Software Developer - Internship Program

COVE

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Host Company: Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI)- Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2

What is the COVE Internship Program?
We are looking for bright, talented individuals at the post-secondary level, interested in the marine sector, who are looking to gain valuable, hands-on work experience. You will be placed with a host company in the marine sector and will be working on a core project for their business. Projects are interdisciplinary and students will be collaborating closely with other students and staff from different disciplines.

The COVE internship is a collaboration with numerous companies that are leaders in the marine and marine technology sector. We are diligent in placing students in a role with a company that is well aligned with their discipline of study, skill set, and future career ambitions. Canada?۪s marine sector is growing and thriving and contributes millions of dollars to our national economy on an annual basis. COVE is seeking interns who are Canada?۪s best and brightest to be part of this phenomenal growth.

Internship Eligibility:

• Open to post-secondary students across all disciplines (i.e. Environmental Sciences, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Marketing and Communications, etc.).
• Students must be actively enrolled in a post-secondary program at the time of the summer internship.
• Based on the required skillsets, placements are typically geared towards second-year undergraduate students and above.
• Collaborative Self-starter
• Open to learning
• Have experience or an interest in the marine sector

• International students must be eligible to work in Canada and have a valid study/work permit

Program Highlights:

• 16- week full-time paid (min. $21/hr) employment from May- August 2024
• Project-based learning opportunity with a host company in Nova Scotia
• Professional Development sessions
• Mentorship from industry professionals
• Networking Opportunities

The Opportunity:

Host Company- Who is OFI?
The Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI; http://ofi.ca) is a major global hub for ocean research headquartered at Dalhousie University with partners at major ocean research centers around the North Atlantic Ocean. OFI has established a Research Implementation Unit (RIU): a team of highly skilled and specialized technical staff who assist OFI researchers at Dalhousie with field research, data management and analysis, and interaction with key technical personnel from OFI partners.

The RIU supports ocean observation in Atlantic Canada and uses emerging technology to observe, understand and predict physical, biogeochemical and ecological change in the ocean. OFI has a strong partnership with the Ocean Tracking Network (http://oceantrackingnetwork.org), also hosted at Dalhousie University. OFI cooperates with multiple partners in Atlantic Canada, including Memorial University of Newfoundland, the University of Prince Edward Island, Laval University, and UQAR as well as government partners such as the Bedford Institute of Oceanography

What you will be doing:

In the summer of 2024, a student intern will collaborate with a supervisor to implement the ERDDAP Management Solution. This will encompass experimentation, development, testing, and deployment.

ERDDAP is a data server that provides a simple, consistent means of downloading subsets of scientific datasets in various file formats and also of producing graphs and maps. This versatile server is used primarily for oceanographic, environmental, and earth science data. ERDDAP unifies the different data storage formats and simplifies the process of retrieving data.

Currently, we have a project idea named 'ERDDAP Management Solution. This project aims to centrally manage our multiple ERDDAP instances. It is designed for various purposes, including managing both testing and production ERDDAP environments.

The project will assist in managing the workflow from development datasets to production datasets and facilitate the migration of datasets between different ERDDAP environments.

For monitoring and notifications, the system will check for missing or abnormal datasets and send notifications to designated portals regarding dataset updates.

Additionally, it will automatically generate reports for each dataset to verify data quality.

Current Issue:

Benefits for the future:

After implementing the ERDDAP Management Solution, we could establish a system that helps us manage the ERDDAP dataset workflow, monitor updates, and send notifications to users when there are updates in ERDDAP.

Project Deliverables:

Become familiar and able to deploy ERDDAP docker. Collaborate with Supervisor Design, Experiment and Test the monitor function and ERDDAP Management Server.

What you will bring:

• Database related knowledge, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
• Python and scientific libraries like Pandas, NumPy and, etc.

• Excellent communication skills
• Good with Teamwork and able to work independently
• Knowledge of Agile software development

Beneficial Skills:

• Knowledge of Test Drive Development
• Knowledge of Python Web framework

Additional Assets:

• Experience with NetCDF data format
• Familiar with ERDDAP
• CD/CI knowledge

Additional Information:

• This role offers a hybrid work environment in an office setting; occasional field support if the candidate is interested

COVE is seeking to improve the diversity and inclusion of our sector and would therefore strongly encourage those who are traditionally underrepresented in the marine sector (women, BIPOC, immigrants, etc.) to apply.

This role is designated for African Nova Scotian, Indigenous, or any person self-identifying within an underrepresented group.

Interested in gaining valuable work experience within the marine sector? Please apply online by clicking ???Apply?۝. The deadline for submission is 11:59 pm ADT, Wednesday, January 31, 2024. We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.