Extreme high or low temperatures, intense storms, prolonged droughts or heavy rainfall. The Climate Services team of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) collects, processes and analyses surface climate observations. In this role you will contribute to climate adaption by providing hands-on suppport for our team in IT-related matters. Can you persuasively communicate your perspective on our data to your colleagues? Please continue reading!

What will you be doing?
The climate date engineer provides hands-on support and guidance to the Climate Services teams in IT related matters and interact with the departments DevOps teams so that new climate information products, such as high resolution maps of urban climate find their way to the Climate Services teams.

In this role you maintain and update the climatological datasets and your effort supports in developing new climate information products, such as pan-European observational climate maps, climate monitoring products and high resolution maps for the Netherlands. You are eager to deliver well-founded climate data products to the climate research community and are enthusiastic about facilitating this from an IT perspective. You work closely with DevOps teams and data engineers and have the opportunity to interact and collaborate within a multidisciplinary environment.

This gives you energy
You derive energy from being a member of an internationally recognized team of climate scientists who develop highly innovative and widely used Climate Services. You have the opportunity to interact and be a part of the department at KNMI that operates at the forefront of Data Technology. Contributing to projects that have a real-world impact on understanding and addressing climate-related challenges is highly rewarding for you.

Additionally, you have access to opportunities for professional growth and development, such as learning new data analysis techniques, working with advanced climate data models, or gaining insights from experienced researchers.

Would you like to know more?
We understand that you might want to learn more about this position. Therefore, feel free to contact Philippe Steeghs, manager, at 06-. He will be happy to assist you!

Our unique task is the gathering of information about the atmosphere and the subsurface and the translation of that information to risks for society.

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You are proficient in database technologies, proactive, and adept at making progress in occasionally challenging or unpredictable circumstances. Next to that you possess strong problem-solving skills, which are essential for identifying issues, troubleshooting problems, and optimizing data pipelines. You recognize that collaboration and teamwork are essential components for project success, particularly as you work with cross-functional teams. Since you are a team player, you contribute positively to team dynamics, aiding in achieving common goals. Additionally, you have effective communication skills for understanding project requirements, explaining technical concepts to non-technical team members, and collaborating on data-related initiatives. An interest in linking science to applications, international development and climate adaptation are considered to be strong assets for this position.

Plenty of growth and development opportunities
The central government attaches great importance to personal growth and career development and offers numerous opportunities for this. These include attending training courses and obtaining certifications. We also offer career coaching if you need it.

Interesting extras
In addition to your salary, you receive an individual choice budget (IKB) consisting of vacation pay of 8% and an annual end-of-year bonus. This IKB consists of money of your gross annual salary) and/or time. With the IKB you make the choices that suit you and you can compose part of your terms of employment yourself. For example, you can have part of your monthly income paid out whenever you wish, convert the IKB into leave or spend it on tax-friendly objectives. Our other fringe benefits include company fitness and full reimbursement of your commuting expenses.

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.