA, user acceptance, and transition activities.

• Owns and manages the organization's GSA Schedule contract(s) and serves as the primary internal resource for federal contract administration, regulatory guidance, and bid protest support. • Ensure the organization maximizes its GSA vehicle while maintaining strong contractual and procedural standing across all federal contracting activities. • Manage and oversee: Contract modifications (pricing, SINs, terms), Option renewals and mass modifications, Schedule scope determinations and ordering guidance. • Ensure adherence to GSA sales reporting, IFF, disclosures, and administrative requirements. • Support Industrial Operations Analyst (IOA) assessments, audits, and contracting officer inquiries. • Advise internal teams on Schedule scope, ordering procedures, and vehicle utilization. • Provide internal procedural and substantive support for: Agency-level protests, GAO bid protests, Corrective action engagements. • Draft, coordinate, and review: Protest filings and supplemental submissions, Agency responses and correspondence, Status reports and declarations. • Support contract claims, disputes, and REAs under the Contract Disputes Act (CDA). • Serve as primary internal point of contact and coordinator for outside counsel. • Interpret and apply FAR, GSAM, and applicable agency acquisition supplements. • Advise leadership and program teams on contract rights and obligations, regulatory risk, and contractual posture. • Review solicitations for contractual and regulatory considerations prior to proposal submission. • Support debrief analysis and protest risk assessments. • Ensure proposed approaches align with GSA Schedule scope and FAR/GSAM requirements.

• Ballast gliders by adjusting weights based on ocean conditions • Clean and seal gliders in preparation for deployment • Perform pre-deployment system checks • Conduct test flights in the SWFSC test tank • Define mission parameters and prepare mission files • Prepare and assist with deployment of CTDs, ADCP/Es, and mooring systems • Pilot gliders during deployments, including rotating monitoring shifts • Monitor glider performance and respond to mission interruptions • Maintain clean and organized glider workspaces • Support deployment and recovery operations at sea • Prepare monthly progress reports

• Support the operational transition of WoFSv1 and the development of WoFS v2 within a cloud environment, focusing on model development, system integration, testing and optimization, and transition of WoFS v1 capabilities into NWS operations. • Harden the cloud-based WoFSv1 system to meet the NWS NCO operational implementation requirements and support its operational transition. • Conduct rigorous model performance evaluations, benchmarking (WoFSv1 vs. WoFSv2), as well as retrospective and real-time simulations to evaluate forecast skills, operational readiness, and overall system value. • Expand the system’s geographical scope by developing the capability to run WoFS outside the CONUS domain. • Develop new WoFS products and metrics for a wider range of high-impact weather hazards beyond severe convection, leveraging forecasters input. • Support the development and testing of the MPAS-JEDI-based WoFS v2 prototype. • Develop a robust, unified end-to-end workflow for the WoFSv2 system, integrating all components: model input preprocessing, data assimilation, forecasting, post-processing, product generation, and visualization. • Establish, maintain, and manage GitHub repositories to support version control and code development.

• Model Optimization: Design and execute rigorous statistical validation methodologies to calibrate and validate operational warning applications, tools, and/or models. • Collaboration: Work in close collaboration with the NHC Science and Mission Integration Division (SMID) staff and external research collaborators. • Software Design: Design and evaluate software systems and processes specifically tailored to meet rigorous operational requirements. • Research to Operations: Help with Research-to-Operations (R2O) pipelines for designated downstream model applications. • Data Visualization: Leverage web development and data visualization tools like Python, GIS, and JavaScript to represent complex meteorological datasets. • Technical Adaptability: Swiftly adapt to rapidly evolving software environments, analytical workflows, and modeling technologies.

• Write, edit, and maintain accessibility documentation, including Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPATs) and Accessibility Conformance Reports (ACRs) • Translate WCAG 2.1/2.2 and Section 508 technical standards into clear guidance for developers, designers, and content creators • Document accessibility remediation processes, testing procedures, and known issues • Create and update accessibility style guides, checklists, and best-practice references • Collaborate with accessibility testers and engineers to accurately capture compliance status and remediation timelines • Review existing product documentation, help content, and UI copy for accessibility and plain-language compliance • Maintain a repository of accessibility documentation and ensure version control • Support responses to accessibility audits, procurement requests, and compliance inquiries • Stay current on updates to Section 508, WCAG, and related federal accessibility regulations

• Support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management (OCM) and its implementation of the National Coastal Zone Management Program and Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI)-supported projects. • Provide coastal management liaison support for the implementation of NOAA programs in the Great Lakes region. • Support the Implementation of Coastal Zone Management Act Programs: Coordinate with assigned Coastal Zone Management Programs and NOAA’s Federal Program Officer to offer suggestions, process, amend, and monitor cooperative agreements and grants. • Conduct necessary environmental compliance for cooperative agreement tasks, including relevant post-award actions. • Support implementation activities, including: review and analysis of yearly grant/financial assistance awards; review and recommend approval of performance measure submissions; program evaluations required under the CZMA. • Provide subject matter expertise and regional coordination support on coastal management issues, including habitat and water quality issues. • Identify and facilitate programmatic synergies across the National Estuarine Research Reserves and Coastal Zone Management programs and other partners in the Great Lakes.

• Analyze passive acoustic monitoring datasets collected from stationary recorders, towed hydrophone arrays, drifting recorders, autonomous gliders, and other acoustic platforms. • Develop, test, validate, and refine automated cetacean detection, classification, and localization approaches. • Conduct quantitative analyses of cetacean occurrence, abundance, seasonality, habitat use, and acoustic behavior. • Characterize cetacean call types and evaluate relationships between acoustic detections and environmental or anthropogenic factors. • Perform statistical analyses supporting marine mammal stock assessments and ecological research. • Analyze underwater soundscape datasets and compute ambient noise metrics across multiple temporal scales. • Evaluate long-term acoustic trends and assess natural and anthropogenic sound sources within monitored ecosystems. • Validate automated classifiers through manual review and annotation of acoustic datasets. • Support acoustic analyses associated with autonomous Seaglider deployments and other emerging monitoring technologies. • Contribute to acoustic propagation modeling and evaluation of species-specific detection performance. • Maintain reproducible analytical workflows using MATLAB, Python, R, GitHub, and NOAA Fisheries data management standards. • Document analytical methods, maintain analysis logs, and support preparation of reports, manuscripts, conference presentations, and technical summaries. • Collaborate with NOAA scientists, project partners, and working groups to advance passive acoustic monitoring methodologies and research objectives.

• Collaborate with partners (NOAA, Academia, NMHS, and WMO) to develop training and conduct research on meteorological forecast problems in WMO Regions III and IV. • Develop training materials to transition new forecast tools and techniques. • Produce formal scientific publications • Presenting at Conferences, Symposia, and other Hazardous weather-related Events. • Developing and Administering Forecaster Training in English • Assisting in planning of Remote Training for WMO Region III and IV NMHS. • Perform related duties as assigned.