Ann Noaa is an experienced administrative professional and DevOps-oriented contributor with over 25 years in customer service and a decade of hands-on technical experience supporting NOAA's operational workflows. Based in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, she combines office management, procurement, travel coordination, and personnel timekeeping with practical software support and build/deployment work for large scientific systems. Her contributions to the NOAA-EMC global-workflow project show she can improve complex build processes, integrate new model features like GOCART aerosol data, and streamline job control in production forecasting pipelines. With a BS in Geography and volunteer work in water sampling and mapping, she brings a strong environmental and geospatial perspective to technical and administrative roles. She seeks a long-term position where she can leverage both organizational acumen and technical problem-solving to make a measurable difference. An often-overlooked strength is her ability to translate between scientists, administrators, and engineers to keep mission-critical operations running smoothly.
10 years of coding experience
BS, Geography, BS, Geography at Bridgewater State University
Global Superstructure/Workflow supporting the Global Forecast System (GFS)
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Software Architect
Contributions:2634 reviews, 211 commits, 895 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Ann primarily worked on updating the build and deployment scripts to support the Global Forecast System (GFS) and its associated workflow. They modified the checkout scripts to fetch updated versions of the FV3-GSDCHEM-WW3 app and UFS utilities, including transitioning to a new UFS model and refactoring the build process for UFS applications. Furthermore, the user improved the build processes by updating tools, fixing build arguments, and implementing more efficient job control mechanisms within the workflow, including incorporating cycledefs for better job scheduling and handling. They also integrated new features to support features like the continuous GOCART aerosol data, and improved stability of post processing.
Contributions:8 PRs, 48 pushes, 11 branches in 4 years 11 months
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