Big Data Specialist at Rwanda Meteorology Agency (METEO): (Deadline 1 February 2025)

1.Operate, maintain and protect the Climate Data Management System according to Standard Operating Procedures, and archive the observational data and metadata records according to professional standards • Gather, accumulate all weather and climate data from different national sources, clean it, organize it, in a format acceptable by the database management system in current use. • Register all data reports in appropriate logbooks and digital templates as required of QMS following WMO guidelines. • Process the data and analyze it to extract valuable insights and information. • Identify new sources of data, the period of data reports and develop methods to improve data mining, analysis and reporting. • Write SQL queries to assist in ensuring the data arrangement by station names, type of data and period is extracted from the database. 2. To ensure the storage of data is enough and its backup and all are securely accessible; • Ensure that all stations reports are archived systematically, create new data definitions for new databases and document alterations made to the already existing ones for purposes of improving analysis, archiving and the management. 3. Fulfill internal and external data requisitions; • Interpreting data, analyzing results using statistical techniques, graphs or charts • Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets, • Present the findings in reports (tables, charts and or graphs) • Work with management to prioritize business and information needs based on the findings. • Monitor the performance of data mining system and fix issues arising from the system. • Keep track of the trends and correlational patterns among complex data sets. • Perform routine analysis tasks to support day-to-day business functioning and decision making. • Collaborate with Data quality specialist to develop innovative analytical tools. • Work in close collaboration with both the data management team and IT team to accomplish the institutional goals. NB: A professional/technical certificate or one (1) year relevant working experience in cluster computing resources, climate database management systems, climate modeling, Linux/Unix servers, Python programming languages is required on both Master’s and Bachelor’s degree