Lynker

Program Manager

• Perform analytical tasks independently or as part of a team conducting management studies, workforce analysis, cost-benefit analyses, quality assurance management, risk management, and similar activities
• Engage with OCS Divisions and stakeholders in support of budget, strategic and other planning, taskers, response coordination, performance tracking, and project execution
• Provide data analysis support for automation and streamlining of business and administrative processes, including ingest, evaluation, transformation, merging, and reporting of data
• Identify operational bottlenecks, procedural deficiencies, and workflow risks
• Develop actionable recommendations for management review
• Support development and refinement of stakeholder requirements for new processes and analytical tools
• Research and draft administrative policies, SOPs, and operational guidelines
• Prepare study reports, executive summaries, decision packages, briefing materials, reports, assessments, and evaluations for senior leadership

Program Analyst

Scientist

• Develop and enhance the lake model and hydrological components for the Unified Forecast System (UFS) within the Common Community Physics Package (CCPP) framework
• Support the integration and implementation of lake and hydrological components into the UFS land model
• Conduct testing and evaluation of UFS model performance with updates to the land model hydrological components across regional and global scales
• Apply innovative methods independently and collaboratively in the primary work areas
• Work with others on forecast system improvements for transition-to-operations
• Work with external collaborators to develop and improve physics parameterizations for use within the Unified Forecast System framework

Support Scientist – Earth System Model Physics, Hydrology Development

Customer Support

• Manage and coordinate Gear Monitoring Team outreach, training, inspection, and reporting activities
• Communicate with commercial shrimp fishers, fishing associations, and state agencies to plan and conduct workshops, industry meetings, and dockside training
• Communicate Turtle Excluder Device construction requirements to a diverse commercial fishing sector
• Coordinate training for federal and state marine law enforcement personnel on fishing gear inspection procedures
• Coordinate and conduct at-sea and dockside inspections of Turtle Excluder Devices
• Manage compliance-inspection data and prepare comprehensive monthly and biannual reports
• Construct, repair, and maintain Turtle Excluder Devices, Bycatch Reduction Devices, and related selective fishing gear
• Read technical trawl-construction diagrams and perform trawl sewing and repair
• Provide gear expertise for research evaluating modified fishing gear and bycatch-reduction technologies
• Operate and maintain Class A, Class I, and Class II research vessels
• Trailer vessels and other large or heavy loads across rural and interstate highways
• Develop technical presentations, instructional materials, and printed information
• Deliver oral and hands-on demonstrations to commercial fishers and marine law enforcement personnel
• Attend industry and government meetings and present information on gear technology, team activities, and Turtle Excluder Device compliance
• Assist with oil-spill or emergency events affecting sea turtles in coordination with NOAA and state partners
• Maintain equipment, vessels, warehouse areas, shop spaces, and related work areas

Senior Program Support Specialist – Gear Monitoring

• Support the Office of Modeling and Development (OMD) of the National Weather Service (NWS) in research, development, and operational transition work related to satellite data assimilation for operational applications of the Unified Forecast System (UFS)
• Develop, execute, test, and evaluate innovative techniques to enhance direct assimilation of all-sky/all-surface satellite radiances
• Work collaboratively with OMD scientists and external collaborators
• Develop innovative all-sky/all-surface satellite radiance data assimilation capabilities for UFS applications, emphasizing global medium-range numerical weather prediction
• Utilize the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM)
• Leverage and contribute to the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, including the Joint Effort for Data assimilation Integration (JEDI) project
• Develop or enhance techniques for assimilating microwave radiance data from prototype and operational low Earth orbit satellites, including the Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS), in all-sky and heterogeneous surface conditions
• Improve quality control, bias correction, and/or observation error specification, including through AI/ML techniques
• Design, set up, and execute impact assessments and pre-implementation testing to facilitate transition to operations
• Perform other duties as assigned

Physical Scientist – All-sky and All-surface Radiance Satellite Data Assimilation

