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# Data Steward - Alaska Satellite Facility job in Fairbanks

- **Company:** University of Alaska Anchorage
- **Location:** Fairbanks, AK, United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** System Configuration, Data Governance, Metadata Standards, Data Streaming, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.diversity.com/career/2490662/data-steward-alaska-satellite-facility-alaska-ak-fairbanks

## About the Role

To thrive in this role, the candidate should be highly detail-oriented, technically adept, and a good collaborator. Ideally, the candidate would have a background including work in some or all of these areas: data and data archive management, data governance, operational monitoring, and system configuration., Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (i.e. Information Technology or other related field) and 4 years of progressively responsible experience, or an equivalent combination of training and experience.

## Description

ASF is hiring a Data Steward to help manage and grow our archive of NASA Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data that is now over 30 petabytes. In this role, you'll keep our ingest and archive systems healthy, monitor data flows, troubleshoot and resolve operational issues, and ensure our archive stays accurate, complete, and well-documented. You'll also work directly with NASA and external data providers to define metadata standards, shape data agreements, and make sure new datasets integrate smoothly into our systems. If you enjoy working at the intersection of operations, data curation, and stakeholder collaboration and want your work to directly support a global community of Earth science researchers, we would love to hear from you., This position will be physically located at the UAF campus in Fairbanks, Alaska. The successful finalist will be expected to report to duty at the UAF office on the first day of employment.