Please see below for information regarding a Scientific/Engineering Programmer position in St. Petersburg, FL.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)
Wildlife Research-Marine Mammal Section
OPS Scientific/Engineering Programmer
Salary: $25/hour
Posting closes 3/31/2026
100 8th Avenue Southeast
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Position Overview and Responsibilities:
This position is for a database engineer with the Marine Mammal Section of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) to support Florida marine mammal population research and monitoring.
The successful candidate will be responsible for providing timely data management support to FWRI’s Marine Mammal research staff. These services include assistance in the design and implementation of relational databases to ensure data access, quality, and
viability. This assistance may be in the form of building backend functionality for frontend applications; writing and maintaining documentation and data manuals; recommending and implementing appropriate tools, methods, and software as necessary; or discussing
database workflow issues, priority needs, and potential solutions. Ensure appropriate agency policies and procedures are followed for data storage, project workflow documentation, software selection, metadata generation, and security.
Minimum Qualifications:
Six years of experience in computer systems analysis and/or computer programming, two years of which must have been in database design; OR A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or
university with a major in computer sciences or management information systems and four years of experience in computer systems analysis and/or computer programming, one year of which must have been in database design; OR a master's degree from an accredited
college or university in one of the computer sciences or management information systems and three years of experience in computer systems analysis and/or computer programming, one year of which must have been in database design; OR a doctorate from an accredited
college or university in one of the computer sciences or management information systems and one year of experience in database design. Completion of a one-year program of study from a vocational/technical school in an area of data processing (excluding data
entry) can substitute for one year of the required computer systems analysis and/or computer programming experience.
To view this posting and apply:
https://jobs.myflorida.com/job/ST-PETERSBURG-OPS-ScientificEngineering-Programmer-77907014-1-FL-33701/1370706700/
Kari A. Rood
Manatee Photo-identification
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
100 8th Avenue S.E.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
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Work cell: (727) 316-3875
Main line: (727) 896-8626