Operations

• Support the Office of Modeling and Development of the National Weather Service in research, development, and operational transition work related to atmospheric data assimilation
• Develop, execute, test, and evaluate components of the atmospheric data assimilation system for numerical weather prediction
• Work with OMD scientists and external collaborators to develop and test atmospheric data assimilation components for the Unified Forecast System
• Evaluate components of the JEDI project for global numerical weather prediction applications at NCEP
• Assist in development, evaluation, testing, and transition of JEDI-based developments replacing current GSI-based infrastructure
• Transition observation modeling, quality control, and bias correction to JEDI
• Develop and support the atmospheric model interface within JEDI
• Test and evaluate JEDI-based algorithm developments for operational NWP applications
• Assist in coordinating JEDI-related development activities from other OMD developers
• Use JEDI infrastructure to explore data assimilation research relevant to future transition-to-operations
• Perform other duties as assigned

Support Scientist – JEDI Data Assimilation Transition to Operations

• Support development, optimization, maintenance, and integration of wave modeling capabilities within the RWPS architecture
• Contribute to numerical and statistical formulations for wave runup, coastal impact prediction, total water level, and rip current forecasting
• Explore, evaluate, and integrate AI/ML techniques to improve wave modeling efficiency, parameterizations, or forecast accuracy
• Partner with federal and private-sector organizations, including USGS, NOS, academic institutions, and private industry
• Evaluate external models and accelerate transition of research to operations
• Design and execute numerical model experiments
• Apply verification, validation, and observational data-fusion techniques across regional and nearshore domains
• Maintain, visualize, and disseminate marine modeling output and web-based products for internal operational and public use
• Work independently and collaboratively with initiative

Support Scientist – Operational Wave Modeling Development

Security Analyst

• Safeguard mission-critical infrastructure for the National Data Buoy Center (NDBC)
• Work directly with the federal Information System Security Officer (ISSO) and contractor technical staff
• Maintain NDBC systems' robust security posture and continuous Authority to Operate (ATO)
• Support the ISSO in maintaining Risk Management Framework (RMF) artifacts, including SSPs, RARs, and POA&Ms
• Lead technical teams through internal and external security audits and the annual Assessment and Authorization (A&A) process
• Gather evidence, document audit paths, and drive remediation actions
• Execute vulnerability scans using Tenable Nessus/ACAS and guide teams in hardening systems according to DISA STIGs and CIS Benchmarks
• Perform Security Impact Analyses for proposed hardware, software, and configuration changes
• Monitor system logs to identify, isolate, and mitigate potential threats across hybrid infrastructure
• Translate security controls into actionable requirements and communicate risk and compliance status to stakeholders and leadership
• Keep related documentation current

IT Security Analyst

Proposal Manager

• Lead complex Federal proposals from solicitation analysis through final submission, including strategic pursuits valued at $100M–$300M+ and concurrent task-order or rapid-response proposals
• Develop and manage proposal schedules, compliance matrices, outlines, assignment matrices, review schedules, production plans, and submission requirements
• Translate solicitation requirements and evaluation criteria into proposal strategies, section structures, writing assignments, and reviewer guidance
• Lead kickoff meetings, daily standups, solution sessions, color-team reviews, recovery meetings, and final production activities
• Maintain compliance with solicitation instructions, evaluation criteria, amendments, Q&As, page limits, formatting requirements, and submission procedures
• Coordinate with capture managers to turn capture strategy, customer insight, competitive positioning, win themes, discriminators, and solution concepts into proposal content
• Write, rewrite, edit, and integrate proposal content
• Identify weaknesses, gaps, inconsistencies, unsupported claims, and compliance risks
• Manage proposal partners, subcontractor inputs, resumes, past performance, technical contributions, and data calls
• Coordinate graphics, desktop publishing, quality control, document production, and electronic submission
• Maintain proposal records, lessons learned, reusable content, and final artifacts
• Lead large proposals involving technical disciplines, business units, subcontractors, consultants, and executives
• Facilitate technical, management, staffing, transition, past-performance, and corporate-experience narratives
• Manage task-order, BPA, IDIQ, rapid-turn, RFI, sources-sought, capability-statement, and oral-presentation submissions
• Improve capture-to-proposal handoffs, readiness criteria, gate reviews, color-team processes, compliance reviews, and post-submission activities
• Develop proposal templates, checklists, SOPs, review guidance, reusable content, and proposal-management tools
• Maintain proposal metrics and recommend process improvements
• Partner with the CGO, Capture Managers, Business Unit Leaders, pricing, contracts, recruiting, technical SMEs, and executive leadership
• Establish roles, deadlines, and accountability across proposal teams
• Mentor proposal coordinators, writers, technical contributors, and less-experienced proposal personnel
• Support surge proposal activity as needed

