Job Opening

Seismologist / Developer

International Seismological Centre

Posted: 12/02/2011


Start Date: Jan-Feb 2012

Benefits: £26-31K per annum gross, 6 weeks paid annual leave, attending an international conference annually

Location: Thatcham, Berkshire, U.K.

Term: 2 years with a strong possibility of continuation

Employer description: International Seismological Centre (ISC) is a non-profit organization, collecting and analysing earthquake bulletin data for distribution worldwide.

Job description: Developing the ISC web-services and advancing the ISC operations with waveform processing.

Job requirements: We are looking for a graduate in Geophysics with experience in seismic waveform analysis and processing tools such as SAC, ObsPy, Seismic Handler, SeisComP or Geotool. Familiarity with waveform retrieval tools including Breqfast, IRIS web-services and ArcLink will be useful.

A successful candidate should have skills in developing dynamic webpages and interactive seismological tools. Knowledge of HTML, javascript, perl, php, GMT and LaTeX is needed. Knowledge of relational databases would be an advantage.

To apply: please send your CV _focussed on your relevant experience_ and the names and e-mail addresses of two referees to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).


Submitted by Maureen Aspinwall, International Seismological Centre

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