Data Scientist

• Collaborate with meteorologists at NCEP, NWS field offices, academia, and outside partners to develop forecast tools for short to medium range time frames regarding hazardous weather
• Use scientific and technical meteorological expertise to develop tools for determination of hazard information
• Contribute to formal scientific publications and/or attend off-site conferences, symposia, and hazardous-weather-related outreach events
• Collaborate to transition forecaster tools developed at WPC and elsewhere within NOAA into operations at WPC and other NOAA offices
• Develop web applications using modern industry languages and tools such as GIS, Python, and PHP
• Develop training materials to transition new tools and techniques into operations
• Design and train machine learning models to identify precursors to hazardous weather events
• Implement AI-based anomaly detection systems to identify errors or gaps in real-time forecast data
• Provide enhancements to current forecaster tools and develop new services and forecaster tools
• Apply neural networks to enhance high-resolution numerical weather prediction models
• Identify pertinent satellite, land use, and meteorological datasets and develop forecaster tools for web pages or forecaster platforms
• Leverage AI-driven data pipelines to automate ingestion and preprocessing of vast meteorological datasets
• Perform related duties as assigned

Meteorologist, Data Scientist

Capture Manager

• Lead assigned capture efforts from early opportunity identification and qualification through proposal submission, award, and transition
• Develop and execute capture plans covering customer engagement, competitive assessment, win strategy, teaming, solution development, pricing strategy, and positioning
• Translate customer mission requirements, acquisition priorities, and competitive intelligence into differentiated win strategies and value propositions
• Lead opportunity qualification and gate reviews and make bid/no-bid recommendations to growth and executive leadership
• Maintain capture schedules, action plans, call plans, competitive assessments, and other capture artifacts
• Coordinate with proposal leadership through proposal development and submission
• Maintain the CRM/pipeline tool for information sharing and capture updates
• Develop and maintain relationships with government customers, industry partners, incumbent contractors, and stakeholders
• Provide insight into agency missions, budgets, acquisition strategies, procurement trends, incumbents, competitors, and emerging requirements
• Identify and shape opportunities before formal solicitation and develop customer engagement strategies
• Identify adjacent opportunities for transferring Lynker capabilities and past performance into new customers and mission environments
• Represent Lynker at industry events, customer engagements, conferences, and market-development activities
• Identify, assess, and qualify opportunities aligned with strategic growth priorities
• Develop a qualified pipeline with probability-of-win assessments, acquisition timelines, competitive intelligence, and next actions
• Support annual and multi-year market planning by identifying acquisition trends, recompetes, new programs, and white-space opportunities
• Identify and develop strategic teaming partners and appropriate teaming strategies
• Conduct competitive assessments of incumbents and likely bidders
• Support positioning on GWACs, BPAs, IDIQs, OTAs, and other contract vehicles
• Partner with the CGO, Business Unit Leaders, Proposal Team, technical SMEs, and executive leadership
• Engage technical and operational personnel to develop credible, differentiated solutions
• Participate in structured capture reviews and improve business development and capture processes
• Report on capture status, customer intelligence, competitive positioning, risks, next actions, and probability of win
• Success measured through qualified pipeline development, customer access, pre-solicitation shaping, capture milestones, improved competitive positioning, teaming relationships, contract wins, and expansion into new agencies and mission areas

• Lead proposal development strategy, planning, and execution for RFPs, RFQs, RFIs, Sources Sought Notices, and other federal solicitations
• Support gathering GWAC, AWAC, and ID/IQ contract vehicles
• Establish and manage proposal schedules, milestones, and deliverables
• Ensure compliance with solicitation requirements, evaluation criteria, FAR, and DFARS regulations
• Coordinate with business development, capture managers, SMEs, pricing teams, and technical staff
• Develop win themes, value propositions, and competitive differentiators
• Develop and refine executive summaries, management approaches, technical solutions, and past performance sections
• Organize and oversee Pink, Red, and Gold color team reviews
• Manage proposal templates, content libraries, and proposal tools
• Monitor federal procurement trends, acquisition strategies, and best practices
• Support strategic analysis, training, opportunity identification and qualification, cost analysis, teaming, Joint Venture strategies, and internal guidance and tools
• Integrate strategy, capture, marketing, and teaming strategy into the bid and pipeline process